Odd (poem)

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Odd

What is dear to a deer, when the crow goes "squak"
But this squak was like no other, it was like "coo"
And this deer is a boar
while the grass shall never been greener on the other side

This dog is not a God
A god would be more Odd
God created the dog
And the dog is his shape
And this dog would Say "Woof"


Time is Plentiful
Yet a Rush is Imminent
And the Tortoise moves to slow

A Fly may Fly
But a Duck does not Duck
And a cow goes "Moo"
what if a duck DOES duck?
and if a fly has no wings, is it still a fly?
if a cow quacked, would it still be a cow?


If the Earth is round
Then why do mountains Exists
If the sun is so Huge
Then why can a penny block it out


Thanks to Falstaff for his guidance, very appreciated.

 

And it's definitely odd...

And you're welcome.

 

You go and do better then catbert. If you cant then dont criticize without adding anything constructive

 

I think you need to thank Winnie-the-Pooh as well as some of the lines were clearly inspired by his "Cottleston Pie" song.

 

There is?

 

Of course there is:

"Cottleston Cottleston Cottleston Pie,
A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly.
Ask me a riddle and I reply
Cottleston Cottleston Cottleston Pie.

Cottleston Cottleston Cottleston Pie,
Why does a chicken? I don't know why.
Ask me a riddle and I reply
Cottleston Cottleston Cottleston Pie.

Cottleston Cottleston Cottleston Pie,
A fish can't whistle and neither can I.
Ask me a riddle and I reply
Cottleston Cottleston Cottleston Pie."

-- A. A. Milne

 

never heard that poem before and its not exactly a match HB

 

Dalveen, ignore Catbert. It was a funny poem, and I enjoyed it.

 

I liked it was kinda strange but funny as well.

 

Thanks Ravynn and Lawless

 

I didn't like it that much, but it wasn't that bad... Just not my kind of poetry I guess...

But I liked the Winnie-the-Pooh song thank you for posting it Harbourboy! And when a fly has no wings, it's called a walk, we all know that

 

If you like nonsense poetry you should check out Spike Milligan...


On the Ning Nang Nong

On the Ning Nang Nong
Where the Cows go Bong!
And the Monkeys all say Boo!
Theres a Nang Nong Ning
Where the trees go Ping!
And the tea pots Jibber Jabber Joo
On the Nong Ning Nang
All the Mice go Clang!
And you just cant catch em when they do!
So its Ning Nang Nong!
Cows go Bong!
Nong Nang Ning!
Trees go Ping!
Nong Ning Nang!
The mice go Clang!

What a noisy place to belong,Is the Ning Nang Ning Nang Nong!

Spike Milligan - from Silly Verse for Kids, 1968

And it is thanks to Lewis Carrol's nonsense poem in Through the Looking-Glass that Vorpal swords exist in D&D at all.


JABBERWOCKY

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

Lewis Carroll
(from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872)

 

Your poem has something more meaningful to offer the world than Mr. Carrol's Jabberwocky. I'll jabberwalk that all the way to the bank, where I can cash a check if the water's none too high. Keep up the innovative thought process.