The Comedy/Satire/Pun Poem Contest

[Melanie]

prendrelemick...the "Enterprising" pun was delightfully clever and "dreamed I was Jean-Luc" made me laugh. "Making it so" was also well on-topic and an overall enjoyable poem to read.

pendragon...your last line was the perfect punchline...funny, albeit poignant (while lighthearted), reality check on superficial goals of networking and flattery.

cafolini...very clever "Fortune Cookie" approach. I'm still pondering the last two lines...fun to read

...and the winner is:

Congrats YesNo!!!...a well organized poem with a bookended-opening of "dreamed" from the first part of the famous quote and a bookended-close of "it is so" from the last part of the quote, and with an unexpected twist: "who cares if it is so". The sting is in the tail. Well done.

[YesNo]

Thanks, Melanie!

The next line is

Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream

Deadline: June 29th.

[Pendragon]

Roll. roll, roll your joint make it nice and neat
Puff, puff, puff, puff, life's a stoner's dream!
Roll. roll. roll another joint puff on it gently
Put a Cheech and Chong movie on, life's a stoner's dream!

[prendrelemick]

Row row row your boat gently down the stream,
Avoid the rapids, mind the rocks,
Life is not a dream.

[Melanie]

("row row row, your boat gently down the stream")

"Go Go Go, you GOAT!" You're messy and you're mean
Warily warily warily, "Go!"
Lest I intervene.

"No No No, you DON'T!" You grazed my garden greens
Verily verily verily I say
Your manners are obscene.

[Dark Muse]

Row row row my boat glumly down the Styx
reap, reap, reaping souls all day long,
drearily, drearily, drearily
death is all a dream.

[cacian]

row row row your boat gently down the stream
don't forget to push your dreams
slightly up the realm
readily readily readily
and don't forget to sleep

[cacian]

I think this one is up for completion YesNo

[YesNo]

You're right, cacian. I'll have the results tonight. Thanks for the reminder!

[YesNo]

Here are the results. Thanks for all the entries!

Pendragon: Nice use of "roll".

prendelemick: Good advice to those who think the rapids and rocks are not real.

Melanie: Nice one chasing the goat out of the garden.

Dark Muse: That was delightfully dark.

cacian: I guess one has to sleep, at least metaphorically, in order to dream. Nice link between sleeping and dreaming.

They were all enjoyable.

The winner: Pendragon

[Dark Muse]

Congrats Pen, yours was my favorite.

[Pendragon]

Thank you. When I grew up in the '70's weed was the big thing. We did a different version of this song. but I couldn't pass up the line abut Cheech and Chong. The movie was, of course, Up in Smoke!

Let us see now: The next line is:

"She'll be coming around the mountain when she comes."

Due date: July 20

Good luck!

[YesNo]

BEARS:
Oh, the market will be tanking. Yes, it will. Yes! It will!
Oh, the market will be tanking. Yes, it will. Yes! It will!
We bought puts and now we're waiting.
May there be no hesitating.
Oh, the market will be tanking. Yes, it will. Yes! It will!

BULLS:
Oh, the market will be popping. Yes, it will. Yes! It will!
Oh, the market will be popping. Yes, it will. Yes! It will!
We're invested, have no cash now,
So the market best not crash now.
Oh, the market will be popping. Yes, it will. Yes! It will!

BOTH:
We will all be getting richer. Yes, we will. Yes! We will!
They will all be getting poorer. Yes, they will. Yes! They will!
We will be the ones a-gloating.
Because only we'll be floating.
We will all be getting richer. Yes, we will. Yes! We will!

[Melanie]

Below is a take on "She'll be coming 'round the mountain when she comes.
She'll be riding six white horses when she comes"

Neptune's riding 'round the fountain in a shell
pulled by two rebellious horses, can't you tell
oh, the Tritons come to guide them
but the steeds just want to swim in
the Fontana di Trevi, when in Rome.

[prendrelemick]

The Real Reason Luke Skywalker Left The Swamp Planet Dagobah Before Completing His Jedi Training

Round the mountain she'll be coming when she comes. Master Luke.
I've told ya, Yoda, you're singing split infinitives again.
Disappointing, Master Luke, is your rebuke.
Well, you're such a pain, you're driving me insane.

Driving, she'll be , when she comes , six white horses.
Oh God!