Double Dactyl For Chris Christie
Have you noticed the new wave of stories about Chris Christie’s upcoming Iowa visit? This renewed coverage of Christie’s presidential aspirations gives me an excuse to post this non-limerick of mine, which I entered in the Style Invitational’s recent double dactyl contest:
Bridgery Fridgery,
Governor Christie is
Stuck in a scandal and
Can’t bridge the gap.
Oval-aimed dieting,
Indefatigably,
Hoping to run as a
Skinnier chap.
If you’re not familiar with the double dactyl, I summarize their rules here.
And, by the way, I lost. You can find the winners’ list here.
Tags: Campaign Satire, Chris Christie, Double Dactyls, Election Humor, Light Verse, New Jersey, Style Invitational, Washington Post
Higgledy-piggledy,
Poet John Hollander
Invented a verse form that
Required rhyme.
Forming a canon of
Double-dactylically
Versified stanzas
Took some of his time.~~Jay Pasachoff (2013)
Wowie…what schizo rules…you gotta follow all the regulations which takes longer than forever to land rhythm, rhyme scheme, 44 syllables, 3 lines in dactylic dimeter, 1 choriamb…huh? Mad’s on Gov Kristie Kreme hits bull’s eye! Double Dactyl for Boogedy-boogedy Edward Snowden:
Let us crown him king.
Yippedy-dip-deboom
Analyst Ed Snowden
Showed NSA’s big cache
Let freedom ring.
Altho Oliver Stone
Cinemagraphicly
Calls Ed a star/hero
Not to right wing.
I have a rule that if I can’t write a bit of doggerel in five minutes I don’t do it. Though it’s tempting.
About the critique of William Topaz McGonagall at the link, I subscribe to the theory that he was entirely aware that his verse was absurd and ridiculous and he wrote it so he could do those readings where people mocked and threw food at him. He made a living at it, how many poets of his time did that?