Coconuts - Cupid's Tool

 A love story in iambic tetrameter. 


Don't be afraid, please have some guts,
write a poem 'bout coconuts.

Though they are big, round, and hairy
they're not so bad, not so scary.

The water's healthy, keeps you well,
just gotta suck it out the shell.

Go have a party, celebrate,
then use one to set up a date.

Send a long drink to a fella,
with a sparkler and umbrella.

Watch him sip nectar through that straw,
lovers, not friends, strangers no more.

Use the meat to make a curry
a tasty dish made in a hurry;

shrimp, or mutton, or fish or goat
so, so, good, it'll float his boat.

In fact, prepare it for your date
the perfect dish, he'll think you're great.

He knows for him you'll go through hell
to get the flesh out of the shell.

Your food's not dull, no spaghetti,
open nuts with your machete.

Don't even have to make a move
your intense love for him to prove.

Pretty quickly, no ifs, no buts,
he'll propose. He loves coconuts!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Faure Avatar
August 17, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Enjoyed very much!
Schlesinger-Fleming Avatar
August 14, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Tom, this is adorable. Love it, and I hope you win the contest.
Pickering Avatar
October 6, 2023 at 2:08 PM
Not sure if the contest I wrote this for is still running. But I ended up loving the madcap rhymes and driving rhythm. Doggerel maybe... But iambic tetramic doggerel.
Liguori Avatar
October 6, 2023 at 2:46 PM
The coconuts contest is running. Nice poem.
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