Palindrome Poem

Otto and Anna
Departed at noon.
Jumped in their kayak
To fly to the moon.

The stats were against them;
Their radar had failed.
They had to refer 
To their mom, who was jailed.

She did her civic duty,
Which she’d learned as a madam.
Her sagas with both sexes
Made her dying to get at ‘em.

She sent a note by racecar
With caused them both to redden.
Her advice? Find a mechanic
And do a little beddin’!

Palindromes: Otto, Anna, noon, kayak,
	mom, civic, madam, sagas, sexes
	racecar, redden.

Ilene Bauer

For David Williams' Palindrome contest
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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O'Leary Avatar
April 28, 2012 at 7:24 AM
Interesting use of words... food for thought...! Terry
Kendrick Avatar
April 25, 2012 at 12:56 PM
Enjoyed reading your creative work..Congrats on your win..Sara
Debole Avatar
April 23, 2012 at 5:42 PM
Hi Ilene - Congratulations on your win with your very funny and imaginative poem! Is your Otto the same Otto as in my poem? If he is, I think he has some explaining to do to Anna and Hannah. LOL. - Gail
Brown Avatar
April 23, 2012 at 6:24 AM
Congratulations on your win in David's "Palindrome Mad" contest Ilene. Love, Carol
Johnson Avatar
April 22, 2012 at 7:19 PM
Great work Ilene. Funny too. Congratulations on your win. Love, Joyce
Song Avatar
April 22, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Funny flair and fantabulous imaginative flow! You wrote of such a funny fictitious jailed mom too! Whoah..! ha ha. Congrats dear Ilene! :0 Gwenodlen
Taylor Avatar
April 22, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Congrats on your win, Ilene. Wonderful piece. Enjoyed. Nice going. hugs, Ralph
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April 22, 2012 at 1:21 PM
Well done Ilene, big congratulations xx
Wesley Avatar
April 10, 2012 at 6:34 AM
Wow, you never fail to deliver, Wonderful verse and all the best for the contest.
Horne Avatar
April 7, 2012 at 7:27 AM
lol, cute poem with lots of palindromes
Williams Avatar
April 7, 2012 at 2:27 AM
ilene thanks for entering ,can't soup mail you but one of the rules is can you put your name on it please......
Williams Avatar
April 7, 2012 at 6:30 AM
Hi ilene all fine....
Jones Avatar
April 6, 2012 at 5:09 PM
AWESOME!!! Do you remember that poem "I'm hiding, I'm hiding, and no one knows where..."? .. anyway, was a fave of mine as a kid and has been on my mind recently. This po has that kind of lilt with a stiletto of an edge. Love it!
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