Friday, December 12, 2008

Poetry Friday: original poem


The Meter Reader
Today the meter reader came.
He found my meter rather lame.
I tore my meter off the wall-
Trochee, spondee, rhyme and all.

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10 comments:

Julie said...

Oh, that meter reader is a frustrating guy, all right. (Love the graphics which have a rhythm of their own. )

December 12, 2008 at 4:23 AM
Douglas Florian said...

And the good thing is those meter arrows don't turn, unlike the ones in my basement.

December 12, 2008 at 8:05 AM
Kelly Polark said...

Love it! :0)
Sometimes I need a meter reader to help with my rhymes....

December 12, 2008 at 12:17 PM
tanita✿davis said...

Oh, dear. Sounds like me and the stupid clerihew this week. I'm sure the meter will be all better next week.

December 12, 2008 at 1:47 PM
Unknown said...

Meter reader
Poet eater

Happy Poetry Friday

December 12, 2008 at 2:28 PM
Mary Lee said...

What's the point of a meter if you don't ignore it every now and then?!

December 13, 2008 at 8:43 AM
Elaine Magliaro said...

Douglas,

Enjoyed your poem!

That old meter reader can sure make anapest of himself. He really stresses me out sometimes. Someone should invent a no-fail instrument for poets to help insure the metrical integrity of their poems. Maybe it could be called a meter feeter?

December 13, 2008 at 9:53 AM
Douglas Florian said...

"Anapest and meter feeter"
You're good Elaine!
I love it!!!
D

December 13, 2008 at 7:06 PM
Greg Pincus said...

I find the meter reader is normally trocheedokey, but it was s/he who led me to write "That damn iamb. That damn iamb. I do not like that damn iamb." Luckily we've got erasers and the delete button!

December 14, 2008 at 6:51 PM
Douglas Florian said...

You ptero-dactyl!

December 14, 2008 at 10:46 PM

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