A Collective of Nouns
A collective of nouns
A flight of stairs
A host of angels
A sloth of bears
A pride of lions
A crew of sailors
A nest of rumours
A disguise of tailors
A prickle of hedgehogs
An infestation of lice
A shuffle of bureaucrats
A mischief of mice
A murder of crows
An exaltation of larks
A glint of goldfish
A shiver of sharks
A shrewdness of apes
A clutter of cats
A wake of vultures
A cloud of bats
A rhumba of rattlesnakes
A battery of guns
A conflagration of arsonists
A superfluity of nuns
A squabble of seagulls
A pair of socks
A diligence of messengers
A pride of peacocks
A belt of asteroids
A library of books
A carillon of bells
A hastiness of cooks
A sneer of butlers
A fleet of cars
A shrivel of critics
A galaxy of stars
An anthology of poems
A charm of hummingbirds
An audience of listeners
A flock of words.
Believe it or not, these are all genuine collective nouns! Well, all of them except the last, which is a name I've picked for myself. This is a poem I wrote early on in 2011, and since I've named the blog after this identity I thought it might be a good idea to start out with the poem itself.
