The cat lay recumbent upon the luthier's bench
among violin carcasses and something French.
Morning cows making their way to the milking stool
stepped over a reflected moon in last rain's pool.
The farmer's little dog yapped in obvious glee
at the potential for milk, some butter, or ghee.
The Potters reflected on the note they've just seen.
Their dishy young girl, eloped, with boy from canteen.
diddle-daddle, do nothing Dan
fiddle faddled with Francine’s fan
he’s your guy said her sis, he’s your man.
Too lazy to leap from a frying pan?
He is a sloth said his neighbor, Fran.
Hey diddle diddle
there's no more riddle
I'm a fast learner
I now know how
the cow jumped over the moon
from her afterburner
by methane expelled
through the air she's propelled
the little dog barfed to smell such sport
as the gas blown away made him swoon
Peace equal harmony
they are a dichotomy
Scene not by my brother
but it's seen by his other
To me such a humdrum
him being a conundrum
Go I to the priest
who simply insist
To pray, ask the divine
to bring back his mind
I prayed brother to be fine
just then he gave this sign
He said brother you're funny
much like, that Easter Bunny
There's no PIECE in harmony
so did that solve my mystery
Me being funny
No not a bunny
Notwithstanding a puzzle and a riddle
for I am a cat, my brother's my fiddle
Hey, diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon--had no fiddle,
The little dog laughed, got smashed as a Poodle,
the cow laughed a little, and found the fiddle,
The cat played to Nero, a pal and hero,
yet smelled things burning while playing the fiddle,
The cat Roam'ed about, thought it was the griddle,
though the cow saw Nero play fire--did fiddle,
Caught in a piddle, while cat Roam'ed a riddle,
dish sought by a poodle, as cow plays fiddle,
the taste of kumquat, the dish adds a riddle,
as things come short, the cat loses the fiddle,
ponders a poodle, a true diddle, diddle,
noise sought--found, twiddle, a dish and a fiddle,
To see such sport--the poodle in the middle,
the dish ran away while spooning the fiddle.
The rhyme "Hey diddle diddle"
For me poses a riddle:
What possible need
Has a cat for a fiddle?
A cow might jump over the moon,
So I'm told,
If a milkmaid's hands
Are unexpectedly cold.
Which could make a dog laugh,
Or anyone, for that matter,
Just as funny as cutlery
"Spooning" a platter.
This rhyme is so silly,
Raises so many questions,
But as for solutions,
Not one good suggestion.
So I'll add here my own sage advice
To the muddle
To prevent boys when peeing
From making a puddle:
When you need to go piddle,
Think "Hey diddle diddle",
Keep both your eyes open
And aim for the middle.
the jazz-playing giraffe is on the sax and bob is on the fiddle
Let’s do some dancing down the hill and meet in the middle
I loved what I was hearing from my auntie Doris, Diddle Biddle.
Ended up staying out all late with a friend who tells a great riddle.
Hey diddle diddle, really need to piddle
Aim for the cat, hit her right in the middle
Sometimes I miss
My cat she does hiss
Our long lasting friendship has started to fizzle
Trump supporters are quite a riddle
They're for, or against, but no middle
If that gets your goat
Then you should take note
Trump plays every string on a fiddle!
Hey diddle diddle, dee
Mother Goose is cool
She's a kid's teaching tool.
Nursery rhymes, you rock.
I've read you all my life,
and as adult full-grown
made up some of my own.
Here 's one you've never heard:
Hey diddle diddle, dee,
Cat’s fiddle is too loud.
The cow seeds a cloud
and drops fall down.
Milk rains like cats and dogs;
but if the dogs should laugh
they morph into a calf.
Fiddle-dee-dee!
As veal cutlets mushroom,
veal scallopini thrives.
Dish jokes with spoons and knives
“Here’s the beef.”
July 8, 2019
'You and yours, lets get personal any theme thereupon, any form, in my FINAL' Poetry Contest by Brian Strand.
Nursery rhymes likely have had more impact than I realize
on my joy in writing poetry, the rhythm and rhyme and make-believe.
Hmmm diddle, where’s I put my fiddle
Fiddlely D, you’r somethin like me
Somethin like me makes me holler
Where r you?
You’r here then you’r there
My foots in the back door waitin
Waitin for you
Turning round and round
dizzy enough to fall to the ground
Laughing so hard
can barely catch your breath
aaaah you say, fresh apple pie.
Once upon a time
A diddle, a daddle
Just what's the matter
Y U trippin
Dipping and Sipping
Constantly spying
All this defining
Faucet running
Just because
zzzzzzzzzzzd bubble bubble trouble
I dropped the cell phone in the dish water???
3/01/18
written by James Edward Lee Sr. 2018©
Hey diddle diddle
The dog did a piddle
Right in front of the groom
The bride’s dress was sprayed
But she wasn’t dismayed …
He’s a guest of the bride and the groom!
10~04~16
Hey diddle diddle, need to piddle
Aimed for the cat, hit her right in the twiddle
Sometimes I miss
My cat she does hiss
Our long lasting friendship has started to fizzle
© Jack Ellison 2015
Fiddle, Riddle, Diddle
Peter Dolittle did play a fiddle
Couldn't tell too many fun riddles
Didn't miss a beat
Was not so as neat
Oh, oh, now he's doing a diddle.
Written: July 16. 2015
Theresa
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