Trolley Folly

Kukla, Fran and Ollie,
decided to take a trolley,
to visit their sister Molly
and her little girl named Holly

But while they were on the trolley,
a parrot whose name was Polly,
bit the nose of Ollie,
who ran around the trolley,
screaming... by gosh, by gum, by golly,
I'll kill that crazy Polly.

When an officer whose name was Jolly,
observed the screaming Ollie,
he threw them off the trolley.
So they decided to visit Wally
a man who owned a Collie.

Now, if you think this poem is folly,
perhaps you should take the trolley,
to come with me, I insist.
To visit my psychiatrist.

He'll charge you a very high rate.
To tell you this poem is great!
The problem you see, I fear,
is you'd love to get out of here.
For you simply can't stand to be,
round a poet as good as me!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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June 3, 2010 at 12:16 PM
Nice use of rhyme. Congratulations on making it through the first round of the Poetry Soup contest with this poem. Best wishes in the finals. Karen
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June 3, 2010 at 11:51 AM
Congratulations on your poetry making it through the first round Robert. I wish you the best in the finals. Love, Carol
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May 29, 2010 at 11:36 AM
loved this one, and congrats on having your poem featured on the premier of the week
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May 28, 2010 at 6:51 PM
Robert -Congratulations on having your poetry featured this week, God Bless, mj
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May 25, 2010 at 5:43 AM
Congratulations on your poetry being featured this week Robert. May you have many more features and may you find loads of inspiration along the way. Love, Carol
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May 24, 2010 at 4:36 PM
LOL absolutely wonderful Robert!! This could be a limerick, a couplet, or rhyme in Form ... hmm, I've been here 3 years and I still don't know for sure ... smile ... at any rate this is outstanding and a great selection to be featured this week. Congratulations and if you are new, Welcome to PoetrySoup!! If you've been here for awhile, my bad for not getting around to say howdy ... smile
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May 24, 2010 at 2:01 PM
A fun poem to lift the spirits. Well written. Congratulations on being featured. Regards Heidie
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May 24, 2010 at 12:44 PM
Gave me a giggle - many congrats on your feature this week. Rgds Janette
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May 23, 2010 at 5:00 PM
You have me smiling with this one. Nice use of rhyme. Congratulations on having your poem featured. I wish you continued success with your writing. Karen
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May 23, 2010 at 2:58 PM
Very cook actually. And you are good. Your writes are fun and well written. Thank you for sharing and congratulations on your poem being featured on the site this week. See, you are a good poet. Keep on writing. Caroline.
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