I tickle inadvertently
This funky little bone
He hides amongst the others
With nowhere to call home
He could have been a rib
A cheek, a thumb, a scapula or more
But no, this little fella
Was just left behind the door
When bones were being issued
With nowhere good to go
No fancy latin title
He was given the elbow
I wouldn't be without him
Although he hides away
The best friend I could want for
As he brightens every day
Jinjagoliath
14th July 2023
Humorous poems # 2 contest
Sponsored by: Jay Narain
PLACED 7th
The human skeleton,
is made up of 206 bones
By jove, they are hard,
as if made of stones!
The brain you think with
is in the Skull or Cranium,
the Maxilla and the Mandible
are for chewing bubble gum.
It's atop the spine
which has 33 Vertebrae in all
You're sure gonna break it
if there's a nasty fall.
The 12 pairs of ribs
act just like a big ring,
while 10 fix to the Sternum
the bottom 2 are Floating.
The shoulder blade or the Scapula
is joined with the Clavicle
How they organize the movement
Is another spectacle.
The arms have the Humerus,
the Radius and the Ulna,
The hands' have wrist bones
called Carpals (not made in China).
With Metacarpals and Phalanges
we complete our hand,
don't you forget the lower limbs,
upon which we stand.
The hip bones make the Pelvis
from which the Femur originate
If you gyrate it like elvis
the Patella is sure to break.
Tibia and Fibula
are there in the Shin
The Tarsals and Metatarsals
shape your feet as it's seen.
Our journey ends here
Let me take your leave,
Take good care of your bones
for as long as you live.
Up above they shine,
Obliterating darkness by their light-
Ye-king and the jewel.
The warrior and his battle- axe;
Each to other a better half-
Two peas in a pod –
Monumental monolith.
Worthy to sing for the bobby-dazzler:
Scapula that breaks the bow-wow’s jaw,
Oak that blunts sawyer’s axe,
Crocodile that changes waves with tail.
I dare you not, I dare you not YK.
The lion that once dared you;
Its flesh you tampered with wine,
Its skin you made casual sandals,
Its fangs now dangling in the celler.
The light is the jewel,
Radiating gorgeously her blaze;
Beam of light,bevy of beauties.
Peju is the light, she is the beacon;
She is the keel that keeps the ship afloat -
The buoyancy that deters every gravity.
Yeah,Ye-king wears a crown;
Pe-jewel is the shine on it.
10/ 1/16.
For my big brother Yekini Odusanya and his darling wife, ´Peju. I am proud of you
I am just a Zombie
And I feel a little balmy
Until I get some coffee in me
Then I dress a little slummy
Kind-a like an ancient Mummy
As I sit and watch, morning TV
I'm just a monster at heart
When I scratch my scapula
I make a perfect Dracula
My arm, hiding half of my face
I look into the mirror and
I see a hairy man
Then shave until the Werewolf's erased
I'm just a Monster at heart
I'll never be on time
Walking like I'm Frankenstein
But I hate this stupid job anyway
So, I will be less physical
And make myself in visible
Then quit this job and just slip away
I'm just a monster at heart
Joey Contemplating a Skeleton
By Elton Camp
The teacher told Joey to learn each bone by name
And that there were only about 206 of the same
The parietal, temporal and occipital are in the head
At least that’s what the biology teacher then said
The atlas and axis are two bones found in the neck
Twelve vertebrae are attached to ribs if you check
Lumbar, sacrum and their parts learn without fail
And don’t forget the coccyx that looks like a tail
Of the maxillae and mandible the jaws are made
Collar bone is the clavicle; scapula shoulder blade
Humerus in upper arm, ulna below, radius thumb side
And in wrist and hand carpals & metacarpals reside
Phalanges are found in both the fingers and the toes
The femur, patella, tibia and fibula in the leg goes
But this is only a small sample of what Joey must learn
If an excellent grade in his biology class he will earn