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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

Date: 3/25/2015 3:13:00 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

Date: 3/24/2015 2:53:00 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

Date: 3/24/2015 1:02:00 AM

Awesome, Roy. you got your Pi win now!! Congrats.

Rob Carmack

Date: 3/24/2015 12:52:00 AM

Roy, congrats, I like what you did here. Thanks for participating.

Brenda Meier-Hans

Date: 12/10/2014 10:53:00 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

Date: 12/9/2014 8:14:00 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

Date: 12/9/2014 10:24:00 AM

Congratulations on the win

David Fisher

Date: 12/8/2014 5:55:00 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

Date: 12/8/2014 2:39:00 PM

Personally I would have loved to see this extremely clever write place higher - its a 7 from me :-) hugs Jan xx

Roy Jerden
Date: 12/8/2014 5:42:00 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

Date: 12/8/2014 1:12:00 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

Date: 12/8/2014 12:13:00 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

Date: 11/24/2014 2:45:00 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