NaPM April 5 2015

[milo]

Rules: Write a poem for national poetry month on the topic or form described. Each poem should appear as a separate reply to this thread. The goal is to, at the end of the month have written 30 poems for National Poetry Month. 






Topic 5: Write a poem inspired by a nursery rhyme
Form : any
Line requirements: 8 lines or more

Questions?

[just mercedes]

 
 
 
 
This is the bill that Jack sent.
 
 
 
This is the table I bought on the bill that Jack sent.
 
This is the cloth that covers the table
I bought on the bill that Jack sent.
 
This is the crockery I set on the cloth
that covers the table I bought on the bill
that Jack sent.
 
These are the glasses
I place by the plates of the crockery
I set on the cloth that covers the table
I bought on the bill that Jack sent.
 
This is the cutlery taking its place
near the glasses I place by the plates
of the crockery I set on the cloth
that covers the table I bought on the bill
that Jack sent.
 
This is the centre-piece
gracing the cutlery taking its place
near the glasses I place by the plates
of the crockery I set on the cloth
that covers the table I put on the bill
that Jack sent.
 
This is the first guest
praising the centre-piece gracing the cutlery
taking its place near the glasses
I place by the plates of the crockery
I set on the cloth that covers the table
I put on the bill that Jack sent.
 
This is when I realize I’d forgotten to cook.
 

[billy]

april 5th nampa month.

where did the old woman's kids come from?

there was an old bastard
who lived in a sock
and spent most of his time
a rockin' his cock
he said "where's my condom
I have to go out
to bang an old woman
that smells like a trout

[milo]

april 5th nampa month.

where did the old woman's kids come from?

there was an old bastard
who lived in a sock
and spent most of his time
a rockin' his cock
he said "where's my condom
I have to go out
to bang an old woman
that smells like a trout

lol!!  

[rayheinrich]

april 5th nampa month.

where did the old woman's kids come from?

there was an old bastard
who lived in a sock
and spent most of his time
a rockin' his cock
he said "where's my condom
I have to go out
to bang an old woman
that smells like a trout

lol!!  

And where can any of us possibly go from here?
billy! billy! billy!
We who are about to die salute you!

[cidermaid]

The evidence against jack horner is read.

All the plumbs are pulled
and all the pies are plundered,
from our green and pleasant corner.

Too many thumbs
and countless bums
have pilfered all the precious gold.

With false weighted plumbum,
the light fingered scum
has left this little land sans income.

[Erthona]

Little Black Dresses

Ring around the rosy,
you hope no one can tell.
Pocket full of posies,
to hide that ghastly smell.
Ashes, ashes,
burn the bodies, then
we all fall down
to Hell upon a whim!

Now I lay me down to sleep,
please dear God don't make me weep,
You've already let my father die,
please keep my mother by my side.

Amen



Erthona


©2015

[jasmine.m.wardiya]

The star goes out,
there’s no light left
so now what will you do?
Little traveller who followed
that lamp in the night –
alone, it’s left you.
You can’t see which way to go
so will you wait?
Wait for this twinkle
that might not come back?
Or will you stumble blind
on to that road or into that ditch
or will you simply fall where you stand
for the sun that may likewise flee.

..
The nursery rhyme is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Aside from Jack and Jill, that was the only one I could recall.

[ellajam]

Home Is The Place You Keep Leaving

Rockaway baby, in your flip-flops
when sea-winds blow your earbuds will rock
when the waves break you'll fly then you'll fall
and down will come baby, board-shorts and all.

Rockaway baby, home for spring break
the clock chimes eleven before you're awake
you party 'til dawn with your buds from high school
then cuddle your "Bearie", forget to be cool.

Rockaway baby, in mama's arms
you turn off your iphone's set college alarms
you whisper with cousins, hug Auntie and Gram
then pack up your bags with leftovers and scram.

[Tiger the Lion]

april 5th nampa month.

where did the old woman's kids come from?

there was an old bastard
who lived in a sock
and spent most of his time
a rockin' his cock
he said "where's my condom
I have to go out
to bang an old woman
that smells like a trout

lol!!  

And where can any of us possibly go from here?
billy! billy! billy!
We who are about to die salute you!

There were ten in the bed 
when the little one said,
"Billy, put the fucking camera down."

---

 

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Uninspired

 
All around the fiery bush
Dawkins threw the diesel,
at first we hear a horrible hush,
then Pop! goes the weasel.
 
Hawking found a spool of string
and Hitchens thread the needle,
but camels never learn to sing
Pop! goes the weasel.
 
