Nonsense rhymes

witty_owl · Post by **witty_owl** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 7:45 pm

Our recent "Winter" poetry event revealed a rather clever poem from our forum member, Pete which was selected by our honourable judge to be awarded the grand prize. This poem "Icicles" employed an insistent and excessive repitition of rhyme which created a unique sonic effect that some compared to Ogden Nash. This has given rise to an idea for a new kind of event/competition. To submit a poem or poems driven by repetitious rhyme. To simply play with language and explore the options.
Let this thread run for two weeks till Wednesday 23rd. at midnight Forum time. A public vote can then decide which of these Rhymes is the favourite by sending votes to myself or an independant member via PM. This way people can make their own criteria for judging, eg. humour, message within the nonsense, cleverness of language, emotional impact, originality and surprise or whatever. Voting could remain open till the end of February and results posted the Wed. following close of comp.
Poems could be posted under user name or anonymously as a guest(Do not log in), such as the writer chooses.
To kickstart the event I submit this nonsense ditty.

Keyboard Tap

Tappity tip tap, tip tap tip tap
Clacketty click clack, click click click clack
Overlap madcap click tap nightcap
Claptrap rat-trap man-trap mouse-trap.

Hip hop Rap crap, Pink rock Black rock
Buy crocks pile stocks mailbox jukebox
Hi Fi ear split, C.D. hot hit
Take more take few take me take you.

Right click left click mouse ball mouse trick
Tip tap Caps Lock Shift Tab key clock
Hickory dickory dickory dock
Click yer mouse, tap tap that key Doc.

No doubt we shall see better attempts than this one. At rock bottom there's only one way to go ^

Have fun with your keys and pens. Cheers, Witty.

LaurieAK · Post by **LaurieAK** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:45 pm

Witty-

thanks for taking the initiative.

I'll be sure and share anything silly i might come up with (as ususal).

later,
L

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 11:12 pm

Spam spammy spam
spammy spam spam
spam for me tea
spammy spammy me

Egg eggy eggs
eggy egg eggs
eggs for me tea
eggy eggy me

Chip chippy chips
chippy chip chips
chips for me tea
chippy chippy me

Spam eggy spam
eggy spam eggs
spam eggy tea
eggy spammy me

Egg chippy eggs
chippy egg chips
egg chippy tea
chippy eggy me

Chip spammy chips
spammy chips spam
chips spammy tea
spammy chippy me

Spam eggy chips
eggy chips spam
chips chippy tea
eggy spammy me

Pete

Critic2 · Post by **Critic2** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:34 am

Pete wrote:Spam spammy spam
spammy spam spam
spam for me tea
spammy spammy me

Egg eggy eggs
eggy egg eggs
eggs for me tea
eggy eggy me

Chip chippy chips
chippy chip chips
chips for me tea
chippy chippy me

Spam eggy spam
eggy spam eggs
spam eggy tea
eggy spammy me

Egg chippy eggs
chippy egg chips
egg chippy tea
chippy eggy me

Chip spammy chips
spammy chips spam
chips spammy tea
spammy chippy me

Spam eggy chips
eggy chips spam
chips chippy tea
eggy spammy me

Pete

Neat
Pete
Delete

Neat
Pete
Delet

Neat
Pete
Dele

Neat
Pete
Del

Neat
Pete
De

Neat
Pete
D

Neat
Pete

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:38 am

~ You sure know how to go off in style

. Did the air waves take your breath away

?

Critic2 · Post by **Critic2** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:39 am

lizzytysh wrote: ~ You sure know how to go off in style . Did the air waves take your breath away ?

in England you would be a magic spell

Lizzy, Wizzy
let's get busy!

do you have that one or is it just boring abracadabra?

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:57 am

Nope. May be olde in merry England, but 'tis brand new here.

witty_owl · Post by **witty_owl** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 3:00 am

Pete, are you auditioning for the next Monty Python writing team?

Cheers, Witty.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 6:58 pm

Nope.. I just love spam, egg and chips

and spam

Pete

witty_owl · Post by **witty_owl** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 3:37 pm

Booze Booze

Booze booze
Amuse to cruise
Boozers choose
To misuse a muse
Booze booze
A cruise for schmooze.

