Napowrimo yesterday gave us the prompt to write a clerihew or a double dactyl poem. They did the same thing last year, so I make no apology for offering these from Napo 2011. They have been revised, as the originals had the wrong number of lines, which meant I had to find new rhymes for the last lines – see http://www.napowrimo.net/ for full instructions.
Double dactyl delight (which sounds like a pudding)
Comedy, tragedy
two sides of history,
rations of one counter-
balance the other.
Dollops of gladness
and portions of badness,
but which is quite which
it is hard to discover.
Double dactyl Disaster
Political tragedy
feminine apathy
historical fight
for the vote was in vain.
Parliamentarians’
continued shenanigans
contemptible avarice
dishonoured in shame.
I like the first best, Viv. Here is a cheer for napowrimo finally ending! It has been tiring, to say the least.
Pamela
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I’ll go with “dollops of gladness”. You make me glad, Viv.
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These are really good. Sounds devilish difficult form.
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Viv, these are great. They were so much fun to read, I had to do a double-take and read them each 2x!
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Ew, you are good, arn’t you, with all your forms….? I’m quite jealous.
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It’s what comes of all the drumming into us of form when Tilly and I were studying. Don’t be jealous – I can’t do what you can.
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Am I allowed envy instead? 🙂
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Excellent writes, Viv. Within the light forms, you speak today’s truth! Nice sharing NaPoWriMo with you this month.
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I agree with Tilly. They read like a romp, yet the content is glum. Nicely done.
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Love the contrast of the jolly rhythm with the subject matter.
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The shame of the second one seems to be with us still, a year on!
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