W. Shakespeare: To bee or not to bee.
That is the infestation.
W.B. Yeats: Weather to go genitally into that good knight.
W. Shakespeare: Or take alms against a fee of troubles.
B Jonson: If I flealy may discover
what would fleece me in my cover.
R. Frost: One thing has a sniveling blank,
another a rotting flank.
E. Dickinson: From - a narrow fellow in the ass
there came a wind like a beagle.
J. Donne: Go and catch a falling czar,
get with a child a mandrake boot.
E.A. Robinson: Dark pills at evening are the beast
where sunset Hoovers like a sound.
L. Carroll: T'was grilling and the slippery toes
did gallop and remember in the groves,
Author notes
Clearly I used titles or first lines of famous poems by famous people and imagined a public recital where misspokens happened.
A contest entry
- pun-ishing malapropisms by james119.
475 points, ended June 17, 2008, 3 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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By the crimes you bummler this is nothing short of hilarious - go away, you make the rest of us on our site look like ammerchewers!!!
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I'm glad it amused you; that was the intent.
It was writtened particularly for those who would get the jokes.
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NICE JOB!! You made me smile as I observed this malapropisms. GOOD effort and very funny too!!
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Enjoyable take on the fumbles that public recital can slip into (especially where younger and inexperienced are in the spotlight!). Delightful idea!
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The title for this is brilliant! As a literature student this poem did make me giggle, and thanks for your comment, very much appreciated!
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slightly borderline, but a funny twist to a famous quote. thanks for entering
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