What's in a Group Name
Why are fish uneducated
When they frequently go to school
If shoal we call a group of fish,
Sometimes there's no fish in a shoal
Starfish, silverfish, cuttlefish
Under what grouping shall they fall
A group of apes shrewdness we call
But they're not shrewd, no, not at all
How to measusre a leopards' leap
Is it by dozen or by feet?
There's one thing common in between
The tiny legumes and the whales
The little legumes can make a pod
The leviathans also can
A group of bears can make a sloth
But many sloths can't make a bear
Herons and bitterns make a siege
Though enemy they do not have
A group of cattle is called a herd
A herd of swan, crane and curlew?
A funny thing, but that I've heard
Not only geese can make a skein
But also thread, silk, wool and yarn
A skein of thread up in the air
Is still a skein, no matter where
A skein of geese high up above
Becomes a gaggle when they land
Why do Platipi make a pile
When they can't even make a fire
Or whenever they make a pile
On top each other do not climb
A group of wildfowl I starved
With or without food they are plump
They said the choughs made chatterings
But I did not hear anything
The rooks are birds so wonderful
They make buildings without a tool
But the name rook is a misnomer
Gambler nor cheats, they are neither
Snipes in a walk that I have seen
Were not on foot but in the air
poem by Pacific Hernandez
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How Can These Be
I saw the donkeys made paces
And saw some seals that made a trip
Woodpeckers were in a descent
An ascension the larks did make
In a movement were the moles
and twenty woodcocks made a fall
They did not move a wing or foot,
and in their places just stayed put
The rooks are birds so wonderful,
they make buildings without a tool
When the platipi make a pile,
on top each other do not climb
When the leopards made a leap,
an inch they did not lift their feet
If a group of fish a shoal we call,
sometimes there's no fish in a shoal
I saw the curs in cowardice,
they were not meek and they were fierce
The walk of snipe that I have seen,
were not on foot but in the air
They said the choughs made chatterings,
but I did not hear anything
A group of apes, shrewdness we call,
but they're not shrewd, no, not at all
A knot is made by several toads,
with or without a length rope
I saw a cartload of monkeys,
but never did the cart exist
A tiger can't make an ambush,
but many can, I wonder why
The rattlesnakes do a rhumba,
without a leg, I wonder how
Twenty-one foxes in a leash
How can these be, don't let yourself
be driven crazy, off your wits
For though these seem improbable
Under those animal groupings
These all can be and possible
poem by Pacific Hernandez
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One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk of March thaw, is the Spring.
quote by Aldo Leopold
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I Pray Ole
Lets say goodbye till tomorrow
With a word sincere
How do you make it through the night
I hope to God youre still here
I pray ole
Can you make, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through
I pray
I pray
Its a God eat God world
Its a dogs tomorrow
And the song and wind
Brings nothing but sorrow
Oh ho oh ho, oh ho oh ho, oh ho oh ho
Can you make, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through, can you make it
Can you make, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through, can you make it
Ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
song performed by by David Bowie
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I Pray, Ol
Let's say goodbye till tomorrow
With a word sincere
How do you make it through the night
I hope to God you're still here
I pray Ole
Can you make, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through
I pray
I pray
It's a God eat God world
It's a dog's tomorrow
And the song and wind
Brings nothing but sorrow
Oh ho oh ho, oh ho oh ho, oh ho oh ho
Can you make, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through, can you make it
Can you make, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through
Can you make, can you make it through, can you make it
Ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
song performed by by David Bowie
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You Make Me
You make me wanna slam my head against the wall
You make me do the limbo
You make me wanna buy a slurpee at the mall
You make me watch the gong show
Theres really something kinda strange about you, baby, but I cant exactly seem to put my finger on it
You make me
You make me
You make me
Thats what you do to me
You make me wanna hide a weasel in my shorts
You make me wanna phone home
