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An introduction in rhyme
My two favorite forms of poetry are limericks and double dactyls. Limericks are a fairly familiar style of verse, but double dactyls seem to remain more obscure. This is truly a shame as they are distinctively awesome. In, what I think is, a reasonable manner of curing this widespread ignorance I will post a poem I wrote explaining the rules of the double dactyl. After all, when we want to create global change the best way to achieve it is to write about it on the internet, for it is truly a place of truth and knowledge.
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The double dactyl describes itself
Silly-words frilly-words
Person in question here.
This line has six feet but
This one has less.
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Setup for final line:
One double dactyl word
Metatextually
Sums up the rest.
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For an for an actual, useful explanation of the double dactyl poem, I suggest googling it or visiting wikipedia.
Too soon?
Hoitily-toitily
SNL's Samberg had
Asked an alluring young
Lady to dance.
Finding some privacy
Andy excitedly,
Anti-climactically
Jizzed in his pants.
Double Dactyl VI
Jacobin-smackobin Jean-Paul Marat took in Bathtime most leisurely; Loving the soak,
It soothed ev’ry problem Dermatological, But Corday came creeping; Caused him to croak.
Brrrraaaaiinnnnssss....
Obble-y Gobble-y
Legions of Zombies! They'll
Beat you and bite you 'till
You're turned as well.
Dubious research in
Necro-neurology
Lead to this outbreak we
Can't seem to quell.
Rambam
Higgledy-piggldy
Moses Maimonides:
Jewish philosopher
Coming from Spain.
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Thinking of poems as
Uber-frivolity,
Surely rolls in his grave,
With due disdain.
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For a little more info on Rambam (aka Moses Maimonides) check out Wikipedia or the Jewish Virtual Library.
hexasyllabical
flimsical whimsical dude from the bay state would scribble his dactyls and jot down his rhyme. trying to capture an antepenultimate vocable gave him one heck of a time!
A Crude (Yet Creative) Crossover
First, let me introduce you to the lovely Jill and Alice: Nyphomanical Jill Used a dynamite stick for a thrill. They found her vagina In North Carolina And bits of her tits in Brazil. Nyphomanical Alice Used a dynamite stick for a phallus. They found her vagina In South Carolina And her asshole in Brazil.
Before we progress, a short chemistry lesson: dynamite consists of a chemical called TNT which is short for TriNitroToluene.
Now that we've all gotten to know each other rather intimately and brushed up our chemistry vocabulary, I present to you The Great Poetry Mashup:
Higgledy piggledy, Alice of Limerick Nymphomaniacally Tried something new: Heterosexual Use of the chemical Trinitrotolulene's Foolish to do.
Source: Hic et ubique's post on this discussion thread.
Looking back through, history we've had some really stupid ideas about medicine
Splishity-Splashity
Keen Dr. Semmelweis
Started the practice of
Washing his hands.
Though other doctors thought
Such washing useless, his
Anti-bacterial
Methods still stand.
Have fun storming the castle!
Higgledy Piggledy
Evil Prince Humperdink
Foolishly fired the
Miracle Max.
Harboring ire so
Unquantifiable
Max aided Westly, to
Get the prince back.
Coming attractions: the action flick
Boom-crash-bang, Boom-crash-bang!
Beautiful people dodge
Danger and death traps; prove
Murphy's law true.
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Witty one-liner then
Quick cut to title page.
Coming quite soon to a
Theater near you.
The trivialization of a major historical figure by way of a silly verse
Jiggery Pokery
Warrior Hua-Mulan
Put on men's armor and
Took to the fight.
Disney portrayed her quite
Anachronistically
Still, though, she stands as a
Symbol of might.
An explanatory note
Higgeldy, piggeldy
Catherine of Russia, was
Up to no good again,
Flown from her bed
To stables in search of
Equine-imious pleasure.
Delivered by men?
Neigh: thoroughbred.
Image by Tiffany Ford
Double Dactyl XXXVIII
Higgledy-piggledy Leo Fibonacci Pisan math genius born Century Twelfth. With Arabic-Hindu Number-sequences, he Surely evinces his Place on the shelf.
Don't Forget to Come Up For Air
Higgledy-piggledy Cunnilinguistically, Staying down longer is Not a small task And if she's reclining With Rubenesque lining Be close in reach of an oxygen mask.
Don't be fooled; they can still bite the hell out of your ankles
Jiggery Pokery
John Michael Crichton said
Raptors were clever beasts,
Scaly and Tall.
But further studies by
Paleontologists
Showed they were scavengers,
Feathered and small.
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Jurassic Park's raptors
Clever Girls
Accurate raptor photos
Disclaimer: As ghostofthedesert pointed out, the "Velociraptors as scavengers theory" is not universally agreed upon. In fact, there's strong evidence indicating they were primarily hunters, though it's doubtful that they were pack-hunters as suggested in Jurassic Park. I'm just taking advantage of "poetic license", here. As always, If you're interested in learning more, Wikipedia is a good place to start! Thanks for the tip!
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, and I'll serve you your ass on a platter.
(alternatively titled “My, what terrible poems you have, Grandmother!”)
Skippity-hoppity,
Little Red Riding Hood
Taking a trip down to
Grandmother’s place.
Due to past issues with
Anthropomorphized
Wolves, Red’s equipped with a
Shotgun and mace.
It's been a while since I posted any limericks or double dactyls.
I would like to rectify this wrong by requesting your assistance. If you have any ideas, prompts, or even a vague and somewhat insubstantial notion of an idea you'd like to see put into rhyming form, drop it in my ask box.
If it intrigues me or otherwise tickles my fancy you might just get a poem in return.
Double Dactyl XXXV
Finnius-ninnius St. Valentinius: Beaten to death, though the Stories are vague; What can be uncovered, Martyrologically, Is that he’s also the Patron of plague.
Double Dactyl: it’s a poetry term
look it up
A Double Dactyl
I love double dactyls; they are my favorite comic poetic form.
Noonien Noonien Benedict Cumberbatch pastiest Khan that you ever did see
Infiltrates Starfleet, then hies himself Kronoswards pseudocanonic’ly trolling Jim T.