I had a go.
I’m sorry, no.
I didn’t shirk –
it didn’t work!
Without that sound,
that symbol, round
with tiny tail,
my stanzas fail!
I am no fool,
nor Satan’s tool –
with stylus, I
can bid you cry
by words so rich
that spark and itch;
but try to say
no “fifth” – no way!
Author notes
A wee poem without the letter E.
A contest entry
- No E's Please! by aaaaaaaa.
460 points, ended April 2, 2008, 13 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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hmmmm I dunno why I didn't give this a placing before. Looking at it now it's rather good.
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Maybe the winning poems were better?
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You forgot to put an "e" in this poem. hehe... We'll about the poem: I'm Anglican and they say where ever there are four Episcopalians, there's bound to be a fifth.
Love,
Amera
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I forgot to put... oh
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Forgot to put O?
Mairi, You are a witty woman. You can play in slips for me (depending on the weather!)
In contests, it depends on the wit of the judge as to how one does at times.
[In 'Ulysses' there is a joke thought up in a Dublin out-house by a Jew. He thought of a cemetery. Then Lazarus. Then the Lord's words: 'Lazarus come forth'. Being stiff from grave-clothes, Lazarus was slow and came fifth! This is the Joycean test for those who claim they have read that huge tome. ]
Now, you must be bowled over!
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There's many a judge of whom they say "He is a wit. Usually I half agree with them.
I suspect that's an old piece of folk-humour. When I was little, the kids in the playground used to say, "The Lord said unto Moses, 'Come forth'. He came fifth and won a teapot." I doubt if any of them had read Ulysses. I doubt if Leopold Bloom (if it was he, as mouthpiece for Joyce) coined it either. It was probably Dathan, just before the earth opened up and swallowed him.
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This is great. Second stanza is superb, I liked how your longing for E prompted you to started describing it haha. Great poem and good luck!
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Thank you
It was fun.
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Great job and made me laugh. Not only no e but you managed to rhyme nicely as well! Just really great stuff!
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Brilliant! Good luck in the contest.
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Thanks
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But wee has two "e"s. Usual clever work by the lady herself.
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Yeah but that's in the note field, mate!
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Damn now I suppose I need a fourth and fifth stanza!
This is SILLY!
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Why? You have more words and better structure in yours. Let them stand as they are.
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