Here are the rules. Pick a poet, any poet but a real one i.e. one who writes with rhyme and meter and such stuff, none of this cheap free verse that any idiot can write. Pick a very identifiable poem from said poet and write your own version. As per the example below.
The tumult and the shouting dies—
The Captain and Tennille depart—
The weather’s hot; the water’s bad,
And I am too afraid to fart.
Remind me the dogs need walking yet,
Lest I forget, lest I forget!
I'm laughing so hard I can't think. When I can think, I'll give your contest a shot.
ReplyDeleteUm, make that "if" I can think. It's summer; my brain has absconded.
P.S.: Thanks for your kindness.
ReplyDeleteI won't tell Rachel about your project.
There once was a man from Nantucket.........wait......I'll get back to ya cuz I can't seem to remember the next line.
ReplyDeleteNot great but...
ReplyDeleteThere once was a man from Gabor
had a mouth as big as a door
one day he grinned
slipped and fell in
and lay inside out on the floor.
Greeting's Mr.Blog Fodder!
ReplyDeleteThis is my first visit to your site. I wanted to check you out since you dropped by my site to see what you had here. The most striking thing to me here at first glance, was your collection of photography, I had to actually start browsing through it before anything else, some inpressive piece's. I take it that the lil girl and dog are your's, cute pic. I have 3 daughter's myself, but are all grown up. I will be back by .... just wanted to drop by and say Hello.
Later ....
A Man A Miss
ReplyDeleteA Car A Curve
He kissed the Miss
And missed the Curve
Burma-Shave
that's all I've got.
Looks like none of my readers are the poetic types - or they have too much respect for the genre to ruin good poems by rewriting them.
ReplyDeleteMy thanks to Dana and Demeur for at least submitting something.
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