by Cheryl C.
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December 19, 2005

Draggin' the Line (When Dolphins Don't Have Toenails)

June 18, 2006 09:44 AM EDT (Updated: June 18, 2006 02:06 PM EDT)
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You just read the first line

Of the rest of this bad poem.

And this, the third, won't rhyme

Unlike Cicero in Rome.

The fifth follows the fourth,

Sad to self-alliterate.

Seven unsheathes his sword

Assailing asinine eight

Consenting nine's express

Wrecks along ten's metric rails.

You find this poem pointless?

Yet dolphins don't have toenails

Poetic pedicures

Might trim the word weary sail.

That last fine line endures,

But sixteen beaches this tale.
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Comments: 20

La Lady Lisa Westerfield Jun 18, 2006, 10:09am EDT
Are you dogging the Dolphin/Toenails verses of beauty? My favorite lines:

And this, the third, won't rhyme

Unlike Cicero in Rome.
Marcia T. Jun 18, 2006, 10:12am EDT
A toenailless dolphin is beached for the morning on some seaside shore self-alliterating while saluting Cheryl for this clever poetic tale.
Cheryl C. Jun 18, 2006, 10:46am EDT
Lisa: Unplugged doggerel, trolling for comments, and maybe a point or two.
Cheryl C. Jun 18, 2006, 10:48am EDT
Marcia: Returning your salute. Your interpretation deserves no less.
Cheryl C. Jun 18, 2006, 2:07pm EDT
The next comment may get A NEW CAR!
Bart H. Jun 18, 2006, 5:42pm EDT
okay. but only if i approve of the brand.
Cheryl C. Jun 18, 2006, 6:16pm EDT
Wah,
wah,
wah,
wah

I hate to be Debbie Downer, Bart, but the offer expired 3 hours agos.
Bart H. Jun 18, 2006, 8:08pm EDT
that's okay. i dont drive anyway....
Tanja Edwards Jun 18, 2006, 9:06pm EDT
What a strange poem. But somehow it workds!
Gerry Wass Jun 18, 2006, 9:25pm EDT
It made me smile more than once!
Cheryl C. Jun 18, 2006, 9:33pm EDT
Bart: Did you lose your poetic license?
Cheryl C. Jun 18, 2006, 9:36pm EDT
Tanja: Strange, you say? I will think about that and reply later with a string of strange comments. You may have a point.
Cheryl C. Jun 18, 2006, 9:38pm EDT
Gerry: Welcome to the thread. Hey, wait a minute, where are you going? Hello-O.
Chris Carlisle Jun 19, 2006, 4:47pm EDT
Very well done. Quite clever.
Cheryl C. Jun 19, 2006, 5:00pm EDT
Oh, Chris, you and I both know that you're just saying that...
Marcia T. Jun 20, 2006, 9:49am EDT
But, if dolphins have no toenails
How will they paint them?
Lee Gaines Jun 21, 2006, 3:14pm EDT
Dolphins - Schamlfins!

What about the Kittens?

Nobody writes poems about kittens anymore.
Cheryl C. Jun 21, 2006, 5:26pm EDT
Some kittens have mittens.
Lee Gaines Jun 22, 2006, 11:06am EDT
If Kittens sell mittens for a pittance
Will the kittens profits be bitten by the pittance?
Cheryl C. Jun 22, 2006, 5:00pm EDT
Yes, but will gain notoriety with nursery nonsense,

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