You make me wanna write a dozen book reports
Then pack myself in styrofoam
Sometimes you make me want to build a model of the eiffel tower out of belgian waffles
You make me
You make me
You make me
Thats what you do to me
(you make me) thats what you do
(you make me) thats what you do
(you make me) thats what, what you do to me
You make me wanna hang out in a trailer park
Then take my hamster to the beach
You make me wanna do my laundry in the dark
And use a recommended bleach
When Im with you I dont know whether I should study neurosurgery or go to see the care bears movie
You make me
You make me
You make me
Thats what you do to me
(you make me) thats what you do
(you make me) thats what you do
(you make me) thats what, what you do to me
Thats what you do to me
Thats what you do to me
Thats what you do to me
You make me wanna break the laws of time and space
You make me wanna eat pork
You make me wanna staple bagels to my face
Then remove em with a pitchfork
You know theres something quite unusual about you but I cant exactly seem to put my finger on it
You make me
You make me
You make me
Thats what you do to me
(you make me) thats what you do
(you make me) thats what you do
(you make me) thats what, what you do to me
(you make me) thats what you do
(you make me) thats what you do
(you make me) thats what you do-do-do-do-do to me
(you make me) thats what you do
(you make me) thats what you do
(you make me) thats what you do to me
song performed by by Weird Al Yankovic
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One, Only One
One word can complete an Epic,
One step can accomplish the aim,
One help can make the difference,
One loyal heart can change the world.
One song can make the environment musical,
One hand can create the exception,
One dropp of water can fill the ocean,
One plant can make nature alive.
One, with one more can make a group,
One, the power with nation can change,
Every thing start with the word ONE.
poem by Rajan Manandhar
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The fact that they're a congressionally chartered group should no more incline people to give to that group than the fact that it's National Pickle Month should make them eat more pickles.
quote by Barney Frank
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Crazy Jane And Jack The Journeyman
I know, although when looks meet
I tremble to the bone,
The more I leave the door unlatched
The sooner love is gone,
For love is but a skein unwound
Between the dark and dawn.
A lonely ghost the ghost is
That to God shall come;
I - love's skein upon the ground,
My body in the tomb -
Shall leap into the light lost
In my mother's womb.
But were I left to lie alone
In an empty bed,
The skein so bound us ghost to ghost
When he turned his head
passing on the road that night,
Mine must walk when dead.
poem by William Butler Yeats
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How To Make Money
how to make money,
baby;
how to make money;
tell me sweet love
you tell me
how to make money
how to make an easy billion
the world’s full of it
in cyberspace
and in shopping malls;
the world’s full of money schemes
in our real world
and where we buy a drink
or get more fries
it’s full on
about how to make money,
baby;
how to make money
make money, pal
they say
doing nothing;
I’ve got an auto system
and all you need is internet
and all you’ve got to do
is sit back and let the dollars roll
into your bank account
so tell me
how to make money,
baby;
how to make money
come in to this meeting
another group says
and we’ll show you how
show you how easy it is
how easy it is to make money:
it’s auto, auto, auto, fully automated
and the money keeps coming;
the money rolls
rolls in, rolls in, rolls in
tell me
how to make money,
baby;
how to make money
it’s all so easy
because we want
you to enjoy the life
we’ve earned;
we’ve made our money
and we want you to share
in the happiness;
it’s all so easy, dear friends –
we’ll guide you each step of the way;
we’ll show you how to make the money
so they’ll tell us
how to make money,
baby;
how to make money:
the only thing is
what they mean is
how to make money for them, babe,
how to make money for them
with a simple transfer of money
transfer of money, transfer of money
transfer of money from the foolish
transfer of money from the foolish to the deceitful;
wealth is, dear darling,
wealth is the transfer of money
from the foolish to the cunning
how to make money,
baby;
how to make money;
tell me sweet love
you tell me
how to make money
how to make an easy billion
poem by Raj Arumugam
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One Of The Few
When youre one of the few to land on your feet
What do you do to make ends meet?
