The following is my response to a prompt by Rick Henry of the Vocal Assist Facebook group. The prompt involved writing a short poem of 60 - 80 words which includes bananas.
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Monkeys swinging from high in the canopy
Flinging poop and screaming profanely
Silly apes leaping through branches in Ghana
While munching on fruits and sweet leaves of canna
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Young man on a rooftop parkours in a dance
If he falls, I surely will shit in my pants
A horrifying scream from the forty-fifth veranda
And
Now heβs
The
Consistency
Of
Mashed up bananas
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Cathy holmes
Canadian family girl with a recently discovered love for writing. Other loves include animals and sports.
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Delightful! I also needed a good laugh; Thanks, Cathy!
Needed a laugh. Thxπ€£
Oh Cathy, this is so funny, I love how you do the falling lines. Clever.
So funny π
I love it. You might want to consider deleting the part about the prompt. It doesnβt matter. This is fantastic!
Hahahaha. Love it!
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Absolutely friggin hilarious π Best read while watching election results! Congratulations on your top story too!
Hilarious! π Well done and congrats on your top story! π
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Loving it!!! The rhyming is a hit!!! Silly is definitely what was needed today. Congratulation on top story by the way.1πππ
Lol! I love your dry and dark sense of humour! A unique take on the prompt and you nailed it!
Your poems never fail to put a smile on my face. π Loved it!
Congrats on your TOP STORY!!
You hit the ball out of the park with this one Cathy! LOL π Very well-written & superbly-amusing!! BRAVO!!
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LOL I just had a banana at that! Very cool poem!
You are silly and wonderful. I suddenly need some plaintain chips.
Haha wonderful
This was really fun, great work! βΊοΈπ
OMG this is awesome and well worth top story status my friend.
Outstanding work Cathy!
That was a fun poem! Congratulations on Top Story!
Very good, gave me a chuckle!