Catastrophe! Calamity! The world is at an end!
The children of us all are come to naught.
In wretchedness and misery all waves of light will bend,
The dunces all remember what they're taught.
In discount stores across the lands the plastic storks all sold
And in the pool in London Phelps has not won any gold.
The cats and dogs all lie at peace, in Manchester it's dry,
Amera writes a free verse book or two.
Australia all out for eight, while every pig can fly
A teenager asks for a job to do.
That lady at the bus stop stops complaining that she's old
And in the pool in London Phelps has not won any gold.
The shops in France are worried everybody's buying soap,
Americans all vote for turning green.
Prime ministers across the world discover they can cope
Reality TV is hardly seen.
A thug who wears a hoodie does exactly what he's told
And in the pool in London Phelps has not won any gold.
You can't explain such happenings, we all know life is odd,
The future isn't written in the stars,
Perhaps it's Mother Nature busy gambling with God
Or maybe it's too many trips to Mars.
Of all unlikely forecasters there's none who are so bold
To say that in Olympic pools Mike Phelps won't win the gold!!!!
Author notes
Well
In a list
A contest entry
- 2012 by maa.
999 points, ended September 8, 2008, 23 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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Lol Jeff, i will be keeping a close eye on phelps
Marvellous write , cant believe i missed this i thought i had read everyones entry in this
But now that i have i can savour it even more in congratulating you on the silver. This is lighthearted and will bring a smile to many a face (except maybe phelps LOL)Well done once again , bloomin brilliant !! 
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to use mairi's language : "not bad at all !"
in fact, this poem is just fantastic ... I love the way you responded to the prompt, and I was smiling throughout my reading-journey you have so beautifully offered us ...
I must admit one thing : I had no clue what "phelps" meant, shame on me, I am not watching tv, and olympics is just a word for me ... but thanks to my husband, I could finally sigh and laugh even more !
I even switched it on to get an idea of this hero in the swimming pool ... impressive indeed ...
okay, you have written a masterpiece here, no doubt ...
thank you so much,
marion
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Dunces don't remember, and why did plastic storks sell? Something trendy? A dunce needs an explanation
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It's a list of impossible (or highly unlikely) events. So I have no idea why all the plastic storks got sold, I can't see it happening and I can't see Phelps not winning any Gold either.
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Oh wow MR. This is touchy, touchy! LOL Love the poem!!! does this Phelps you mention have anything to do with Michael Phelps, ummm
'cause he is kicking more than water in Beijing!!! I see your humor... it made me chuckle a bit! *sigh*
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yes the contest is entitled 2012 and that will be the next Olympic year. Watching the inevitability of Michael Phelps winning yet another gold was the inspiration for the poem, I think that to win any more events he'd need some rather personal surgery.
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I don't understand why the comments so far have been so short and really said nothing about your poem. I think it's a wonderful take on the prompt. This poem goes into more depth than your usual writes. You are getting much better at abstract imagery and keeping the reader's attention with thought and not just rhyme and meter. Bravo! Only problem I see is that you enter every contest I enter and try to take my trophy away.
Love,
Amera♥
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I'm with Mairi
Not bad!!!
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Should of guessed.
Well done and best wishes to you in
the contest.
Love you
tory
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Boffo!
Fun read, this. Good luck in the contest.
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Not bad.
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