Teach
Make them mad, make them sad, make them add two and two
Make them me, make them you, make them do what you want them to
Make them laugh, make them cry, make them lie down and die
song performed by by Pink Floyd
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Introduction
(wyclef responding to an overlord voice)
The year
Two-thousand and seventeen master!
The man
Every two-thousand years a prophecy is prophesized
The mission
To carry out the word of the shephard into this cold world
That just keeps folding
The group
I dont know...
Who is the group
Tran...tranzlators!!
(lauryn hill)
What can make a mighty man run?
Make him drop his pride and hide?
Too black, too strong... wrong
Spook sambo nigga jane
You aint so bad, nor big
White sheets make you sad
Fraid youre gonna hang, ahhh
Now thats a black thang
Boy, you scared of me
Boo! see
Hide nigga hide, flee nigga flee run nigga run
If I got my hood, my cross, my tree my gun
My rope
And its a long one
song performed by by Fugees
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Make Believe
Make believe U're a hero, make believe U're a star
Make believe that U're somebody instead of who U really are
Make believe
It's only a movie
U don't need 2 scratch 4 crumbs when U deserve the whole cake
Make believe U're Sidney Poitier, believe, U gotta make believe
U got 2 make believe, U got 2 make believe
Baby, U got 2 make believe it's only a movie
Make believe U're sophisticated, make believe that U're en vogue
Make believe that U're quite wealthy even though
U're so broke U can't pay attention
Baby, U got 2 make believe, U got 2 make believe
Make believe it's only a movie
Make believe U're a star
U got 2 make believe, U got 2 make believe
U got 2 make believe, U got 2 make believe
song performed by by Prince
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Make Her Say
In a world full of posers, phonies, and wannabees,
There finally emerges a group
Which has come to set the record straight.
So, all you suckers better recognize, ya heard
Can you say uhhh na na na na
[chorus]
Make her say uhhh na na na na
Make her say uhhh na na na na
Wanna make her say uh uh uh uh na na na na
Make her say uuuuuhhh na na na na
Hey out in new orleans
I met a fly girl shes about nineteen
Third row, corn rows, dancin slow
Shes as cool as an eskimo, yo
0oh I think shes feelin my flow
Said come on baby girl lets meet up after the show
At the hotel, motel, holiday inn
Baby thats where the story begins
(shes got) everything I want in a girl
(I know) I can take her round the world
(shes just) standin there
And all I wanna do is...
[chorus]
Make her say uhhh na na na na
Make her say uhhh na na na na
Wanna make her say uh uh uh uh na na na na
Make her say uuuuuhhh na na na na
(whoa!) straight out of maxim magazine
Hot girl lookin so fresh and clean
(o0o) even try to (cut through? ) all this voodoo that you do
(drive? ) I think Ill make my move tonight
{no clue what this verse says until...}right
From the time I see her like to meet her, heat her, santa maria
Lets get a little bit a ? swirl,
Damn right, couples bein good to the girls
Hes just standin there
And all I wanna do is
[chorus]
Make her say uhhh na na na na
Make her say uhhh na na na na
Wanna make her say uh uh uh uh na na na na
Make her say uuuuuhhh na na na na
U know what
When I seen u
We bout to set this off for real
Here we go
All I wanna do is make her say
(shes got) everything I want in a girl
(I know) I can take her round the world
(shes just) standin there
And all I wanna do is...
[chorus]
She make me say uhhh na na na na
She make me say uhhh na na na na
She make me say uh uh uh uh na na na na
She make me say uuuuuhhh na na na na
She make me say uhhh na na na na
She make me say uhhh na na na na
She make me say uh uh uh uh na na na na
She make me say uuuuuhhh na na na na
Uhhh na na na na!
song performed by by O-town
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I think these ladies, that group of 130 women, are going to make a difference in what goes on down there, because they're going to hold the locals' feet to the fire.
quote by Lynn Westmoreland
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Oppression is something that one group of people commits against another group specifically because of a threatening characteristic shared by the latter group.
