Fliss, Wow, that's excellent! Your poem certainly has a bite to it. And the anapests give it a wonderful lilt. Here are some double-dactyls, some of which I wrote for
The Spectator (Competition No. 3162) thread.
Melody, harmony,
Sergei Rachmaninoff,
playing on stage, had a
memory slip;
played some wrong notes which, at
Birdland today, would sound
jazzicologically
utterly hip!
Higgledy-piggledy,
Mily Balakirev,
though quite inventive, wrote
at a snail’s pace.
He was inspiring, though —
Amateur writers grew
ultra-illustrious
thanks to his grace!
Higgledy-piggledy,
Daniel Barenboim
formed an alliance with
Edward Said.
Launched a youth orchestra—
Jewish and Arab play
ultra-concordantly!
What’s to forbid?
Schmorowitz, florowitz,
Vladimir Horowitz
practiced piano from
midnight till noon;
mastered such difficult
ultra-applaudable
works — yet, if pressed, couldn’t
carry a tune!
Higgledy-piggledy,
Simon & Garfunkel,
raised in the Kew Gardens
Hills part of Queens,
started a duo to
tickle girls’ fancies and,
ultra-delightfully,
had by their teens!
Higgledy-piggledy,
Sergei Prokofiev,
slammed as a “Formalist,”
landed in straits.
Trying to stifle him—
fools!—did you know he was
BeethovenMozartBach?
One of the greats!
If you want to read others (of mine and fellow Spherians) here is the link to the original thread:
https://www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=32144
And here are the results:
https://www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=32181
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