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Poetic Form: Lyric
Inspired: 2024 July 11
Audio: It's Raining, It's Pouring Nursery Rhyme

It's Raining, It's Pouring Man--REMAKE

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"It’s Raining, It’s Pouring"
It’s raining, it’s pouring
The old man is snoring
He bumped his head
And went to bed
And didn’t get up till morning.

Shivers 'me Timbers
truth be told tune's like old
day had grew night he knew
possibles here unfolds.

I'm Popeye the sailor man
fought Brutus a former friend
was sent up the Big House
and fought with a Big Mouth
he ate all hamburgers then ran
I'm Popeye the sailor man
got lost in the jailhouse can
I flushed myself down
I'm the new man in town
I think I'm now in Japan
I'm Popeye the sailor man
lookin for food in this land
asked a theater house
they had a Bigger Mouth
Kabuk got spooked and he ran
I'm Popeye American
at food house saw Kabuk man
before I could get 'im
he ate all the saimin
and then he ran off to San Fran
I'm Popeye American
hungriest man in Japan
got a bowl of seafood
that stood and walked for good
still hungriest man in Japan
I'm Popeye kabuki man
I'm lean like a boogeyman
my muscles turned mussels
mid chopstick smiles--hustled
so quick boards I on sampan
I'm Popeye the kidnapped man
got Shanghai up to Thailand
there I met King Kong
who took me to Hong Kong
to ship's dock fast as I can 
we passed the Meridian
we dropped anchor in ocean
as history stood still
herstory went on till
mid BC & AD timespan
the ship I was travelin
I met this young Hawaiian
his grandpa's Maori
and grandma's Tahiti
he called me the comeback kid
home, my yard--friend waterin'
said he changed my Tax Map Key
helped him up he'd told me
he'll fix things be golden
then showed news I'm lost at sea
I'm Popeye invisible
I will change impossible 
and I'll be a name-changer
from Popeye the sailor
to Eyes-to-die-for the yachtsman.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2024



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Date: 7/20/2024 1:13:00 PM
Though this didn't place it wasn't because it wasn't awesome, it was. But it was based on a cartoon rather than a nursery rhyme, despite the intro. But I felt I needed to let you know this rocked!
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Hilo Poet
Date: 7/20/2024 1:30:00 PM
Don't fret it man. I place, I place, I don't, I don't. I can't outwit the other team with that slider -- even tho they were wearing dresses. Thx for dustn' da base, tho. Hope you read my Sedoka just posted sorta let the ball drop on my contest, Aloha to you both.
Date: 7/12/2024 10:03:00 PM
A really fun poem, William. When I was a little kid I had crushed on two cartoon characters: Popeye and Mighty Mouse. Crazy, huh?
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Hilo Poet
Date: 7/13/2024 7:25:00 AM
Did a changeup, hint nursery rhyme--same players, different sports; Popeye cartoon vs nursery rhyme, Aloha William
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