One time we spent a week communicating strictly through limericks
I won eventually, and was crowned the limerick queen.
Then one day, this message graced my phone:
"Have you any interest in resuming limericks"
And thus began the saga.
I won eventually, and was crowned the limerick queen.
Then one day, this message graced my phone:
"Have you any interest in resuming limericks"
And thus began the saga.
NO I do not want
To do limericks and hey
You’re the one who quit
Oh haha I totally thought this was going to be a limerick
What about quartets?
(is that what they're called?)
Well it seems to me
That we thought similarly
(Flew over your head?)
Oh good lord oh no
You’ve beaten me yet again
One more try give me?
What motivation
Caused you to send this message?
Please enlighten me
Well it’s real simple
I had fun last doing it last
But maybe change it
SHIT oh no I erred
I messed up second like bad
Can I still do this?
First I didn’t see
Read it like you tried to do
Then I realized
Have another try
I’m not married to this game
But I cannot quit
Thank you so madam
For relenting just this once
let me not fail more
It is up to you
How you do (but you will say
“You’re the haiku queen”)
Eventually.
Not tryna be so cocky
Based on precedent.
I reject this so
Genuflect to me you will
Yes I, Haiku King
But consider now
That much time has passed since then
And my skills have grown
Vocabulary <3
Man oh man do I love words
“Genuflect” is great
In fact it appears
In Aladdin’s “Prince Ali”
The genie sings it
Thank you, you’re quite kind
And it means much this to hear
From one with much skill
Are you now for real?
I’ve never seen the live one
Only Rob Williams’
That’s the one, my dude
It is in the stage show too
But first in the film
We wrote haiku after haiku arguing about syllable count
First line's creative
unfortunately for you
That last one has six :)
SHOOT OH NO ONE SEC
Actually not panicking
Realized I don’t care
Looks like I’m alone
In caring about this game
Apathy’s not fun
Something interesting
Certain words we chop aloud
In-tresting is one
Also actu-ly
Three syllables ‘stead of four.
Sounds not how it’s spelled
That’s English for you
Often spelled words do not match
Their vocalized twins
Let’s accept the words
By both of their forms, paper
Or as they do sound
I am torn between
I don’t want to do haikus
BUT: competitive
This is my own fault
Could have ended from the start
But I volunteered
Indeed so you did
And now commit you still must
Or crown me the king
Monarchs of a poetry reign
A limerick queen
and a haiku king
(who drive true poetry lovers insane)
I love how creative this was! Was it a real conversation? I love the story this tells. What a great way to practice :)
ReplyDeleteThis was a ton of fun to read, and I want to make sure others read it. But I don't think it needs to be workshopped. So I'm just going to ask people to read it in my forthcoming announcement. My favorite part was when one of the two respondents (they become hard to tell apart do the the form) remarked upon the other's use of the word "genuflect." That made me laugh inside, because I was thinking the same thing about the word as is described in the haiku!
ReplyDeleteEvery time I read your poems I'm amazed by how creative they are. this was unreal and super fun to read. Actually laughed out loud.
ReplyDeletethis is a great way to use the blog format for poetry, so inventive and cool. I like how you balance the modernity of texting with the medievalism of kingdoms and monarchs!
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