My Mum often shouted, "Louise!
If you're going to climb in those trees
you'll end up with scars on your knees!"
...Must've forgotten.
Then when Brad took a girl on a date,
his friends warned him not to be late
or he'd make his date very irate.
...Must've forgotten.
Having married on the sixteenth of May,
she expected a 'One Year' bouquet;
he gave naught, to her utter dismay.
...Must've forgotten.
There once was a door with a wreath,
and a note was pinned just underneath:
'Remember your specs and your teeth!'
...Must've forgotten.
Author notes
Contest notes and instructions:
Some people still think it's a crime
If you write all your poems in rhyme
But I'm doing it all of the time
I like rhyming
And better is rhyming in threes
All rhymers should have a go please
I'm begging you down on my knees
I like rhyming
The form you should use should be clear
An example I'm writing right here
You really have nothing to fear
If you're rhyming
I don't know if this form has a name
I use it as sort of a game
Will you all now do just the same
Give me rhyming
OK better put some instructions in prose too I guess.
I want triple rhymes.
That's it really, although I particularly like the form above with a repeated or developing fourth line so if you write like that you are much more likely to win.
Comic or light verse works well in triplets, but I'd love to see serious, or dark, or even sensual or erotic entries.
And if anyone one fancies doing quads with a developing fifth line...
Please try to go for at least 3 verses, and I may be rhymed out after 300 or so...
A contest entry
- TRIPLETS ~ painlessly! #133 Allpoetry invited by Lyndon.
3500 points, ended October 31, 2008, 18 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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It's very hard to jusge things anonymously when people have such signature styles, if I'm wrong about the poet here I'll give up on poetry completely!
A wonderfully comic rhyme, and I would expect nothing less of course, terrific stuff!
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Forgetting - good topic and pretty relevant in my life, I'm afraid. So far, I haven't forgotten my teeth and don't have dentures to forget. But the part about forgetting good advice is probably something I can relate to.
The poem itself is largely about advice. Clever. -
I hadn't forgotton that I always enjoy your humour.
this is a huge smiler with a perky lilt.
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This is so funny thanks for the laughs. I so enjoyed reading. Wonderful imagery throughout thanks for sharing my friend. hugs Theresa
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Excellent!
Your rhyme & flow is beautiful!
The light humor is perfectly mixed with
deeper subject. Awesome write! Thanks for sharing
& g'luck in the contest
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This is great! I am new here and thought "I want to read something funny" Yours came up and I loved the line about "specs and teeth" Even more though I like your rhymes in threes I have not seen this before and it reads really well
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