An Ode to Squirrels

An Ode To Squirrels

Wunce I warse a-walking
Down a cleanly path
I sawr a little squirrel
Larffing at me laffs.

He warse a kindly fellow
A nicely little gent
Hopping brisky to and fro
On his way to Kent.

I sed to him -- O sonny!
Where dost thou marry travel?
With a bumbly duffle bag
Loded full of grabble?

But nottin did he says to me
Only one-y little wink
And flying from a biggy bush
He landed in a think.

And so I thart a little think
That thart so I was thinking
But thartting think so very hard
Got me to the brinking.

And so a little morale
For you squirrelly little lads
Thart before you thinking
OR I’LL CHOP YOU UP IN LITTLE PIECES AND FEED YOU TO THE DOGS.

Nice work! Keep it up!

Very original. I like the accent. But shouldn't "mary" in the third stanza be "marry?" Maybe I'm wrong--anyway, I like this. It's funny.

*cries and runs away, missing my mother ... who can't spell better than you *

It made me giggle.

Anything squirrel related deserves to be in my siggy. :O

Oy, Snoink - that was a hilarious bit of pointed nonsense, if anything quite rational can be said about it with a straight face. ^_~

I sed to him -- O sonny!
Where dost thou mary travel?
With a bumbly duffle bag
Loded full of grabble?

Someone else did mention 'mary' ought likely to be 'marry' - as in the old/middle English interjection?

But knottin did he says to me
Only one-y little wink
And flying from a biggy bush
He landed in a think.

And only to clarify here: 'Knottin' means 'nothing'? Would it be more correct - in the incorrect sense - for it to be 'nottin'?

Other than that, made me grin - the completely skewed words with the accent were hilarious. ^_^

IMP

It's great, Snoink. It reminds me of an old "Beverly band" recording I once heard.

And so I thart a little think
That thart so I was thinking
But thartting think so very hard
Got me to the brinking.

I think that's my favorite stanza.

Thanks for all the tips and comments! I've edited the poem according to your suggestions, so now it's a lot sparkly and stuff.

Grif: *eats tiger cub*

Sharty: Yep! One day, I shall get olde English right.

Elizabeth: Your mother is scary... I think...

Mister Waffles: Actually, the ode to squirrels thingy was inspired by Nate's title on the main page of this website. So... it's Nate's quote! Just my poem.

Poor Imp: Hehe, thanks for the tips! My mom agreed with everything you said, so I'm assuming that what you said is gospel. Or something like that. And I'm glad you didn't sat "knottin" should "nothing." XD

David: That's my favorite stanza too! It's fun getting other people to say fast because if you don't say it with the written accents before, it sounds like "fart." XD

It's interesting seeing you, who makes a big deal out of the tiniest errors, writing a poem like this. It was pretty amusing.

Rei wrote:It's interesting seeing you, who makes a big deal out of the tiniest errors, writing a poem like this. It was pretty amusing.

Hehehe... poetry is a little bit more fluid than your standard story. Just as long as the spelling makes sense and everything reads right.

AHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! Snoink, I thought that you were scary before, now my fear is verified. It was unique, bit over the top unique. o.O

That was mucho cool...o.

Mister Waffles: Actually, the ode to squirrels thingy was inspired by Nate's title on the main page of this website. So... it's Nate's quote! Just my poem.

Alrighty. I corrected my siggy.

Stealing my title, eh? Humph!

I gotta agree with Rei; this is a funny poem, but it's even funnier coming from you simply because of the complete disregard for grammar. But, grammar is very restrictive and not always right for poetry, as you said.

I'm going to show this to my neighbor; for some reason, he thinks squirrels are hilarious. In fact, the quote, "An Ode To Squirrels," was actually his idea. So Misterwaffles, your siggy should actually read, "A quote from Nate's neighbor, adopted by Nate, and then from Snoink..." or something like that

Fixed. :O

Now I'll stop spamming Snoink's post.