Nonsensical Poetry

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Ode to My Hippopotamus

My hippopotamus was my delight.
I loved the way she played hide and go seek,
Invading my home day and through the night,
I still have dreams about her playful cheek.

Remember what you did with the penguin ?
You were most clever with your solution.
Simply counting aloud from one to ten,
Forestalled the need for an execution.

I loved when you danced; loved your simple ways.
Your pirouettes so refined and grand mal.
Your cabrioles into a plie´ received great praise -
Most assuredly the belle of the ball.

Now I pine away with a broken heart,
Counting each moment while we are apart.

5/6/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol! An Ode indeed!

Minimalist Reflexion
Words engulf worlds.

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Lol! An Ode indeed!

Minimalist Reflexion
Words engulf worlds.

Love the minimalism... my favorite form.

Puppy - A nonsense Tanka Poem 57577

I love my kitten
He is so energetic.
I named him Puppy
Has five opposable thumbs
When he glows I feel happy

5/6/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Looked Tanka 57577poem up:https://www.masterclass.com/articles...s-a-tanka-poem

I have a parrot
He converses about himself
and philosophies
the world is not round, he says
it is an extended road

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Interesting class... love Billy Collin's poetry - I shared a poem of his, last month I believe, with our small group of poets here on the Divide that was delightfully funny: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...-56d21ebdad746

Beautiful poem !!! I don't see it as nonsense at all.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

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Zebra - A nonsense Haiku

Rainy summertime
A male, giant zebra hops
watching the aardvark

5/7/2022

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol!

The aardvark

A lone aardvark
or a kangaroo that fell
out of mother´s pouch?

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or ? - Lol !!!

zen giraffe

hearty eventide
a tall, secret giraffe moos
watching the pebble

5/9/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Cute! Didn´t know giraffes mooed!

Ornitorrinco

Platypus

Ornitorrinco
(just saving a verse!)
Just toughly yourself!

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lol... giraffes buck the trend to go ommm...

"(just saving a verse!)"... good start

climbing ivy - A nonsense Tanka Poem

my climbing ivy
it is so green and shivers
covering an oak
with rife intelligent leaves
and bloodshot allergy eyes

5/9/2022

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tailor

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bright apocalypse

bright apocalypse
an upper textbook house trots
above the ruins

5/9/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

lol... giraffes buck the trend to go ommm...

"(just saving a verse!)"... good start

climbing ivy - A nonsense Tanka Poem

my climbing ivy
it is so green and shivers
covering an oak
with rife intelligent leaves
and bloodshot allergy eyes

5/9/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Loved this!

Question
Musing about things past
How do dinosaurs and ants
Relate to it?

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Love question poems ! Good question...

Wikipedia:

Ants: Ants appear in the fossil record across the globe in considerable diversity during the latest Early Cretaceous and early Late Cretaceous, suggesting an earlier origin. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period, and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. (The first remains of flowering plants are known from 125 million years ago. They diversified extensively during the Early Cretaceous, became widespread by 120 million years ago, and replaced conifers as the dominant trees from 60 to 100 million years ago.)

Dinosaurs: They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is the subject of active research. They became the dominant terrestrial vertebrates after the Triassic–Jurassic extinction event 201.3 mya; their dominance continued throughout the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. The fossil record shows that birds are modern feathered dinosaurs, having evolved from earlier theropods during the Late Jurassic epoch, and are the only dinosaur lineage known to have survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event approximately 66 mya.

Star Gaters

There once was a Goa’uld named Susan
Who often liked to go cruisin'
So she hopped into her boyfriend's Al’Kesh,
Who suddenly became quite cheeky and fresh,
In rebuffing she oathed "you're cruisin' for a brusin'"

5/11/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
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a boy named carter... a nonsense poem

there once was a boy called carter
who said compared to him there was no one smarter
and though he was rather young
of the disco songs he had heard he sung
when walking his silky anteater

5/11/2022 r. 5/17/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the wiki comments on ants and dinos. And the anteater.

The anteater

There once was an anteater
That lived his life, like you and me
To his taste a dish of ants was sweeter
Than the finest melee,
he used to go yippee!

But one sad day,
(he was at the end of his tether)
He just went away!