William Kelii Kekaula Poet Ghazal

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Poetic Term: Ghazal
Inspired: 2024 May 04
Image: Hey Diddle Diddle by nurseryrhymecentral.com

Hey Diddle Diddle

Hey, diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon--had no fiddle,

The little dog laughed, got smashed as a Poodle,
the cow laughed a little, and found the fiddle,

The cat played to Nero, a pal and hero,
yet smelled things burning while playing the fiddle,

The cat Roam'ed about, thought it was the griddle,
though the cow saw Nero play fire--did fiddle,

Caught in a piddle, while cat Roam'ed a riddle,
dish sought by a poodle, as cow plays fiddle,

the taste of kumquat, the dish adds a riddle,
as things come short, the cat loses the fiddle,

ponders a poodle, a true diddle, diddle,
noise sought--found, twiddle, a dish and a fiddle,

To see such sport--the poodle in the middle,
the dish ran away while spooning the fiddle.

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Michelle Faulkner May 6, 2024 at 7:11 PM How clever, love all the ways you used fiddle, poodle and nice twist with the kumquat :) William Kelii Kekaula May 6, 2024 at 8:20 PM Twas getting dizzingly diddled, --ah, the poetess true, the 'short' line was done before I was to bring in 'sport' which was the dog's line in the original, but twas too soon as the previous line needed a reason for a dog's need for a dish, ergo, voila! Thanks for the Hit Parade, Michelle. Aloha, William