Contest with Joli!23:39 Aug 11 2011
Times Read: 650
This was so damned fun. :) We need to do more!
Six rules, three chosen by each of us:
J: 1) Rhyming Couplets
R: 2) Five stanzas, four lines each, 20 lines total
J: 3) Iambic pentameter
R: 4) Topic: Lemmings vs Aardvarks
J: 5) EACH stanza must have one onomatopoeia.
R: 6) The only foreign language flavor words we may use must be in Italian. At least one must be used.
Lemmings Vs. Aardvarks
They eyed each other warily, with hastily averted intent;
Two groups of critters skittering, one Orycteropus, one Rodent.
The Lemmings and the Aardvarks were scheduled here today
For our amusement (thine and mine), a game of chance to play.
“How do you like your dice rolled?” Sir Aard asked Mr. Ming.
“Why, I do not like bones tossed at all, you supercilious thing!
“I rather enjoy Holding Hands, and Folding others, too …
“The Devil’s Pictures scintillate – let’s play cards, oh yes, let’s do!”
Sir Aard stifled a chortle, feigning “rube” and “never played,”
While Mr. Ming, not fooled you see, shuffled and quickly said:
“The twos are wild, the kings don’t count, and ACES equal five,
“While odds are even, evens are odd, and you’ll be eaten alive.”
“I mean, we’ll each be dealt five cards, you see,
“Your flesh is safe, I don’t eat (al dente) meat …
“Much,” he muttered quietly, while Vark Aard stood his eyes aflash,
“You’re running off the proverbial cliff, you damned rodents are so rash!”
Lem hemmed and hawed, cards seed and sawed, “That’s nothing but a lie, mate!
“We lemmings do not suicide, it’s attrition when we migrate!
“I’m done with cards, you are an ass, no game of chance, go eat your ants!”
Mr. Aard waddled to the yard, turned his back and dropped his pants.
Make sure you go check Joli's contribution to our bad poetry fun! ♥
COMMENTS
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birra
13:14 Aug 20 2011
..served with fava beans and a nice chianti?
Joli
21:07 Aug 20 2011
It's SO awesome! Very clever :)