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Busted!!!
This is just a little ditty
How your eyes easily drawn
And the view it’s oh so pretty
Too taboo to touch upon
So have to be real witty
When take a chance to glance
And if you’re busted what a pity
But you can blame it on the trance.
Published 21st Aug 2020
| Edited 22nd Aug 2020
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For the TITS, TITS, TITS, TITS, TITS!!! comp
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21st Aug 2020 9:37pm
24th Aug 2020 8:02pm
The San Onofre Power Plant is close by the the 5 US Freeway between Los Angeles and San Diego. It's been made fun of in a couple of movies as you look over and see them towering you can't help but smile. (The engineers probably had a sense of humor).
24th Aug 2020 8:18pm
I'm always hesitant to answer with an 'honest critique' re-write
but as a "little ditty" I think the scansion would roll off the tongue better
by sticking to a strict 8-7-8-7 syllabic count ("easily" is scudded from 3 to 2 syllables, as I guess you probably intended).
Trying hard not to change the gist, this is my suggestion:
This is just a little ditty
How our eyes are easily drawn
And the view is oh so pretty
Yet taboo to touch upon
So we have to be real witty
When we take a chance to glance,
If you’re busted, what a pity
But can blame it on the trance.
but as a "little ditty" I think the scansion would roll off the tongue better
by sticking to a strict 8-7-8-7 syllabic count ("easily" is scudded from 3 to 2 syllables, as I guess you probably intended).
Trying hard not to change the gist, this is my suggestion:
This is just a little ditty
How our eyes are easily drawn
And the view is oh so pretty
Yet taboo to touch upon
So we have to be real witty
When we take a chance to glance,
If you’re busted, what a pity
But can blame it on the trance.
24th Aug 2020 8:04pm
Thank you Josh, I always appreciate your input.
I think in the rush to publish or get the poem submitted on time for the comp, I sometimes overlook the grammar. I usually read it to myself out loud (or have the computer read it back to me) to listen to the flow.
Thank you for your suggestions as I have made those corrections.
I think in the rush to publish or get the poem submitted on time for the comp, I sometimes overlook the grammar. I usually read it to myself out loud (or have the computer read it back to me) to listen to the flow.
Thank you for your suggestions as I have made those corrections.
