Comic Poem Tag Experiment

[Rochellaine]

Hi, everyone!  I’m not sure how this will work out, but @dekreel ‘s Haiku topic worked awhile back, so I’ll give this a go.

You all remember when there was a Show; don’t tell tag topic? Well, I’m going to make a comic poem tag here.  We’ll pick a subject, and tag someone to write a poem on it.  As an example of what I mean, KP mag sent out a hilarious issue about a month ago which mentioned what I believe to have been a fictitious poem called “Dumping Sunflowers.”  Of course, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity, so I wrote this:

Dumping Sunflowers
Yesterday evening I stayed up too late
Way past my bedtime (which I’ve grown to hate)
I’ve lots of excuses to stay up “all hours”
But none is as good as “I’m dumping sunflowers!”

My sunflowers grow at a rate that astounds
And over my house they have leaped in great bounds
When they are ripe the seeds come down in showers
So all of the time now I’m dumping sunflowers.

They grow up so large that I use a great saw
And cut them and tie them and while they’re still raw
I pack them in trucks till I wish for great powers
For nothing’s so hard as this dumping sunflowers.

I drive the first truck and my friends drive the rest
And we take the big loads to some old dumpster’s nest
He opens the gates and he usually glowers
Till we explain quickly “We’re dumping sunflowers!”

He then lets us in and we open the trucks
And all of the flowers, they fall down in shucks
Then loudly I yell, so that everyone cowers
“Goodnight! I’m finished with dumping sunflowers!”

😀

(Apologies if there was actually a real poem called “Dumping Sunflowers” that I didn’t know about.)

So anyway, the poems created by tagged people do not have to be that complex; I was just using it as an example of a poem on a crazy topic.  Now, I’m going to tag a couple of people who I have heard write poems:

@dekreel @sam-kowal @perfectfifths @supermonkey42 Can any of you write a poem about A hole in my blanket? And then tag someone else?

P.S. Any kind of poetry counts.  Free verse, rhyme, whatever-other-kind-you-can-think-of 😀

"Sylvester - Sylvester!"

[Daeus]

@rochellaine Ha! That made my day.

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[Rochellaine]

@daeus Oh, good.  I like making people’s days.  😀

Are you going to try the tag thing?

"Sylvester - Sylvester!"

[introvert_girl]

@rochellaine I love this! So quirky and sweet! Thanks for sharing 🙂

And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.

[Daeus]

@rochellaine I’ll play it by ear. I like writing poetry, but I might be swamped this week.

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[Joy]

@rochellaine  😀 😀  That’s great! I love that poem! It’s so delightful!

I shall write a haiku…

I just can NOT sleep
With a hole in my blanket
I’ll freeze tomorrow!

(I literally always sleep with a blanket on even in the hot summers. I ALWAYS get cold in the morning 😛 )

So I have to tag someone and give them a topic? Okayyy…

@ethryndal! Write a comical poem about NINJA GYPSIES 😀

You can pronounce it however you want.

[Sam Kowal]

@rochellaine

I woke up one morning

To a hideous roaring

I nearly screamed

At the puffing and snorting

I leapt out of bed

My heart burning ablaze

Expecting to find someone dead

Or to chase

 

But it was only the dragon Giarstanorak, also known as Stan

And I screamed “I won’t stand for that, although I’m a fan

Of yours Stan this is going too far. If it keeps up Imma have to go sleep in my car”

“You’ll never understand,” Stan wept with tears on his snout

Like the Colorado River had been undammed and let out

“I just HAVE to learn how to arouse

Flames hot enough

To burn down this whole house

If I cannot, my heart will break

A fireless dragon is worse than a snake”

 

And Stan spoke these words with such gusto and passion

As he opened his mouth, I thought something might actually happen

Truth be told, I had never seen him blow a flame

Longer than the length of my name

Written on parchment

But I could clearly see his heart rent

And knew something truly terrific could happen

So I grabbed up my blanket and went back then

To my bed

And Stan, glaring at me, cocked his head

And to me something might have said

 

If at the moment he had not sneezed

A gale with the force of a strong young breeze

My blanket fluttered, I fell to my knees

A flash of orange, a burst of heat

 

And with a grin, and a faith that might have softened Nietzsche

Stan gestured at me

Like his life was complete

And I gazed down at the blanket wrapped over my feet

And could not utter a peep

 

For there was a tiny hole

Surrounded in glowing coal

In the fold of my blanket

Horrified, upwards I yanked it

And ash fell through the air

But I did not care

I screeched at Stan

Like a mother bear

But all he said was “Well There

Please keep your hair

I put that hole in your blanket

Now I go for a chair”

And I chucked my burned blanket right at Stan’s face

And screamed “This is  disgrace”

But Stan did not think that was the case

For he had breathed fire

Somehow, it must have been only by power of Grace

 

And now my wonderful blanket is ruined.

