This is a book of poems that I wrote in sixth grade. My teacher, Mrs. Crafton, was introducing us to different techniques used to write poetry. The first is of the form dada. It is entitled “A Poem of Nonsense.”

Hit I
You slap clap
Platypus bid
Kick the squid
Jump hug bite
A nap sleep kite
Joker pickle
Fee kid tickle
Me run

The next three are couplets.
“A Hook”
As I fell down the winding stair
A little hook pulled on my hair

“Cool Pool”
The little boy fell in the pool
Then he said “This is cool.”

“A Jigging Bird”
A bird in a tux danced a jig
As he danced off came his wig.

A couple of parodies for your amusement.

“Time to Talk”
“The time has come,” the baby said,
“To talk of little things,
Of mice — and lice — and chewing gum –
And little algae things —
And why a termite has large teeth –
And why don’t worms grow wings

“Socks and a Fox”
Hickory, dickory, dock!
I see a whole (sic) in my sock;
A fox wore one,
And away he (sic) run,
Lickety, splickety, spock!

And now for the ever-popular haikus.

“The Sun”
Sun bright in the sky
Shining down on all the earth
Brightens God’s creation.

“Exciting Things”
Pitching to win game
Hitting ball out of the park
All are exciting

What in the world are tankas?

“Baseball for a Day”
Baseball is a game
That’s played in spring through autumn
Hitting a home run
Making spectacular plays
That is baseball for a day.

“Ode to an Eagle”
Eagle king of birds
Symbol of a nation strong
Not frightened by man
Chases all the other birds
Eagle, most majestic of birds

I don’t remember what a clerihew is, either.

“A Blank Check”
Johnny Czeck
Wrote a check
It was blank
When it came to the bank

Alliteration is more of a technique than a form

“The Exploits of Amanda”
Amanda ate ants
Bought big Bonnie’s bands
Calmly chased Cris’ cat
Defined dis, dis, den dat

She even had us compose limericks

“An Adventure of Bill”
A chubby old man named Bill
Went out to look for Jill
While riding a horse
He sang till quite hoarse
And everyone called him a pill

“A Hog with a Knack”
While flying away from Kanack
I met a hog with a knack
To stand on his head
Until he looked dead
This amazing hog from Kanack

And finally, quatrains

A lively cat danced a jig
And sang until he was hoarse
He sang for the cow and an old pig
And for an old gray horse

The waves were crashing very near
O’er near the dune
Let’s don our swimming trunks and go
Swimming in June

I thought I would post some movie scenes that I had seen in the last week, which I thought were rather neat.
1) Fandango Kevin Costner finagles a free skydiving trip out of a pothead pilot named Truman Sparks. I want to say that the entire skydiving sequence is the scene I like, but that’s a bit long. So, that first part only.
2) Harold and Maude Harold floats facedown in the pool, dressed in his fashionable suit, while his mother swims laps to classical music. I thought he was dead which made the scene even more odd, but it turns out that he like to fake suicides.

“John Maynard Keynes was wrong when he said that in the
short run there is unemployment and in the long run we
are dead. In the short run and the long, there is
faith, hope, and love, and the greatest of these is
love. I loved this class. Believe me.

prof z”

My general economics professor is great. I wish he taught electrical engineering. School would not be a bore if that were the case.

Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah.
Someone’s in the kitchen I know oh oh oh
Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah!
Strumming on the ole banjo.

I spent 6 hours in the kitchen tonight.

In case you couldn’t tell, this is merely filler. I have to get into the practice of weblogging on a semiregular basis, so pardon my inane ramblings.