You may copy my song for your pleasure.
You may give it as gift to your friend.
You may scribble it down from the intro
to the grandiose chord at the end.
You may cringe at my silly mispellings,
grisly grammar and rattling rhyme
and conclude that it's not worth the candle
nor your tickery tockery time.
'Tis a poor thing, I freely admit it
and I whined an excuse from the start.
But it told me I'd bloody well write it
as though it came straight from my heart.
It's a gift from one friend to another
where you visit strange places I've scene.
Where you peer through my eyes at your other
and all the weird people he's bean.
It's a trip through the murk of my mem'ry
like a walk through the park in the dark.
It's a mistry wrapped 'round in a histry
of a glorious quest for the Snark.
You may claim that you knew me in Rosemead
where you bought me a gin in a bar
and for thanks how I kindly relieved you
of your bottle, your boots and guitar.
You may even assert that you loved me
before my pure verse was renowned.
But rip off my rhyme for your profit
and I'll sue your ass into the ground.
A contest entry
- Think you can...? by ScrewAllOfYou.
600 points, ended August 20, 2007, 16 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Anything by Madison Mary.
1000 points, ended September 18, 2007, 25 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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haha loved the last line! you nailed it perfectly!
my favorite part was
"It's a gift from one friend to another
where you visit strange places I've scene.
Where you peer through my eyes at your other
and all the weird people he's bean."
I like your misspellings in this piece, they make it unique to you and interesting and fun to read. and this stanza just describes writing so wonderfully. sometimes it's the closest we can get to another person' perspective.
great work
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Fun read (on a somewhat less than fun subject unfortunately.) Nice job with the build-up as well as the rhyming. Congrats on the honorable mentions for this poem.
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Rip you off? No No Never
Just spreading the word and telling folk how good you are. You know by now, how much I love what you write.... hey.... you are special OK? x copyright is just right.
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I love the rhyme scheme. I really laughed at the end too. Great job and thanks for the entry.
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Ha!
I love when people steal each others shit.
" You may even assert that you loved me
before my pure verse was renowned.
But rip off my rhyme for your profit
and I'll sue your ass into the ground."
Thats the stanza that got me to do a chuckle. Good luck.
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Kinda funny!
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lol, this poem came as a surprise, it is so light and breezy, almost comical, but still i felt some hidden meanings here and there. thanks for sharing. :-)
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tres bonne
I read this during school, and It really just made me feel so much better. Really good job on it.
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