 

XD There. A Hole in My Blanket.

Now I tag… hmm

Oh

After such a poem, how could I not tag…

@dragon-snapper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Giarstanornarak tries to melt chair*
Also, Daeus has 22 turtles in his signature.

[Rochellaine]

@dekreel Cute. 😀  And I definitely agree.  It is so hard to sleep without a blanket!

@sam-kowal That is HILARIOUS!  I love it! 😀 😀 I think my favorite line is “Please keep your hair.”  So. Funny.

But you forgot to give Dragon Snapper a topic…

"Sylvester - Sylvester!"

[Sam Kowal]

@rochellaine XD Thanks. 😀

Oh, and a topic… @dragon-snapper I was thinking the same thing. A hole in a blanket. 😀 But, if you think that topic’s worn out, I suppose you can try…

Raspberries.

Red.

Ripe.

Raspberries.

*Giarstanornarak tries to melt chair*
Also, Daeus has 22 turtles in his signature.

[Ben Powell]

@rochellaine I seem to have a problem writing anything funny. This is my third try. Anyways, here goes…

A Hole in My Blanket

There’s a hole in my blanket. That just isn’t right!
The world can’t go on if I’m shivering all night!
This blanket is my warmth, my very best friend.
I don’t know what I’ll do if—

“Wait, this is your blanket? Mine is fine? Oh, thanks! Here, I’ll just take that… What was wrong with yours? Oh, nothing, just a little tear, that’s all…”

*aside to myself* The world will continue; all is not lost.
The blanket is found and will keep me from frost.
The others can shiver and freeze all the night.
But this is MY blanket, I found it, and I WON’T give it back without causing a fight.
That is selfish, you say? Why, no, it’s just fair.
A person of my importance deserves warmer air.
You can complain and whine all that you want.

There’s a hole in YOUR blanket, and I don’t really care.

All right. (Note: All persons have the right to a blanket without holes. 😉 )

*Activating random tag generator…*

@epicaddie2, give this a try.

Your subject is: Dolphins. Any and everything, as long as it has dolphins. 😉

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[Rochellaine]

@supermonkey42 WOW!  That is so cool.  And funny. 😀  Third time’s the charm, huh?  And the right to blankets without holes should definitely be Constitutional.  😀 😀

I really liked the unconventionality of the way you skipped the end of the last line of the first stanza and went into a separate ramble.  It made it very interesting.

"Sylvester - Sylvester!"

[Aislinn Mollisong]

*dies*

You  guys are nuts. In the best possible way, of course.

Ah’ll dae a poem. SOMEONE TAG ME AND GIVE ME A TOPIC!

ENTP, Aether-borg Hero with cape obsession and fascination with swords.
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[Louise Fowler]

@rochellaine

A Hole in My Blanket:

There’s a hole in my blanket,
Dear Rochell, dear Rochell
There’s a hole in my blanket,
Dear Rochell, a hole

Well mend it, dear Louise
Dear Louise, dear Louise
Mend it, dear Louise
Dear Louise, mend it

With what shall I mend it,
Dear Rochel, dear Rochel,
With what shall I mend it,
Dear Rochel, with what?

With thread, dear Louise,
Dear Louise, dear Louise
With thread, dear Louise,
Dear Louise, with thread

“Oh, okay. Thanks.”

@aislinn-mollisong ! 😉 Your topic is…
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Pier picked?

Currently reading Les Miserables

[Rochellaine]

@perfectfifths What if the thread be too long? 😀 Ohhh, I just realized that’s a pun!

Love it! 🙂  Thanks for playing!

"Sylvester - Sylvester!"

[Louise Fowler]

@rochellaine One thing about sewing… the thread can never be too long (okay, maybe it can, but better too long than too short). But yes, it is a pun, and I didn’t realise it until you said so. XD I was just making my own version of the song “There’s a Hole in My Bucket.”

Currently reading Les Miserables

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