Jerry T Curtis Poet Rhyme

Catch That Ghazal

Please catch me a Ghazal
And don't even ask me why
It's something I've just wanted
someday before I die

More docile than a lion
More graceful than a giraffe 
More sleek than a hippo
Let me see you ply your craft

Not as crazy as a monkey
or as slow as a sloth
not as high strung as a zebra
now please give me your oath

That you'll catch me a Ghazal
It matters not in what condition
as long as you write it 
in the pure Persian tradition

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Pashang Salehi April 22, 2016 at 1:10 AM I am too old and too slow to get you a gazelle, but I can give pure Persian Ghazal! I have a lot of them.. All pure in Persian's tradition....Pashang

Timothy Hicks March 29, 2016 at 11:05 PM So bizarre and entertaining, Jerry. Like how off-beat it is. I don't know if I've ever called a hippo "sleek" before --- though I hear they can have quite the hip-hop according to Flight of the Conchords. In any case, it seems my recent contest has spread a bug through out the Soup ... I rather enjoy the odd form.

Laura Leiser March 21, 2016 at 7:11 PM This is perfect, Jerry! Both humorous and cleverly written at the same time, loved it :)

Lindsay Laurie March 21, 2016 at 5:05 PM G'day Jerry ... we've got a plague of 'em here - how much will you pay for one - Lindsay Jerry T Curtis March 21, 2016 at 5:09 PM How about a trade Mate---two flamingos and a gator