I never thought highly of Napoleon
He was way too short for me
And I like my guys nice and tall
To tower over me.
But something struck me the other day
As I was leisurely munching away on
A tasty bit of sweetness, it was
…you guessed it, a Napoleon
Well, I really got to thinking about him
And had a change of heart
Perhaps I should rethink my opinion
Of this minute little fart
So I thought of all the pros and cons
There must be more of him than I see
He surely couldn’t be all bad
To have inspired such a delicacy
So he’s stubborn, manipulative and short
And maybe had not much luck with sex
And he gave name to that certain quirk
Known as the Napoleon complex
So as I sit and enjoy my coffee
I have to admit his company is okay
And I’ll accept him and his flaws
‘Cuz he tastes splendid any ol’ day
Yet another silly contest poem
Dee Garner
© June 18 2007
A contest entry
- Waterloo - 4000 Pt Contest by Mari Goes.
4525 points, ended June 27, 2007, 16 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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hee hee.. silly yet funny! very quirky and cute.. love your writes!
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Napoleon rules!
Well, student of history, Napoleon was certainly held in high regard by a great many people wasn't he? And he still is, I am very sure. Josephine was quite a beautiful dish of elegance, was she not? Napoleon's biggest problem was probably that most people didn't really understand what he believed and what he wanted for people. They never really do, do they? People are ignorant. I should know. I is one!
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excellent~
This was cute sis and thank you for the much needed grin.....
Hope all is well with you and best of luck in the contest...
I got up 2 new ones drop by when ya can
Love ya
Susan~~~
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A Napoleon sounds from your description similar to what is known in Scotland as a "vanilla slice". Perhaps a Napoleon is somewhat posher. Anyway, that's a nice image. How nice to have a cake named after one - true fame.
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hi my lovely mama
I had to look for your explanation somewhere to get what you meant by Napoleon. Don't worry, I could find it in one of your replies.
A cute piece. Wish you luck in the contest.
Shahrzad
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funny
LOL..... very funny indeed Dee..... have had a Napoleon like my Napoleon brandy tooo...lol nice write, thanx for sharing xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Lol this was so cute...lol I got such a good laugh out of this...reminds me of friends being like night n day yet they wind up being the best lol anyway good job Granna and I wish you the best of luck in the contest.
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I Napoleon a kind of coffee? Here we have a Napoleon candy that has a citric taste.
I like it how you made this poem go to different ways. Was it a man or was it whatever the other napoleon thing is lol
You are funny Dee, I mean you write funny stuffs, and yes, you are funny too
Thanks for joined the contestt
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Mari, Napoleon is a sort of delicate little pastry made with very fine cakelike dough and filled with a creamy custard. You can pick them up with your fingers to eat them. They really are quite tasty
Thank you for your comment
Dee
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LOL, well, I don't know if I've ever had a Napoleon, either, but I think they are supposed to be pretty good and they must be if they changed your mind about that little guy, this was a fun and delightful ditty about Napoleon and I like how you had the dessert Napoleon change your mind about the man, this was clever and witty and fun and I wish you good luck in the contest and all the best!~
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Cool, our first entry! Not sure I ever had a Napoleon, heard of them of course, but my fanciness is limited.
Didn't he die of a venereal disease? Maybe I'm thinking of someone else, lol.
Now I have no taste for one.
Thanks for entering...if no one else enters you win all six trophies.
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Ummmm... I think it was Al Capone who died of syflis... but you were close
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