Whose muse?
Infused with booze
Misuse abuse
Excuse the booze
Lose the blues
Booze more booze.

Enthuse abuse
Boozers who lose
Losers who booze
Choose to misuse
A ruse for a muse
Snooze on the booze.

A Witty Ditty.

Cheers, Witty.

John K. · Post by **John K.** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:25 pm

Here for your reading "pleasure" is my contribution, from the father of two small children:

Walk Walk
Talk Talk
Walk Talk
Run

Run Run
Fun Fun
Run Fun
Trip

Trip Trip
Slip Slip
Trip Slip
Bump

Bump Bump
Lump Lump
Bump Lump
Cry

Cry Cry
My My
Cry My
Ice

Ice Ice
Nice Nice
Ice Nice
Cold

Cold Cold
Hold Hold
Cold Hold
Push

Push Push
Shush Shush
Push Shush
Go

Go Go
Slow Slow
Go Slow
Walk

John K.

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:10 pm

With its preciousness, this is my favourite, so far, John. Such a true scenario whilst being with small children.
I so easily and clearly envisioned each progression.

LaurieAK · Post by **LaurieAK** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:16 am

more silliness....

Hottub Hottub
BlubBlub hottub
Blue light
light night
night light
Hottub blublub
Bubble tub
Tub bubble

Steamy time
night time
mine time
Drink wine
Bubble tub
drink think
slowly sink
Blue bubbles
night night
Blub blub
Hottub

witty_owl · Post by **witty_owl** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 8:30 am

Another nonsense rhyme
To help pass the time.

Did The Aardvark?

Did the aardvark embark
Upon old Noah's ark
When the heavens so dark
Raised the high watermark?

And the clerk did he mark
On his two by two chart?
The woodlark, meadowlark
And cousin mudlark.

The sweet singing skylark,
The noisy macaque,
The wild grubby boschvark,
The doe and the hart.

Did they park in the ark
All safe from the shark?
Till the ark it did park
On a mountainside stark.

The patriarch, matriarch
The hierarchy apart,
Did they scribe and remark
On the tale of the ark?

But I ran out of words
For the ark strewn with turds
To rhyme all the time
For line after line.

So with a sniff and a tear
I'll end it right here
And leave you to think
If the aardvark did sink?

Cheers, nitty witty.

Andrew McGeever · Post by **Andrew McGeever** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:32 pm

Dear Witty Owl, Pete, LaurieAK et al,
Congratulations for all the nonsense rhymes! I'm not going to attempt one, since I am a strictly deadly serious writer

who wouldn't raise his game to such levels.
However, it just happens (oh yes folks, that's a school of philosophy) that I'm currently reading the sellected works of Spike Milligan. For correspondents outside the so-called u.k. this name may not register on the Richter scale of writing, yet he was THE greatest comic genius in a world yet to be civilized (apart from Bexhill-on-Sea).
I don't wish to hijack (sorry, Hello Jack) this thread, but please accept one of Spike's many nonsense poems, and, better still, find out about the man who made the Goons (and was the creative influence behind Monty Python) .

I Met A Greek

I met a Greek
Who wouldn't speak.

I met a Turk
Who woudn't work.

I met a Dane
Who was insane.

I met a Scot
Who just talked rot.

I met an Arab
Who gave me a scarab.

I met a Swede
Who couldn't read.

I met a German
Who gave me ein sermon.

I met an Italian
Who sold me a stallion.

I met an Eskimo
With only one toe.

I met a Moroccan
With only one sock on.

I met a Mongolian
Who knew Napoleon.

I met a Croat
Who had a sore throat.

I met a Sioux
Who was six feet tioux.

I met a Spaniard
Who sold me a lanyard.

I met a Slav
Who made me lauv.

I met a Cambodian
Who was a custodian.

I met a Majorcan
Who wouldn't stop torcan.

I met a Fijian
Who'd just done his knee in.

I met an Iraqi
Who had a bad baqui.

Now with a Swiss
I'm ending thiss.

Andrew.