I am just the proverbial runt,
but please don’t feed me treacle
when Nietzsche takes a kick to the Kant,
Pop! goes the weasel.


---this doesn't want to post as a new reply??

[rayheinrich]

Uninspired

 
All around the fiery bush
Dawkins threw the diesel,
at first we hear a horrible hush,
then Pop! goes the weasel.
 
Hawking found a spool of string
and Hitchens thread the needle,
but camels never learn to sing
Pop! goes the weasel.
 
I am just the proverbial runt,
but please don’t feed me treacle
when Nietzsche takes a kick to the Kant,
Pop! goes the weasel.

Name Dropper!!!  

---this doesn't want to post as a new reply??

The board software automatically combines consecutive posts by the same author.
I usually put extra space between my posts by typing the three characters on the line below 'Code'
to force a new line:

Code:

  [/]

An extra line is added for each of the three letter groups you type in.
There's a thread on Pigpen about this and other editing codes here.
Maybe someone else knows a way to force the board software to make them separate?

[Keith]

I'm a little Bouncer

I’m a little bouncer,
short and stout,
here’s my nightclub
there’s no doubt.

If you fuck me right off
you’ll hear me shout,
beat you up
and throw you out.

[Todd]

Fifty Shades of Grey Mice

--Three blind mice. Three bind mice.

She wanted to be the only voice
in the universe to divide
dark from light, like God.
In the beginning, she used bats,
but found they saw
better without eyes.
We were blindfolded as we ran
through the hedgerow maze
past roses blooming in perpetual night;
beauty painted with a thorn's brush
against our skin. There was no red
word hovering over the waters
that we might speak to stop
the descent of the knife.

[bena]

Patty Cake (or I'm hungry! I really, really am!)


Flapjacks, wieners,
Shepard's pie--
Make me food
or you will die.

Bake a quiche
or bake a cake--
I'd better like it
for your sake.

Chicken Parm
or lobster bisque--
you'll be dead
or you'll be kissed.


gigglesnort...never write on a empty stomach

[milo]

Fifty Shades of Grey Mice

--Three blind mice. Three bind mice.

She wanted to be the only voice
in the universe to divide
dark from light, like God.
In the beginning, she used bats,
but found they saw
better without eyes.
We were blindfolded as we ran
through the hedgerow maze
past roses blooming in perpetual night;
beauty painted with a thorn's brush
against our skin. There was no red
word hovering over the waters
that we might speak to stop
the descent of the knife.

This will be another one of my favourites from this year.  Your time off has done you well.  The metaphor instantly rewrites the original without ruining it.

---

---

Arachnophobia


Miss Muffet feels the spiders move inside her,
they crawl around her bowl of curds and whey.
Their shadows move as lamplight fails to hide her -
Miss Muffet feels the spiders move.  Inside her
dress or crawling up her arms they bite her
or lay their eggs inside her creme brulee.
Miss Muffet feels the spiders move inside her.
They crawl.  She throws her bowl of curds away.

[rayheinrich]

< Alphabet > (vis-à-vis 'A was an Apple pie')

Alice was an armadillo.
Bonny barked at Alice.
Cathy chuckled at Bonny's barking.
Dorothy demurely denigrated Cathy's chuckling at Bonny's barking.
Edger erupted erroneously at Dorothy demurely denigrating Cathy's chuckling at Bonny's barking.
Fanny farted.
Genny gesticulated gruesomely at Fanny's fart.
Heinrich hiccupped as he hadn't the faintest fucking idea of what he was doing but acquiesced to Genny's gruesome gesticulations.
Indira intimated that Heinrich's hiccup was a gesture of defeat.
Jessica jumped on Indira just to shut her intimating up.
Kalico killed Jessica for jumping on Indira for intimating about Heinrich's hiccupping.
Larry licked Kalico mostly because he was a dog and a little because he like Kalico who, it turns out, was a cat.
Morry mooned Larry which was almost as pointless as mooning Kalico.
Narithamiliba nailed Morry to Alice using ten penny nails.
Oramethya obliterated Narithamiliba for nailing Morry to Alice who was an armadillo and wasn't fazed in the slightest.
Paracanoliminabethyam pardoned Oramethya for obliterating Narithamiliba for nailing Morry to Alice who was an armadillo.
Qillenicybethanadilloran quacked quite quiescently as Paracanoliminabethyam pardoned Oramethya for obliterating Narithamiliba for nailing Morry to Alice who was an armadillo.
Roddy recommended ending the damn thing as it had gotten silly shortly after Bonny's barking at Alice who was an armadillo.
Samantha silently meditated.
Truman tumultuously meditated on Samantha silently meditating.
Ursula unctuously meditated while ignoring both Truman and Samantha.
Vishnu venerated nobody and nothing because he didn't have to because he was a supreme deity.
Worwick was a wabbit who did not like carrots and would only eat parsley.
Xadchass xylographed an etching of Yggdrasill because her name started with 'X' and it was pretty much the only thing she could do.
Yggdrasill brushed up against Inanna and felt the serpent about her feet.
Zillion zoomed above this cloud of alphabet and waved 'hi' to Alice.