quote by Robin Morgan
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Make Me
Tell me why after all this time is the light hiding in your eyes
Do I see promises never made or is it just a sweet surprise
(chorus)
Make me high ~ make me low
Make it stop or come on let the damn thing go
I am hanging on your heart
Make me love or fall apart
Come on make me
Talk to me tell me now tell me true
Tell me what you wanna do
Are we gonna go on one by one or do we go two by two
(chorus)
I need a place to lay my head
And take your wine onto my tongue
Pick me up and shake me shake me down
I need your heart to hear my song
Hold me now ~ see by me
Or let me go ~ open up your hand and set me free
Like a dandelion ~ like a hitcher on the wind
Set me free again set me free again
Set me free free free again
(chorus)
Make me fly ~ make me fall
Make me everything or make me nothing at all
I am hanging on your heart
Make me love or fall apart
Come on make me
song performed by by Heart
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Early Works - For There Is Only One You
I can make birds
to fly across a sky of blue.
I can make fish
to swim in the sea too,
but I can’t make an angel
for there is only one you.
I built a dream of hope;
it crumbled around me like burnt rope.
I built a dream of happiness,
but it tumbled around me like shattered glass.
I can make homes
for people to live.
I can make love
and to you I can give,
but I can’t make an angel
for there is only one you.
Date unknown. (Probably in the 1960’s)
poem by David Harris
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Guessing Game
Who am I, please make a guess
Make a good one and be the best
I have leg spurs if I'm a male
I'm not a cock, no not I am
If I'm female a pair I have
At age one year, both them I shed
Anatine bills I do possess
I'm not a duck as you may guess
Though a mammal I'm considered
I lay my eggs just like a bird
A long burrow, yes, I do make
Wherein my puggles can sleep
And suckle though I have no teat
For four or five months they stay
On the fourth or fifth away go they
Like residents of an aviary
Functions not my right ovary
I have webbed feet and paddle tail
Reminding you of a beaver
But lodge nor dam I build neither
And in my tail fat I store
I must reserve for the future
When food is scarce ang much no more
When underwater preys I save
In two pouches beside my cheeks
When overwater I emerge
With grinding pads all them I eat
Watermole, duckmole or tambreet
Are other monickers I keep
A minute my heart beats hundred plus
But more than double oft it does
Depending on the situation
My heartbeat is on suspesion
Bundaburra or mallanggong
Are other names I also own
My singular ends in '-pus'
And my plural ends in '-pi'
But it can also be in '-podes'
And when in group we're called a pile
A bungled patchwork some say I am
But that's a thing I shall deny
Please come and show me if you can
A nature's artwork stranger than I
If a good guess you cannot make
My real name to you I'll give
Ornithorynchus Anatinus,
Is the scientific name I use
I am The Duckbilled Platypus
poem by Pacific Hernandez
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Fish of a Different Color
Big fish and small fish
Swimming here in this pond
Fast fish and slow fish
And now one is gone
Poor, foolish fishes
Just make a few stronger
And watch how these fishes
Devour each other
To be the small fish
I'm sure none would bother
But oh, don't you wish
You could make the pond smaller?
I've found my own niche
To live my life fuller
For I am a fish
Of a different color
You Cant Make Love
You can make money, you can make good
Friends
You can make mistakes and you can make
Amends
You can make it easy when push comes to
Shove, but-
You cant make love
You can make advances, you can make
Big plans
Plant sloppy kisses all over her hands
You can tell her everything youre dreamin
Of, but-
You cant make love
Loves a little word that been kicked around
Used too much, beaten down
What in the world are you thinkin of?
You cant make love
You can go through the motions with your
Magic spells
Buy all the potions that fifth avenue sells
You can try to call down all the stars above,
But-
You cant make love
You can buy her diamonds, you can go out in style
You can make a promise, you can walk
Down the aisle
You can make a life for her that fits like
A glove, but-
You can t make love
Oh, it takes so long
You gotta be strong
Before its gone
What in the world where you thinkin of,
Boy-
You cant make love
song performed by by Don Henley
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