All right, clones, you’ve all be waiting for this so here it is (in the form of a poem):
Here’s a story about Lagoon
It’s about to make me look like a buffoon
This really isn’t much of a story
So I will try to give it some glory
As we walked to get in line for the Mouse Trap
An idea hit me like a lightning zap
I would use my skillz to win a prize
One that would please my kids with its large dimensions
I yelled to my companions “Come one, come all.”
“Watch me win a prize with a basketball!”
As I handed the lad my money,
I knew my shot would be sweet as bee nectar.
The ball left my hands with ease
Yet I knew my shot would not please
As I watched my shot move wide
The ball promptly bounced of the rim’s edge
Oh No! My money is wasted.
Alas, victory would not be tasted
But wait! My shot followed a new course
Which quickly erased any remorse
Through the adjacent rim my shot was made
Only once has a shot had me more amazed
As I looked at the lad who was just a beginner
His mouth opened wide and declared “We have a winner.”
A Spurs teddy bear was my claim
But the bear’s décor put me to shame
A Jazz bear would have been sweet
But now, the Spurs bear will feel the bottom of my cleat
Now, as my story is done,
I hope you realize what a wonderful prize I won
Softly roars the ocean floor
I hope this poem didn’t bore
DISCLAIMER: Yes, I intentionally made some of the words not rhyme.
5 comments:
Look at how swiftly you post things! Bravo! No, but in all that is real & true, I am glad that I got to see that awesome shot made by YOU! Get it, get it....It rhymes! :) By the way, What time does Lowe's Close?
Either we find this really funny or it is really, really late.
LOL - That's so funny! I'm gullible enough on the first one to go, "why didn't he know size rhymes with prize?" :) Then I got it.
Sweet shot, but the best is that you ended up with a Spurs bear. Great poem!
While rhyme is not a critical element of poetry, meter and, more importantly, metaphore are. Your ode managed to simultaneously avoid those two; a fact unmitigated by your only slightly clever play on rhyming words.
I misspelled metaphor on purpose. And I was gracious enough not to make any comments on alliteration or onomatopoeia.
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