Sunday, March 30, 2008

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

I drove upon a bridge unmade
Never aghast, never afraid
They told me it was made of suede
But blow me down, it swayed and swayed.

26 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh that a groan-up could do such a thing!

david mcmahon said...

Thanks, Archie,

It's wonderful that the first comment is a great example of pun-upmanship.

You win this round, mate!

Jennifer S said...

And all I can do is sit in the stands and applaud.

Well done, gentlemen...

dot said...

I'm applauding too!
I wish I had the pun-upmanship of some of your readers. lol

david mcmahon said...

I love the laws

Of spontaneous applause

(Thank you so much, Jennifer, I really appreciate it)

david mcmahon said...

Merci, Dot

And thanks a lot

Anonymous said...

Ba-da-boom!

:)

Colin Campbell said...

You can be the William McGonagall of Melbourne.

david mcmahon said...

Thank you Quilly

I know I'm sometimes silly ....

david mcmahon said...

Thanks, Colin, them's big shoes to fill. I don't think I could ever reach his heights - if you could call 'em heights at all!!!

lime said...

ogden is surely nashing his teeth!

david mcmahon said...

Hi Lime,

Ma'am, that is very high praise.
Ogden was great for the human race.

Cheers

David

Daryl said...

outsTANding.. sorry that is really brushing the hide the wrong way isnt it..

Cath said...

What? More talents? More strings to the bow?
And archiearchive - whaddya know?

Two bloggers compete for one pun-upmanship
To the sound of applause from the entire readership....

Lee said...

How cool! David, you've revealed a new side of yourself. Love the play on the word "errant". The whole thing brought a smile to my face and made me laugh.

Joy!

Sandi McBride said...

What were you thinking? Or smoking? lol
Sandi

Dave Coulter said...

You're a poet and you didn't even know it! How are you at limericks? :)

Jan said...

Why was I singing London Bridge is Falling down the whole time in my head. I need to just chill and read. Good er"rant".

Maggie May said...

The comments have me beat,
But your poem is very neat!

Maggie May said...

The bridge was a dream .......
So it would seem .......

david mcmahon said...

Hi Crazy Cath,

Ma'am, your rhymes have left me lost for words

I feel like a shepherd bereft of both his herds

david mcmahon said...

Hi Daryl,

I'll take a bow - that's all for now!

david mcmahon said...

Hi Lee,

There will be more
Of that I'm sure!!

david mcmahon said...

Hi Sandi,

It's what I'm thinking
While the sun is sinking

Mima said...

I'm another who can but sit back with applause! Nice job.

Cath said...

Touche!

*Bows with honour intact* (smile)