The wonderful Chelsea Owens has a weekly Terrible Poetry Contest. This week she has openly said that she is ‘trying to tease one of our entrants, but don’t tell him“. Just have a look at the topic.
“Hello poets, and welcome to the 31st Weekly Terrible Poetry Contest!
Read the basic how-to about what we do around here if you’re confused. If you don’t want to click a link and read an outline, that’s cool. You can also stay up all night and write whatever comes out before drinking coffee.
Besides that, here are the specifics for this week:
- Just to be inclusive, the Topic is small rodents’ opinions on political policies.
I am a moderate and do not approve of anyone shaming, judging, hating, or blaming others for their views; but the politicians themselves are free game. - Don’t filibuster for too long. Keep the Length to 200 words or fewer.
- Rhyme if it makes your constituents happy. Or, just promise to.
- Most importantly: Make it terrible. In fact, make “Make it terrible” your slogan. Slap “Make it terrible” stickers on babies and kiss their sweet mothers for the camera.
- I realize this sort of thing can raise some blood pressures, so keep your poem PG or cleaner. After all, in rodent politics they don’t actually want fur to fly.
You have till 8:00 a.m. MST next Friday (June 28) to submit a poem.”
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The US wants to build a really big wall
It’s to keep bad folk out maybe like Darth Maul
Paris is a beautiful place full of Yellow Vests
A great city to visit especially if you like protests
Canada seemed to have a charismatic leader
Now he seems tainted to the lay reader
The UK is run by a bunch of useless buffoons
Soon to become no more than Trumps spittoon
Clearly we are being failed by our politicians
Yet our rodents have untapped political ambitions
They want to address Climate Change
Rodents want positive action not wasting time on the golf range
They are not happy with our leaders looking after the rich only
Rodents will favour the poor and make sure the rich feel very lonely
They see that nationalism has disastrous consequences
Rodents will build bridges not really big fences
Politicians like to feed on your souls
Rodents like to munch on your toilet rolls
The ruling elite need to tremble
As its time for the Gerbils to Assemble
Hahaha I absolutely love it!!!!
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Thank you
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You’re welcome
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Great terrible poem!!!
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I’m pleased
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I have never seen anything so terrible in all my life. You have excelled yourself !
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I’m not sure if that’s a compliment or a request to stop. xx
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O M G. That is so terrible!! Ha ha!!
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Cool. It would have been worse but again it’s has to have a PG rating.
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I know! I have not written mine yet.
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I had to change mine because I forgot the politics bit….
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I just wrote one that doesn’t fit and is eh but wanted to participate.
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That’s ok I entered one which had been the topic months ago. So even messed that bit up.
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Absolutely awful
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That’s what I like to hear.
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The Legislative Gerbal Assembly….?
Has a nice ring to it! 🙂
You may need to put these into a book of terrible poetry?
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Nit sure if we have ever had a dedicated poetry book on politics and gerbils.
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The world is in crying need for one!
I can’t think of anyone more qualified to write it! 😉
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Would desperately need a few rodents to buy some. Now that would open up one hell of a market.
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And once they had read it they could chew it up and use for nesting material!!
You’ll make a motzah! 😉
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It’s a winner.
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Bravo!!! 🤣
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Thank you
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My pleasure! 🙂
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🙏
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🙏🏼
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I loved it! You have a very good talent for ‘bad’ poetry. This one is right on the money and love the run down of the politicians and their idiocies shall we say. My favorite regarding Trudeau is how he made a statement to the press that low income families do not pay taxes. OMG and when given the chance to retract statement he chose not to. There is elitism at its finest. (Not that I mind a few of his changes I am okay with)
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He’s infinitely better than any of our muppets.
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I suppose 😂😂😂😂
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🙏
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He is younger and better looking not an old fuss pot
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That’s a start
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Excellent. :))
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🙏
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hehe. Have tagged you for Rory’s Not my Verse challenge
Have fun
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2019/06/27/not-just-my-verse-your-two-two-too/
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Thank you so much
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Wonderfully terrible!!! Or … is it Terribly wonderful!!!
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I suspect the Yorkshire term would be, just sh***.
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Looks like the rodents came through for you! Good job! 🙂
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Surely not. x
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Thank you so much – made me smile. Told our son and he has suggested that I should try to win a Terrible Cooking Contest as well. Look forward to this weeks challenge.
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Hee hee! I can imagine their teeny tiny costumes, and a teeny tiny headquarters… 🙂
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It’s funny you never see The Avengers eat their headquarters from the inside out. Suspect that would happen in this case.
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Hmmm. I dunno…you get Hulk in a pissy enough mood he’d probably put a few holes in it–just not with his teeth. 🙂
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Poor hulk would go a funny colour of the Gerbils got up his pants.
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But it would be hilARious 🙂 xxxxx
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It so would be. Hope you are ok. xxxx
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Oh, not awful. Just coping with the kids around aaaaall the time now. I need to work out a schedule or routine of some sort so the kids don’t drive each other–or me–too crazy 🙂
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Have you considered multidimensional time travel. Just a thought.
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Ooo, that’s not a bad idea, especially as the kids are singing lots of Veggie Tales right now…
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I’m sure Walmart will have something.
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After all, wasn’t a huge villain like Dr. Doom defeated by Squirrel Girl?
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So was. Hope for me yet.
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There is always hope for you 🙂
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Exactly. I’m sure I’ve asked this already but are you going to the cabin soon.
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We hope to at the end of the month, but that all depends on the weather. No one wants to sweat it out up there if another heatwave strikes.
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Fingers crossed the break will do you good.
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Lol. Thats very good! ❤
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Thank you
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