There was a venturous gent
Who travelled the earth’s extent
But at the North Pole
It took quite a toll
Deciphering their accent
It started when he heard elves
Discussing amongst themselves
Saying: ‘le’s make oys
For he girls and boys
And pu all his suff on shelves’
Then said: ‘beer wear warm bandannas
Visiing Monreal and Monana
Because we’re old
Is exra cold
So bring exra blankes for Sana’
Now this gent was truly confused
With the kind of language elves used
Yet he feared missing
So kept on listening
And flipped from anguished to amused
The elves resumed: ‘Is ime o sing
Followed by hiry bells o ring’
Well that sent the gent
Closer to the scent
Of the kind of slang they did sling
He then met the elves finally
With a hey, hello, and howdy
Then said the words right
Singing Silent Night
As: ‘Silen nigh’; with a silent T
Translation if wanted:
Let's make toys
For the girls and boys
And put all this stuff on shelves
Beter wear warm pajamas
Visiting Montreal and Montana
Because we're told
It's extra cold
So bring extra blankets for Santa
It's time to sing
Followed by thirty bells to ring.
Categories:
bandannas, christmas, fun, language,
Form: Limerick
wearing them all wrong
bandannas under the nose —
bank robbers exposed
1/26/2021
Categories:
bandannas, society,
Form: Senryu
Day lilies, dancing in a summer breeze;
orange stars against a backdrop of holly and roses;
such pleasures cloak my garden.
Nature’s treasures are year round pleasures;
bobbing around to wave, hello.
Springtime tulips dance with irises and poppies,
while roses take up the slack
with hyacinths and summer straw flowers.
White yucca blooms, clad in lily-bandannas,
stand tall beside a garden gate;
sentries on duty.
Such treasures; colorful pleasures;
make the heart, join in the dance.
Categories:
bandannas, flower, nature, poems, poetry,
Form: Prose Poetry