[Tiger the Lion]

< Alphabet > (vis-à-vis 'A was an Apple pie')

Alice was an armadillo.
Bonny barked at Alice.
Cathy chuckled at Bonny's barking.
Dorothy demurely denigrated Cathy's chuckling at Bonny's barking.
Edger erupted erroneously at Dorothy demurely denigrating Cathy's chuckling at Bonny's barking.
Fanny farted.
Genny gesticulated gruesomely at Fanny's fart.
Heinrich hiccupped as he hadn't the faintest fucking idea of what he was doing but acquiesced to Genny's gruesome gesticulations.
Indira intimated that Heinrich's hiccup was a gesture of defeat.
Jessica jumped on Indira just to shut her intimating up.
Kalico killed Jessica for jumping on Indira for intimating about Heinrich's hiccupping.
Larry licked Kalico mostly because he was a dog and a little because he like Kalico who, it turns out, was a cat.
Morry mooned Larry which was almost as pointless as mooning Kalico.
Narithamiliba nailed Morry to Alice using ten penny nails.
Oramethya obliterated Narithamiliba for nailing Morry to Alice who was an armadillo and wasn't fazed in the slightest.
Paracanoliminabethyam pardoned Oramethya for obliterating Narithamiliba for nailing Morry to Alice who was an armadillo.
Qillenicybethanadilloran quacked quite quiescently as Paracanoliminabethyam pardoned Oramethya for obliterating Narithamiliba for nailing Morry to Alice who was an armadillo.
Roddy recommended ending the damn thing as it had gotten silly shortly after Bonny's barking at Alice who was an armadillo.
Samantha silently meditated.
Truman tumultuously meditated on Samantha silently meditating.
Ursula unctuously meditated while ignoring both Truman and Samantha.
Vishnu venerated nobody and nothing because he didn't have to because he was a supreme deity.
Worwick was a wabbit who did not like carrots and would only eat parsley.
Xadchass xylographed an etching of Yggdrasill because her name started with 'X' and it was pretty much the only thing she could do.
Yggdrasill brushed up against Inanna and felt the serpent about her feet.
Zillion zoomed above this cloud of alphabet and waved 'hi' to Alice.

And you call me a name dropper. Well done Ray. What an exercise! You're gonna be sore tomorrow. 
Paul

[rayheinrich]

And you call me a name dropper. Well done Ray. What an exercise! You're gonna be sore tomorrow. 
Paul

And I salute the ground your airy visage does not touch!
You may be the only fucker who read the damn thing
(well, ok, at least part of it for which I will be eternally grateful until April 6).

P.S. As names go, yours were better; but MINE (some of them at least) were LONGER.

P.P.S. Do I love Paracanoliminabethyam or Qillenicybethanadilloran the most?
They're my children, one cannot choose.
(Except if Nazi concentration camp guards force you to and then it would be
Qillenicybethanadilloran. (I'm sorry Paracanoliminabethyam, but it's for the best.)

[Todd]

I loved this prompt. I was also so pleased with those of you that were able to incorporate the cadence of a nursery rhyme into your poem.

It could be because the topic was so fun, and I don't want this to come across as a cop out, but there was something that made me happy in all of these.

I mean I get Edward Gory, Mother Goose, Something Pornographic, Ella's incredible title... all the poems had good promise for me even if it was just for the humor.

Great Day!

[Tiger the Lion]

I loved this prompt. I was also so pleased with those of you that were able to incorporate the cadence of a nursery rhyme into your poem.

It could be because the topic was so fun, and I don't want this to come across as a cop out, but there was something that made me happy in all of these.

I mean I get Edward Gory, Mother Goose, Something Pornographic, Ella's incredible title... all the poems had good promise for me even if it was just for the humor.

Great Day!

My favorites lines of the day. Read and reread...

We were blindfolded as we ran
through the hedgerow maze
past roses blooming in perpetual night;
beauty painted with a thorn's brush
against our skin.