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And for today, the NaPoWriMo prompt is to ‘write a poem for children. This could be in the style of a nursery rhyme, or take a cue from Edward Lear or Shel Silverstein’. This is write up my alley – so a selection:
FLOOGLES
A floogle is a funny beast,
All flopsy in its flight:
It doesn’t seem to be the least
Aer-o-dy-nam-clee right.
Its take-offs are a miracle
Of mind transcending bulk;
Its landings are all spiracle –
And end up in a sulk.
Its mating cry’s discor-dint
Enough to cause to flee
All creatures less impor-dint
Than female floogles, see?
Its nests atop sharp spires
Are something of a farce,
Unless a chick desires
A spike thrust up his … (pass!)
They feed upon the gormliss,
A silly creature which,
With body rather formless,
Is yet, in protein, rich.
So if you spot a floogle
Just let the creature be,
And satisfy, in Google,
Your curiosity.
Don’t go near floogles, please, you!
The chances are they may
Come swooping down to seize you –
Mistaken for their prey.
TURTLE DISASTER
Turtles are a kind of tortoise
That all live under the wortoise;
Turtles through these waters race
For they move in car-apace!
In the ocean see her hurtle –
Should you flip ‘er, she’s turned turtle …
Turtles, right way up, must be
Mock ones, therefore, you agree?
Turtles are a sorry group –
Often land up in the soup.
© Colonialist April 2014 (WordPress)
I love the Floogle poem. I’ve never seen one in real life. Are they extinct? Such clever nonsense rhymes, Col. 🙂
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I’ve always been told how full of nonsense I am!
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ha ha ha – loved this – thanks for the smile
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OMC that poor turtle… This is so funny, even Granny is laughing. Btw you can have some of my kittygrass for a real good bite 😉 Pawkiss 🙂
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Fangs very munch!
That soup is a turtle disaster!
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These are great – and not just for kids!
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Thanks!
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So do you drink turtle soup? 😉
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It is something soup-er Mommy tortoise!
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The Turtle one is top drawer. How you worked in Wortoise is truly, a stroke of ruddy awful
Material here for a laugh a page kids book.
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You have to be distinctly cuckoo to like stuff like this … er, been to a shrink lately?
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Very cute, Col 🙂
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You fink so? Oo, goody-goody! 🙂
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Your inner child was in his element today!
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Sorry – got out somehow! Hope he wasn’t a nuisance!
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Nah! I love him!
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I see your inner-child came forth! 🙂 loved the tortoise one
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I can’t contain the little devil!
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I do enjoy your mind boggling poetry… lol
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I don’t set out to boggle any poor minds! 🙂
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Aaaaand, I’m off to eat my salad for dinner!! 🙂
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Reblogged this on toofulltowrite (I've started so I'll finish) and commented:
This is without a doubt the funniest set of rhymes I’ve read recently for the Children’s Poem / Nursey Rhyme challenge – read ’em and weep!
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I adore these – easily the best ones of the challenge – amazing, funny and witty – your talent certainly is woids – soiperb!
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I loved them all! Floogles and salads for everyone! 😀
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If you need a new project, I suggest making a prototype of a Floogle to sell at toy stores. That would be a winner, with your poem in it’s little hand.
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Alas, my talent is woids, not boids! 🙂
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Wow! you really got carried away. What fun.
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I did, a bit. Tempted by it being what I enjoy most!
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me too!
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Yes, the salad. That was a good one.
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You note the irony regarding colonialists and emigrants?
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I bet u would enlighten me with the answer?
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Well, after the local carrots chased the radishes out, the salad was the poorer for it!
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HaHa….I see.
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I love Floogles.. 😉
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As long as they don’t reciprocate! 🙂
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Oh me! oh my! what fun making up your own creatures…What a roll model you are. I made up a few today but not as big a-ray 😉
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You mean you think I made the floogle UP? Wait until you meet one …. 🙂
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I think I’d better watch out for floogles!
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You have a fear of seeming like a gormliss individual? You and nrhatch bofe!
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I shall keep my eyes peeled for floogles!
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You have a fear of seeming like a gormliss individual? You and suzicate bofe!
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Best of all I like the Radish one, or maybe the Turtle but having not yef seen a Floogle that could be interesting too
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Good that you are so decisive about that! 🙂
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I can always give a quick definite decision..I think
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My favourite is actually the salad one! *smile*
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There is an element of seriousness in it, too – related to Colonialists!
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That Floogle sounds a bit like the flipfanpunfolderolopous they used the breed in Greece.
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Eek – that is a mouthful!
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Have you written a book of poetry for children? If not, you should. I’d buy it!
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That is so encouraging! Water pit tea – most of the ones I’ve put together for a planned anthology of light verse are not really aimed at children, though a few dozen of them might be suitable.
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