It’s that time again. Time for some terrible poetry in the form of Chelsea Owens weekly competition.
This week the rules are
- The Topic is a limerick about poets who take themselves way too seriously.
- One limerick’s Length is five lines long; an anapaest meter. Double it up for ten, if you wish.
- Limericks rhyme …or, at least, they get really really close.
- The most important rule of thumb is to make it terrible! You need anarchist beatniks in coffee shops the world over to raise themselves from a backlit Apple, scowl over something besides the injustice of everything, and slowly sip their organic latte in pure distaste for what you have done.
- As usual, keep the rating PGish or kinder.
If you feel the creative juices flowing then pop over to Chelsea’s site. Just remember Terrible is the new cool or as we say in the UK now – Boris Johnson is the new lunatic in charge of the asylum.
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There once was a Boris who wanted to be a Poet
He thought he was better than us that’s why he only drunk Moët
He thought it was ok to lie, cheat and bluff it all the way to the top
He even had his hairstyled like his best friend Donald’s flop
Unbelievably one day he became a poet wouldn’t you ***** know it
As this is PG of course ***** means just. In no way does it mean effing.
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I completely forgot about the separate challenge I have with Bob where we have to include a specific word. This week was supposed to be jalapeño. So here is version 2. It’s not PG and is definitely not very good…..
There once was bluffer Boris who so wanted to be a Poet
By birth he was superior that’s why he only drunk Moet
Poet Laureate he became happily chancing his people everyday at the casino
Laughing with his Eton buddies as he made his servant suck on a Jalapeño
Not bad for a scheming chancer who really doesn’t know much s**t
Great job once again! Made me smile 🙂
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I’m so pleased. Hope your wearing that super hero costume with distinction today.
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Hilarious!
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Thank you
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Terrible enough
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Thank you
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Truly awful. Great stuff.
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That’s what I am looking for. Suspect Boris and his crew are going to be getting some special attention over the next few weeks.
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🙂 ha!
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You’re really getting the hang of this!
That was truly awful – i dip’s me lid! 🙂
I’m pretty sure Moet is pronounced Mo-ay though???
But i’ll forgive you for rhyming Jalapeno so nicely. 🙂
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Stop it. In Yorkshire it’s pronounced properly and works here – just.
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The word is ‘proper’ in Yorkshire i believe, as in “We pronounce it Proper up ‘ere!”
Are you positive your a Yorkshireman??? I mean with the Rhubarb thing an’ all?? 😉
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It might be explained by the fact that I was born in a town which was in Yorkshire however something like when I was 8 it was decided that it was now in a different county.
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??? That is weird! 🙂
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🙏
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Wonderful job! So bad I had to laugh out loud! 😆
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That makes me happy.
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😊Me, too!
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🙏
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Nicely done, made me chuckle! It’s Boris on the brain for us all at the moment 😂
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Boris is going to get some stick I suspect.
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I understand. lol
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Thanks
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Truly terrible poetry🤣 Difficult to stay PG with that subject matter.
I’m truly sorry you all have a bleached out version of the Orange Idiot!
Ben has been watching “V for Vendetta” and making the circled V symbol in dust and chalk. I think he might be about to start a revolution. He even has a Guy Fawkes mask 😂
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We are with him if he does.
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You definitely have a political bent, don’tcha? Great, terrible rhyme; next time aim it at a poet. 🙂
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Yes our new PM was mentioned in text but surely it was Boris a Poet in the poem no specific mention of our PM. And if you don’t believe that our new PM is a poet. He once one a £1000 prize for a limerick….
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Oh. I suppose I need to brush up on my politics. 🙂
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No it’s me that just needs to brush up generally. Your just great as you are.
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A Londoner poet named Keats
Was famed for his versified feats
You can go and wave
When you visit his grave
In a cemetery stuffed with elites.
Lord Byron was once quite the lad
Known both to be wicked and mad
At the world he did scoff
When he took himself off
Died in Greece as hero? Or cad?
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I like that very much
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(snorts) I’m imagining a lot of bleepity bleeps here 🙂
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Many. So tempted to try one of these in full Yorkshire. That way no one will have a clue when I’m swearing.
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