Hysteria hits the masses
the country's stockmarket crashes
Gold sell for ten dollars an ounce
For weeks the media announce
the twenty first of April
has been declared in a new bill
- signed by the president last fall -
a public holiday for all.
He warned us in a recent speech
(spread where ever the media reach)
On this day to commemerate
one's birth who made our nation great.
He asked the nation to be sane
that the economy again
can stabilize and rear it's head
and give to all their jam and bread.
And what, you ask, is the event
that seems to be so salient?
Is it the birthday of the queen
(on this day it has always been!)
Or what else can we celebrate
that has importance just as great?
Maybe its something more local
the Afrikaner's great mogul
old Jan Van Riebeeck now long gone
sixteen-nineteen this day was born
But none of them I am afraid
made this a significant date.
Enter - my good friend Ultraman
South Africa's own Bin Laden
not much a terrorist per se
but a great fighter anyway
His methods too are more refined
a man with a most brilliant mind
he never once took up the sword
but always has preffered the word.
what's wrong he does not tolerate
He keeps his honour't any rate
But he has one Achilles heel
(nothing uncommon there I feel
all great man have their weaknesses
greater the man greater it is!)
Money! - the love of it will shoot
in due time evil's ugly root
My dear friend loves the power it brings
In corp'rate worlds it gives you wings!
And that of course is his great dream
to swim with big fish in the stream...
But now Ramon my dearest friend
I'm lazy to proceed my rant
Hereby I will concede - I fail
to finish this heroic tale.
So let me now conclude with this -
I hope this day will bring you bliss
You're one good man maybe not great
(You know I ne'er believed that fate
Will guide us in our future ways)
So I will wish you happy days
from the good hand of our Lord
that He will save you from the mort
until you've found your heart's desire
which is that ere you will retire
you'll be Mariah's confidente
and own a billion deo volente!
A contest entry
- Bestest superest friends! by oreogoddess1219.
300 points, ended June 3, 2004, 44 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Hey!! I like this!! Great write and job trying to be like Pope!! lol!! Hes a gret man...and you are a great writer!! byes! always, Sam
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the best
Brad you made my day with this gift/poem. Nothing can be more special and personal to me. Just want you to know I'm not a maglomaniac :-) -
This was very funny in some parts, but in the whole of it , it was a really good write...This piece hot my interested in your work now, so I'm now going to go read more of your work..Again this was really good...
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well. isn't this a great little heroic ode to a friend?You have sty;e and pizzazz and I can even do the Bin Laden thing without getting angry..it does help with rhyme and meter ...my favorite partis ,,,"I'm lazy to proceed my rant
Hereby I will concede - I fail
to finish this heroic tale." write on ...freda
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Thanks Shamik.
I would like to see your poem. I'm a great fan of Pope myself(the only Pope that actually interests me!) and the Rape of the Lock is of course considered to be one of his best mock heroic verses and incidentally a favourite of mine. -
It is a nice gesture to honor your friend. God bless you.
Good luck in the contest.
Rose
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Hi there,
I feel that this was a great write, it was a sweet write, I have to agree personal things such as birthdays, weddings, always mean so much. You have done well with expressing your emotion, I feel that you have put a lit of thought into this. Well done once again. I hope that you continue to write and continue to share. All the best to you and yours
Blue moon -
That is sweet to write this for his birthday, personal things like that always mean so much. You did a great job with this, I like the style very much.
~whisper
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Hilarious. The heroic couplets make it all the more funny. I have a long poem in heroic couplets inspired by Pope's The rape of the Lock, for which I died laughing.I'll make sure I send it to you when I post it.I loved your background. Kinda ironic.
still laughing.....
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Good job! You are excellent at rhyming. That's cool that you dedicated this to someone. I wish someone would do that for me!
lol Great job. keep it up
DanielleMarie
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This was cute and funny... Your ryhmed great, good vocabulary, everything. The Bin Laden thing is fine with me... Nice job.
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