Is the End Near?
By Elton Camp
For this end, evidence does abound
All you need to do is just look around
Simply go to a street corner and stand
See the folks with cell phones in hand
Many will hold them away from the ear
And no spoken words will you ever hear
Just as you likely are now expecting,
They are clicking keys, doing texting
B4N, CU, DTS, FRT, TMB and AML
Examples of how their thoughts do tell
But don’t let this your straight hair curl
For it doesn’t mean the end of the world
The thing that it seems is drawing near
Is the end of grammar & spelling, I fear
Categories:
frt, funny,
Form: Rhyme
VCBFJF KD R ( MY DOG WENT OUT )
(Xsfaahjim Version)
Vcbfjf kd r utrn fk ejn m ddk
Kroeme soent vpv vv a s frt rtrmkrkrn
(English version)
My dog went out one day
To find some kids and see them play
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Normal Note in all competitions states that
“Poems should be in English. Poems translated from other languages are not eligible, unless you wrote both the original poem and the translation.“
This poem is my own, translated by me, written by me originally in Xsfaahjim, a little known language of New Guinea, where I worked as a teacher for many years. This language is so little known that it is not even mentioned on Google. Let no one plagiarise this poem, in English or in Xsfaahjim , because I will surely know.
Categories:
frt, funny, language, dog, dog,
Form: Couplet