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Does anyone have any examples of silly poems, other than the ubiquitous limerick? I offer a Double Dactyl:
Higgledy piggledy,
Ludwig von Beethoven,
Bored by requests for some
Music to hum,
Finally answered with
Oversimplicity,
"Here's my Fifth Symphony:
Dah-dah-dah-dum."
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One which I remember (imperfectly) from my schooldays is:
My son, Augustus, off to school one day
Was feeling quite particularly merry
When someone asked him: "What's the quickest way
To get to [Highgate] Cemetery?"
"The quickest way!" replied my little Gus
And shoved the fellow underneath a bus.
Does anyone have a correct (!) version or an author for this?
The other important question to ask, of course, is why has this piece of doggerel stayed with me for nearly 50 years?
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one of the questions which never fails to annoy me is of the sort, "Is there any word that rhymes with silver?"; thus I was overjoyed when I discovered this: To find a rhyme for silver Or any other "rhymeless" rhyme Requires only will, ver- bosity, and time. http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/
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here's another I used on my web site: strange new words I relish like nectar or tonic I now know my line printer is boustrophedonic David P. Stern Science magazine http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/
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I used to laugh uproariously at this when I was about three. It still raises a chuckle, more than half a centuy later!
The other day upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today;
I really wish he'd go away!
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apropos of most anything: "Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea; And love is a thing that can never go wrong; And I am Marie of Roumania." -Dorothy Parker http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/
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In the interests of accurate citation, my memory has just dredged up the final two lines of "Augustus":
I will say this about my son,
He does enjoy a bit of fun.
There, I feel better now!
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Dredged from my memory of at least 60 years ago:
'Twas midnight on the ocean,
not a streetcar was in sight
and the sun was shining brightly
for it rained all day that night.
'Twas a summer's day in winter
and the snow was raining fast
as a barefoot boy with shoes on
stood sitting on the grass.
That's all I remember of that one but that in turn, turned up another one. I've lost the beginning and all I remember right now is:
. . . . .
As the sexton rang the church bell, lard was rendered by the choir.
While the ______________, someone set the church on fire.
"Holy Smoke!" the preacher shouted, as he madly tore his hair.
Now his head resembles heaven, for there is no parting there!
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Yesterday upon the stair I met a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today -- I think he's from the CIA. http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/
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My father peddles opium, my mother's on the dole My sister used to walk the streets but now she's on parole My brother runs a restaurant with a bedroom in the rear But they don't even speak to me 'cause I'm an engineer --From the MIT "Engineer's drinking song" http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/
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