A correction

[rhu]

Oops. When I posted my poem the other day I'd forgotten one of the rules of double-dactyls. (It's bad enough that I have to compromise on the second line.) Here's my revision:

Higgledy-Piggledy.
Miriam Kamens was
Going to horse camp. Of
That she was sure.

CLEarly, those dumBOS who,
Uncomprehendingly,
Run Continental knew
Not where they flEW 'R.

Comments

[abbasegal.livejournal.com]

Why the stress of BOS? Shouldn't it be

CLEarly those DUMbos who,
X   x    x     X  x    x
...

Or am I missing something?

[abbasegal.livejournal.com]

Hump-a-na Dump-a Na-
Thaniel Ephraim's dad
liked to write poems with
strict rules for stress

Characteristically,
Rivkie's dad read them and
looked up the structure and
was quite impressed.

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

Those aren't stress indicators. They're airport codes.

[introverte.livejournal.com]

:-)

[abbasegal.livejournal.com]

Ahhh. Now all is CLEar.

[abbasegal.livejournal.com]

Hey, why invent a new insult and use:

Higgledy-Piggledy.
Miriam Kamens was
Going to horse camp. Of
That she was sure.

CLEarly, those BOSons who,
Uncomprehendingly,
Run Continental knew
Not where they flEW 'R.

[abbasegal.livejournal.com]

Of course, that should read

Hey, why *not* invent a new insult...

[shimshonit.livejournal.com]

I second that :-)