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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

DOWN TO THE WIRE


Note: The actual date of this post is Monday, March 15th.


Reprinted here, for your dancing and drooling pleasure, is my entry into the SILLY POETRY CONTEST, hosted by Sir Percy at http://percybisque.blogspot.com/ Voting begins on Tuesday, March 16th. Go to Sir Percy's blog and cast your ballot (any time through April 6th) as part of the comment thread of his post for Thursday, March 18th.

For me, the voting results aren't as important as that we've all had a lot of fun with this, and we've stimulated each other's creativity along the way. And whenever I can get a chance to STIMULATE someone, you know I'm there!

So here it is, one more time:


KNIGHT ON THE TOWN

Sir Percy Bisque Silley, sensing his chance
Asked the Lady Lorraine to dance

Kind sir, said she, I don't get much action
But 'tis true, I'm feeling this strange attraction
Oh what could it possibly be
That is drawing me to thee?

Sir Percy replied
(With nothing to hide)
Dear Lady, do not look at me askance
My secret is simple--
There's a magnet in my pants!





20 comments:

  1. ha ha! fund poem, though it's more of tale than a poem

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  2. oops, mispelling - I meant "fun poem", I've got to stop correcting myself...sigh...

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  3. You already know that I'm no big fan of poetry, but I think this one is hysterical...and best of all, I don't have to ponder over it for hours trying to figure out what it's saying!

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  4. ha hahaha ha! Loved it! Silly - yes! But such brilliant silliness! Excellent entry, Tim!

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  5. I assure you my Fine Fellow that in actual point of fact I butt carry a Magnet in my pants due to being an avid Golfer, for it helps with the low back pain.

    Certainly I was not out tiger-woodsing, whatever ye may be trying to insinuate...

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  6. LISSA,
    We must have fun, or we shall all look like Dick Cheney!

    LINDA,
    So you ARE a fan of a certain kind of poetry--SILLY POETRY! I'll have to include more of that. :)

    TALON,
    Thy sense of humor be a good one--I shall attest to it!

    SIR PERCY,
    If you do INDEED carry a magnet in your pants, that be a coincidence of monumental serendipity! (Not to mention happenstance.)

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  7. Sir Silley seems a little too serious to me...another aspect is I doubt the depths of my silliness -- so, so -- :)

    enjoyed, though :)

    wishes,
    devika

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  8. Eh Bien, Que dire? Oh Tony to your entry! Into Sexy trifocal's contest bien sur, I doth not protest as I have shown interest in things below and then above...Mais Merde! s'ecria la princesse je ne suis pas une grisette!

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  9. Tim, of course, the lead got to my head

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  10. DEVIKA,
    Taking things too seriously can develop into a SERIOUS habit!

    LORRAINE,
    I understood "merde" but that was about it! La plume de ma tante...

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  11. haha! I am not a very serious person, Tim....And I subscribe to this thought.."Don't be so serrios with life...because there's little chance that you come out alive!"

    But only that I'm comfortable being a 'little' serious...than being, or rather seemingly being, too silly,

    wishes,
    devika

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  12. That was definitely silly. Good luck in the contest. Or silly luck?

    Je ne penserais pas qu'une princesse utiliserait de telle langue!

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  13. Devika: You are Afraid to appear too Silly yet value Humour? Yet what is Silliness but humoour Elevated - relieved of the need for any Raisin D'Entree outside its own Being?

    Sir Silley
    Philosophe Existentialle

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  14. You forgot ' Frere Jacques '

    I giggle at Sexy-trifocals' philosophie Existentielle....I hereby replace Raison d'etre by Raisin D'entree, tres chic lol

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  15. DEVIKA,
    It seems to me that what you're saying is we have to strike a balance between serious and silly, lest we become silly when we should be serious, and serious when we should be silly! :)

    KOBICO,
    Since my French is so bad, I just figure anyone who is speaking it is automatically saying something sexy to me...is that the case?

    SIR PERCY AND LADY LORRAINE,
    My Raisin D'entree was the Raisin Bran cereal I had for breakfast.

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  16. I am too little to appreciate the raisin bran, but I love my cornflakes with tons of sugar on top..

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  17. Feel free to imagine whatever you want about what I wrote :)

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  18. KOBICO,
    Now THAT'S an encouraging sign!

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  19. KOBICO,
    Now THAT'S an encouraging sign!

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  20. So nice, I had to say it twice!

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