All These Words
Parody Poem
All these words keep falling down
Falling down, falling down
All these words keep falling down
My dear reader
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I’ll build them up with structured forms
Structured forms, structured forms
I’ll build them up with structured forms
My dear reader
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Structured forms won’t bear the weight
Bear the weight, bear the weight
Structured forms won’t bear the weight
My dear reader
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I’ll build them up with rhyme and meter
Rhyme and meter, rhyme and meter
I’ll build them up with rhyme and meter
My dear reader
*
Rhyme and meter, I’ve not got
I’ve not got, I’ve not got
Rhyme and meter, I’ve not got
My dear reader
*
All these words keep falling down
Falling down, falling down
All these words keep falling down
My dear reader
Author’s Note: Needed a bit of a reminder today not to take myself too seriously, so when the tune for “London Bridge” got stuck in my head, I just decided to go with it. The result: a structured and rhyming dig at structure and rhyme.
A lot of my poems attempt to adhere to formal structures but I do take some liberties, especially with meter because it just doesn’t click in my head. But since being on Vocal I’ve actually written a few free verse poems which I’d never attempted before and I’ve actually enjoyed the process, so I’m excited to try some more (not with this piece obviously).
Also when I first became active on Vocal, I published a parody of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” as a teaser for my Whodunit Challenge entry and I had a lot of fun with it, as I did with this one. I suppose something silly can be refreshing from time to time!
If you’re still reading this, thanks for humoring me! Back to regularly scheduled programming soon!
Here’s my other parody piece:
And a couple of those free verse experiments:
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D.K. Shepard
Character Crafter, Witty Banter Enthusiast, World Builder, Unpublished novelist...for now
Fantasy is where I thrive, but I like to experiment with genres for my short stories. Currently employed as a teacher in Louisville.
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'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
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Okay I just have to point it out because no-one else has so far, and if you already know, I'm sorry! But that's Tower Bridge, not London😂 Blame Fergie. Free verse is both easy and hard at the same time, and I struggle with it. Often it feels kinda...blabby, like you're just writing something without anything to it- rhyme or rhythm or structure or form. I get that's the point, but I do love a good A-B-A-B haha.
Naturally, I love this high brow poem!😂✅
You wrote it 23 days ago, and I needed a laugh this morning, so it found me. Really enjoyed this, D.K!
Now it's stuck in my head too, thanks DK. Only kidding - I am smiling though it bought memories way back from when I was a little girl. Too far back-
Clever use of a song stuck in your head! Words do seem to just fall apart sometimes, don't they...great work! :)
Just discovered I've been tapping my foot all the time! And now the rhythm got stuck in my head...
Hahahahahahaha I couldn't stop grinning while singing this. It was so clever and creative!
I sang along as I read this. Such fun! Clever parody, DK!
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Love it! And you made me think of home today too! Have a great weekend.
Love it, D.K.! I will now have this song stuck in my head for the rest of the day 😅 it's always good to keep things light and fun!
DK, this was everything I needed today!!! You best believe I hummed/ sang this to the tune of that song and had a giant smile on my face the whole time!!! I loved this!!!
D.K. Shepard's having fun Having fun, Having fun D.K. Shepard's having fun, Here on Vocal! Ha ha!
Enjoyed reading your parody!
This was refreshing for me this morning. And it bought a smile to my face, remembering ol London Bridges. I hadn't thought about that one for a long time. Very Well done!!!
There should always be time for silly and light-hearted :) Thank you for sharing, I needed this bit of joy this morning.
Ah, this is brilliant, DK. Seriously. I love when writers just let loose and kick it free and easy and it's a great lesson for our egos and the stresses that sometimes come with "serious writing" to just not forget to enjoy the process of throwing some words together in a fun and creative way. Loved this and it's always good to see a different side to my favourite writers - of which you know you're included! Well done!