I have to admit, I have trouble drawing the line between things that are poetic, and things that are funny. I tend to view them as the same thing. But I defend my viewpoint. Poetry is designed to evoke a reaction, and my preferred reaction is laughter.
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If this isn't poetry, I'm not sure what is. Flint was a student in Austin, Texas whose class was obligated to write thank you notes to the weather man who visited their class. Flint took the assignment and did it with gusto. I think the spelling errors add to the overall poetic tone of this excellent thank-you note.
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"Unruly Naked Passenger Tasered on Tarmac"
This is the single greatest headline I think I've ever seen in my life. Not only does it utilize the pleasing alliteration of "Tasered" and "Tarmac," but also the assonance of the repeated "a" sounds and the consonance of the multiple "k"s. The entire headline simply lilts off the tongue, and it is talking about some naked guy causing problems ON A TARMAC and he needed to be TASERED. I suppose this should injure my faith in humanity, but really it just reaffirms my faith in humor.
I commend this journalist. She has a true way with words. Here is the link, should you wish to read it yourself:
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/unruly-naked-passenger-tasered-tarmac/story?id=20517465
This is the single greatest headline I think I've ever seen in my life. Not only does it utilize the pleasing alliteration of "Tasered" and "Tarmac," but also the assonance of the repeated "a" sounds and the consonance of the multiple "k"s. The entire headline simply lilts off the tongue, and it is talking about some naked guy causing problems ON A TARMAC and he needed to be TASERED. I suppose this should injure my faith in humanity, but really it just reaffirms my faith in humor.
I commend this journalist. She has a true way with words. Here is the link, should you wish to read it yourself:
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/unruly-naked-passenger-tasered-tarmac/story?id=20517465
"Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handey was an SNL skit that mocked new-age philosophy with deeply surreal and humorous comments. They are extraordinarily strange and hilarious. Here are a few of my favorites (my very favorites are written in red):
It's sad that a family can be torn apart by something as simple as a pack of wild dogs.
The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.
To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.
We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me.
If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.
If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp, because maybe you'll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you because, hey, free dummy.
If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."
One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to DisneyLand, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh, no," I said, "DisneyLand burned down." He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real DisneyLand, but it was getting pretty late.
Blow ye winds, like the trumpet blows; but without that noise.
I wish I had a kryptonite cross, because then you could keep both Dracula AND Superman away.
Today I accidentally stepped on a snail on the sidewalk in front of our house. And I thought, I too am like that snail. I build a defensive wall around myself, a 'shell' if you will. But my shell isn't made out of a hard protective substance. Mine is made out of tinfoil and paper bags.
I hope in the future Americans are thought of as a warlike, vicious people, because I bet a lot of high schools would pick 'Americans' as their mascot.
If you ever go temporarily insane, don't shoot somebody, like a lot of people do. Instead, try to get some weeding done, because you'd really be surprised.
Here is a site with more: http://profron.net/fun/DeepThoughts.html
It's sad that a family can be torn apart by something as simple as a pack of wild dogs.
The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.
To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.
We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me.
If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.
If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp, because maybe you'll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you because, hey, free dummy.
If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."
One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to DisneyLand, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh, no," I said, "DisneyLand burned down." He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real DisneyLand, but it was getting pretty late.
Blow ye winds, like the trumpet blows; but without that noise.
I wish I had a kryptonite cross, because then you could keep both Dracula AND Superman away.
Today I accidentally stepped on a snail on the sidewalk in front of our house. And I thought, I too am like that snail. I build a defensive wall around myself, a 'shell' if you will. But my shell isn't made out of a hard protective substance. Mine is made out of tinfoil and paper bags.
I hope in the future Americans are thought of as a warlike, vicious people, because I bet a lot of high schools would pick 'Americans' as their mascot.
If you ever go temporarily insane, don't shoot somebody, like a lot of people do. Instead, try to get some weeding done, because you'd really be surprised.
Here is a site with more: http://profron.net/fun/DeepThoughts.html
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv8gXqwu0IM
This link connects to a youtube video that practically defines my childhood. However, this is irrelevant to its immense poetic value. It contains the single greatest example of mosaic rhyme that I have ever encountered in my lifetime. Consider these lyrics:
"We could use him as a footstool or a table to play Scrabble on/ and tie him up and beat him up and throw him out of Babylon!"
This is poetry. This is art. This is one of the most clever rhymes known to mankind, and the rest of the song is great too. Consider: "We could put him on a camel's back, send him off to Ur/ with a cowboy hat without a brim and boot without a spur."
That's just good stuff, there.
This link connects to a youtube video that practically defines my childhood. However, this is irrelevant to its immense poetic value. It contains the single greatest example of mosaic rhyme that I have ever encountered in my lifetime. Consider these lyrics:
"We could use him as a footstool or a table to play Scrabble on/ and tie him up and beat him up and throw him out of Babylon!"
This is poetry. This is art. This is one of the most clever rhymes known to mankind, and the rest of the song is great too. Consider: "We could put him on a camel's back, send him off to Ur/ with a cowboy hat without a brim and boot without a spur."
That's just good stuff, there.
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This is an image from www.engrish.com, a website dedicated to showing poor translations-- generally from Asian countries. Often they are incomprehensible or gross, but occasionally a gem like this appears.
I don't even want to over-analyze this. It is too beautiful.
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This is a wonderful song. For one thing, it rhymes "Chick-fil-a" with "trick to play," which is genius. Also, it is about Chick-fil-a, which is delicious. Now I want to eat some. Chick-fil-a itself may be poetry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsJHqstPuNo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsJHqstPuNo
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This is a card my dear mother found a few years back. It is now one of our main Christmas decorations (you know, besides the two dozen nativity scenes. Christmas in my house is an experience).
I think the syntax of Yoda's speaking coupled with the absurdity of Star Wars characters singing Christmas carols truly creates a poetic tone to this card. Also, R2D2 is wearing a Santa hat.
I think the syntax of Yoda's speaking coupled with the absurdity of Star Wars characters singing Christmas carols truly creates a poetic tone to this card. Also, R2D2 is wearing a Santa hat.
This is my favorite version of the 12 Days of Christmas
This is my second favorite version of the 12 Days of Christmas
Warning! This page is getting off-topic! Time to swivel back around to poetry.
It's almost Christmas, so I am stuck in a theme now, but there are some nice Christmas things that aren't just big jokes that I like. For example, I find the part of A Charlie Brown Christmas where Linus reads the Christmas story from the King James Version. It is adorable and sweet and it makes me happy. There is also something extra cute about little kids using big words. This is my favorite part of my favorite Christmas special.