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Zoo-Nado

[Sometimes when I’m struggling to write
I scrawl gibberish in the hope that inspiration
will lie within. Sometimes, just sometimes…
I like the result. This is one such]


There’s an ostrich in my porridge
There’s a shrew in my canoe
There’s a tiger in my trifle
There’s a Shih Tzu in my shoe
There’s a spider in my cider
There’s a goldfish in my loo
There’s an aardvark in the car park
and a coypu in my stew

There’s a monkey looking funky
With a meerkat for a hat
And an adder up a ladder
Hiding from a hungry rat

There’s a beaver with a cleaver
For he hasn’t any teeth
And a gator ate a waiter
Which was really rather brief

There’s a haddock in my paddock
And he’s in a proper muddle
An explosion in the ocean
Left him splashing in a puddle

A polar bear just over there
Has seen an easy lunch
For haddock are so juicy
With not many bones to crunch

He gave up eating penguins
When a penguin bit his neck
He won’t see that electric fence
For Polar bears don’t check

And when he got a zap
He got an aura that was fiery
He staggered round in circles
With his hair all black and wiry

He tried to brush the soot off
But he’d have to wash it later
He didn’t get the chance
Because he met the alligator 

The gator had to rest because
Although he felt quite chuffed
A waiter and a polar bear
Had left his belly stuffed

But my wife grabbed a hammer
And she’s had ten thousand views
Of her alligator handbag
And her alligator shoes

[Well, you were warned!]

Copyright © | Year Posted 2022




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Date: 7/2/2022 11:12:00 AM
sometimes, just sometimes though, the quick nonsense is the best... I know you know the drill, But I'll repeat it quick: Keep hurling that spaghetti And some of it will stick.
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Date: 7/1/2022 6:10:00 AM
Excellent Terry, with a simple piece of music to this one or a refrain, you could have a newer version of (old McDonald had a farm), you just need to break into this market, and I really hope one comes along soon for you, cheers David
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David Kavanagh
Date: 7/1/2022 8:32:00 AM
Ha that would be a very different type of exposure Terry, I really have no idea what marketing ploy would help, but the multimedia platforms will perhaps be the way to gain more exposure, I wish you luck!
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Terry Flood
Date: 7/1/2022 6:26:00 AM
It’s a strange thing David, but this was literally a gibberish write that would hopefully throw up a line to then work with. I’ve done this before when a block seems stubborn and often like the result. As for breaking into markets… unfortunately self promotion isn’t my forte. My partner and her daughter reckon my new book should be in every primary school in the land… maybe I’ll dig a little, but I’m not getting me boobs out on tv just to sell a book… I believe that’s how it’s done these days. T
Date: 7/1/2022 3:20:00 AM
Definitely zany rhyming when I can't even rhyme "normal"..LOL.. I am sure that some little boys would delight in reading this one or having this one read to them. I appreciate the visit to my page. Sara
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Terry Flood
Date: 7/1/2022 12:05:00 PM
Thanks, Sara. Glad you enjoyed. Note to self… write more nonsense. Terry
Date: 7/1/2022 2:51:00 AM
I agree with everyone that this is definitely Dr. Seuss... ish. Your imagination went wild child, and the result is this marvelously fun write. Keep scrawling, Terry.
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Terry Flood
Date: 7/1/2022 12:07:00 PM
Your wish is my command, Jenna. I’m gonna go and scrawl right now. So glad you enjoyed this. Terry
Date: 6/30/2022 8:28:00 PM
Laugh-o-Rama!... The opening lines reminiscent of the theme song of 'Car 54, Where are You?' I was singin' along!! Thanks, Terry!
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Terry Flood
Date: 7/1/2022 12:10:00 PM
Thanks, Gershon. Seems I scribbled an accidental gem. Must try that some more. Terry
Date: 6/30/2022 5:12:00 PM
Terry, this rivals many of the Seuss stories I have read. So clever and imaginative. I enjoyed it immensely. Give us more!!!!! I loved it.
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Terry Flood
Date: 6/30/2022 5:22:00 PM
Hey, Milt. This isn’t meant to get rave reviews. It’s rapid fire rhyme with no thought or rationale (okay, a little tinkering around the edges). This must mean I’m a poet extraordinaire… or you’re just being kind… damn and blast… I think I know which . Actually, it was two rapid fire poems that met somewhere in the middle, which I think, shows. Chuffed you enjoyed. Terry.
Date: 6/30/2022 5:09:00 PM
love the childish Dr. Suess play for children book my friend. You sound like my husband. But my wife grabbed a hammer And she’s had ten thousand views Of her alligator handbag And her alligator shoes
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Terry Flood
Date: 6/30/2022 5:16:00 PM
Hi, Eve. This was genuinely a straight from head to page write. Little editing, no re-writes. Those last two lines did take a little thought (not much), so I’m glad you enjoyed. There’s a few lines unashamedly borrowed from one of my older poems but they seemed to fit, and they’re my lines so it’s not plagiarism. Thanks for stopping by. Terry

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