Roy Jerden Poet Rhyme

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Pi Day

On March fourteenth, the day of pi
I pined to buy an apple pie
A python spied me at the door,
a sharp-eyed pirate on the floor

Oh piebald pipe of piety
Do not aspire to piracy!
A spiny pain will occupy
My poor pylorus pining pie

Pied piper pyromaniac
Porkpie in hand, applies attack
A pyrite spark to light became
Papyrus lit and fanned the flame

The python backs, afraid of fire
The piker fears a funeral pyre
He'd be expired and unprepared
To cipher circles pi r squared

Our pineal glands made pie-eyed plans
And Pontius Pilate washed his hands
A pile of pilots can't deny
I occupied my day with pi

October 25, 2014
Rhymed iambic tetrameter
There are 35 "pi" sounds. Can you find them all?

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Connie Marcum Wong March 25, 2015 at 3:13 AM I remember this poem and I am so glad to see it get the attention it deserves. Bravo my friend and Congrats on your win!

Jan Allison March 24, 2015 at 2:53 PM I stand by my original comment roy so pleased to see this get a more well deserved place now :-) Hugs Jan xx

Andrea Dietrich March 24, 2015 at 1:02 AM Awesome, Roy. you got your Pi win now!! Congrats.

Rob Carmack March 24, 2015 at 12:52 AM Roy, congrats, I like what you did here. Thanks for participating.

Brenda Meier-Hans December 10, 2014 at 10:53 PM I am amazed if you only occupied one day with pi. This looks like a whole lot of work. Great outcome Roy. Congratulations on your win.

Mark Peterson December 9, 2014 at 8:14 PM Roy, I am always amazed and left slack-jawed by your poetry. You are certainly one of the more agile, cogent and literate writers we have here, which may forever deprive you of the position you deserve. Still to make light, another pi: Is the relationship of an igloo's circumference to its radius known as Eskimo pi?

Dr.Ram Mehta December 9, 2014 at 10:24 AM Congratulations on the win

David Fisher December 8, 2014 at 5:55 PM Oh my, great Pi story, Roy. I didn't count the 35 pi's, but it seemed you had at least 3.14 pi's per line.

Jan Allison December 8, 2014 at 2:39 PM Personally I would have loved to see this extremely clever write place higher - its a 7 from me :-) hugs Jan xx Roy Jerden December 8, 2014 at 5:42 PM Thanks! I thought the rules were pretty open, but apparently mine fell outside the mainstream. "1 original, poem on the theme of your choice, but pies of some sort must appear. You may eat them, throw them, turn them into piebald whatevers, graph something with them, let's just have a real plentitude of pies, more than anyone could want."

Richard Lamoureux December 8, 2014 at 1:12 PM It appears I have saved one of the best for last. This is a skillfull write 7 all the way. Congratulations Roy.

Sheri Fresonke Harper December 8, 2014 at 12:13 PM Roy, you caught my attention on pie of all kinds, nice work. Love the photo I just found. Thanks for entering the pie contest, truly wonderful submissions sent in.

Connie Marcum Wong November 24, 2014 at 2:45 PM OMG, I had so much fun reading this one Roy! Pied piper pyromaniac, Papyrus lit and fanned the flame, Pontius Pilate washed his hands, what great lines! I loved the humor you brought to this creative piece. Thanks! #7

Dr. Upma A. Sharma October 26, 2014 at 1:28 AM Great thotful n witty one Roy! Love ur write wid so many pies inside! Gl in contest!

Jan Allison October 25, 2014 at 7:12 PM a proliferation of of alliteration here Roy - great write and I loved the humour- good luck in the contest. Hugs Jan xxxx