I smoked shitake mushrooms
and a spot of otter tail
in the pipe I stole from a lawn gnome
that we kept out on the swale.
pretty soon I saw a dancing
purple penguin passing by
He was doing the macarena
wore polka dots upon his tie.
Then a little leprechaun
in skin tight pleather pants
with a face like an orangutan
joined him in the dance
I could not believe it
my face turned cardinal red
and I drooled upon the dish towel
that I kept beside the bed
I ate a chocolate turtle
then I took another toke
till the pinwheels on my quilt spun
and my stuffed hyena spoke
I wanted to remember this
so I quickly painted it
on an incense scented post-it-note
(it was hard to make it fit)
then when an opaki
with poinsettias on his back
did a toe sock pirouette
my whit’s began to crack
tulip bulbs were blooming
through wood shavings in the yard
when I saw my Scottie dog
steal my credit card
three weeks later at my typewriter
eating cinnamon rolls and dip
I find it in a book
attached with a paper clip
I recoil in horror
and I’m not telling lies
my painting is a werewolf
with fierce red marker eyes.
There’s a moral to this story
if you long to avoid this fright
don’t let a contest challenger
tell you what to write.
Patricia Gibson-Little
February 22, 2004
Author notes
I hope I didn’t miss any of the "words" you wanted used in the challange. I really hope everyone enjoyed this poem as much as I enjoyed this challenge
Written February 23rd, 2004
In a list
A contest entry
- Random, Meaningless Words by ILTL4eva7.
300 points, ended March 13, 2004, 21 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
What did you think
Comments
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Very, very cute! It made me laugh also!
I especially liked the last two lines.
I like your poems. They make me smile.
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A clever piece.
well done.
Jules. -
wow that is amazing, humorous, just a perfect write. the rythym, rhyming, everyting is excellent. I enjoyed it. Thank you for the comments on mine.
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very good read!!!
yes... i thought most of the poem was a bit quick to you the words.. i thought you could extend it a little more.. but hey, whatever.. then i got to the last few lines and OH MY GOD!! i actually laughed out loud.. that was great.. you REALLY should've made the verses/stanzas, whatever, longer.. man.. that was great! -
very cool
what a phat write! good job with it..it's the best i've read in the contest so far. hope you get some points out of it...good luck! ~lou -
This is funny and if you squint it almost makes sense. I particularly liked the last two lines they made me laugh. Good luck in the contest.
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Hi thanks for commenting on my poem. It’s always harder to write a poem for a contest… especially one where they give you the kind of words and phrases this one did to work into the poem. It had to be “pleather pants” (pleather is an imitation leather that looks a little vinyl like) according to the rules. Toke is taking a puff of a cigarette or less legal substance. A swale is the grass strip between the sidewalk and the road. an Opaki (I had to look this one up) is sort of like a giraffe but with shorter legs. And poinsettias are the red “flowers” you see everywhere at Christmas. If you look at the contest description you can see all the words that were required for the contest. I believe I managed to use all of them… and what else could a person write about but some crazy experience that would use even half of those. LOL Needless to say this is funny, but not one of my better works. I hope you get a chance to check some of those out. Thanks again. Patti
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Good write! I feel it could've had a better title that wouldn't have directly implied that the poem was random and meaningless (I don't know, maybe you want to create that illusion for the audience?) I like the ending. BTW, What are the words, 'toke', 'swale', 'opaki' and 'poinsettias'? I
And is it meant to be 'leather' pants?
Anyway, I'm raving like a one-balled spastic.
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Hehe, this made me laugh out loud... and that's saying something, since poetry doesn't often make me laugh out loud, just chuckle... but hey, you managed it, yay! I loved the ending, it was brilliant. Great job with writing this poem, I love it! thanks for entering and goo luck!
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Excellente
I love the ending. It definitely is very fitting for the theme of the contest. I had to check it out after I read this because it intrigued me. Wonderful write. A true marvel.
Made me smile and dance. Good luck
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