Williamb,
Don't worry about the "offending" poem; I don't see any need to remove it. OK, it doesn't happen to fit this particular competition's criteria but you explained your reason for posting it. It's not an 'entry for submission', which is what we generally post on the D & A threads - I think that's what Brian was getting at, so I do understand his POV.
You've been very frank about your "social ineptitude", as you see it, but Drills and Amusements (there's a clue in that last word!) is a place to have a bit of fun. I hope you can still be encouraged to have a try at the comps on this board: that's chiefly The Oldie, The Spectator, Literary Review and The New Statesman.
Success with the latter continues to elude me (it's mostly just a bit too political for my taste, which is probably why) but I've won the others umpteen times, and it's very rewarding!
This 'nonsense' being called for is indeed a bit difficult to define, IMO. I don't know whether to write something that is just out-and-out
nuts... or whether to write a poem that appears to make sense, but doesn't. (Heck, that sentence doesn't even make much sense, does it?
I
think I know what I was trying to say there.)
Let's not get too hung up about things. I see D & A as a place to exhibit (show off, if you like) some wit and humour. It's great to win a competition, but if you don't it's still fun to have a try. I hope you will.
Jayne