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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

Date: 4/22/2016 1:10:00 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

Date: 3/29/2016 11:05:00 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

Date: 3/21/2016 7:11:00 PM

This is perfect, Jerry! Both humorous and cleverly written at the same time, loved it :)

Lindsay Laurie

Date: 3/21/2016 5:05:00 PM

G'day Jerry ... we've got a plague of 'em here - how much will you pay for one - Lindsay

Jerry T Curtis
Date: 3/21/2016 5:09:00 PM

How about a trade Mate---two flamingos and a gator