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Poemlessness
Please dear brain,
one measly refrain,
that in the competition
I may remain.
And thus maintain
status as a poetry clinician.
All night I’ve been waiting,
positively twitterpating,
resort to twitturbating
like some loco president.
Just a complete stanza,
maybe something in organza?
Precious time I’ve wasted
watching reruns of Bonanza
“A Hoss is a Hoss
of coss of coss,
Unless the Hoss
Is Ben Cartwright’s son”
May seem an alright pun
I doubt if it will qualify
strict rules of verse to mollify
and ’ll bet that I can verify
it’s already been done
Tried changing the words
To a “Hamilton” song
“How ‘bout some mustard or ham
on your s’more..”
But it reads sacrilegious
and utterly wrong
one measly refrain,
that in the competition
I may remain.
And thus maintain
status as a poetry clinician.
All night I’ve been waiting,
positively twitterpating,
resort to twitturbating
like some loco president.
Just a complete stanza,
maybe something in organza?
Precious time I’ve wasted
watching reruns of Bonanza
“A Hoss is a Hoss
of coss of coss,
Unless the Hoss
Is Ben Cartwright’s son”
May seem an alright pun
I doubt if it will qualify
strict rules of verse to mollify
and ’ll bet that I can verify
it’s already been done
Tried changing the words
To a “Hamilton” song
“How ‘bout some mustard or ham
on your s’more..”
But it reads sacrilegious
and utterly wrong
Published 19th Apr 2020
Author's Note
First, my title in no way intends to diminish the plight of the homeless. Just a little ditty in lieu of a serious, soul searching, heart rending verse. And, by the by I am no poetry clinician.
NaPo/GloPo/WriMo 2020 #19
NaPo/GloPo/WriMo 2020 #19
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19th Apr 2020 7:30pm
19th Apr 2020 8:34pm
Thank you so much Dreamer. Listening to rap-based music like "Hamilton" is helping me to embrace something more than the ABAB rhyme schema. Although I've had much success with that rhythm too.
20th Apr 2020 5:28am
20th Apr 2020 5:55am
Thank you CrackerJack! I'm glad you enjoyed the poem. Did you think it was funny at all?
29th Apr 2020 12:12pm
29th Apr 2020 4:45pm
That's awesome❣❣ It makes me happy knowing you giggled with this one...I certainly giggled writing it. The 'Hamilton" passage is based on the opening number "Alexander Hamilton." 🌹
I so needed those giggles too, so I thank YOU! 😘
The muse and I aren't in sync at the moment, but I'm not a mass producer anyhow. Still, me thinks she's a rhymey hoe now.
The muse and I aren't in sync at the moment, but I'm not a mass producer anyhow. Still, me thinks she's a rhymey hoe now.
4th Oct 2020 2:57am
4th Oct 2020 7:41pm
