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Bathrooms and Bad Zooms

by BEASTtheHUN


Oh, oatmeal and prunes, why hast thou led me astray?

Leading me to the restroom 

When I need to stay on

                                         my

                                               zoom

                                                           meeting

Oh gallon of water, why hast thou undermined my authority?

I cannot hold thee back anymore.

Go and be free

Tarry not anymore in my aching vessel, go to be swept into a whirling cyclone of water

Forgotten

                 and 

                          detested

                                            in

                                                   the

                                                             toilet.

                                           

                                                

                     


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Fri May 28, 2021 3:28 pm
twiggy wrote a review...



Hiya Beast! hannah0528 here for a quick review. I hope it is helpful!
Haha, wow this was hilarious! Recently my teacher has been kicking people who have there video off out of the meeting so it really sucks cause...yeah.

"Oh, oatmeal and prunes, why hast thou led me astray?"

Oh gosh this cracked me up.

"Oh gallon of water, why hast thou undermined my authority?"

A gallon of water? oof. That sounds horrible XDDD. This was hilarious.

I also thought that the formatting was well done! I want to write reviews that help the author but I really can't think of anything wrong with this. Maybe simplify the language a little bit?


I hope this review was helpful! Definitely giving this a like. Keep writing and have a great day!




BEASTtheHUN says...


Thank you so much!



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Thu May 27, 2021 11:59 pm
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Oh my gosh, this is hilarious. It's so true, too. I can't highlight any specific lines because it's all good. I love the Shakespearean words, it makes it that much funnier. One thing: did you want to put punctuation at the end of "Go and be free" or is it connected to the next line?
That is all. Thank you for writing this.
--Book_Dragon




BEASTtheHUN says...


Thanks for the review!



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Thu May 27, 2021 6:19 pm
LilPWilly says...



Gross




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Thu May 27, 2021 6:19 pm
LilPWilly says...



Gross




BEASTtheHUN says...


Um, okay, is that a bad thing?



LilPWilly says...


No



BEASTtheHUN says...


Oh, okay, thanks. Could you like it, (only if you like it). :)



LilPWilly says...


Done



BEASTtheHUN says...


Thanks so much!



LilPWilly says...


Aha! You could go review my new work in the green room!



BEASTtheHUN says...


Okay, give me a minute! :) Artfully done.



LilPWilly says...


Gracias



BEASTtheHUN says...


No problemo.



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Thu May 27, 2021 11:46 am
NivedaJames22 says...



OMG THIS IS THE MOST RELATABLE FEELING EVER!! Great job Beast!




BEASTtheHUN says...


Thanks for the comment!



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Wed May 26, 2021 6:00 pm
LittleLee says...



Ahahaha I love this so much XDDDDDD




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Thank you so much!



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Wed May 26, 2021 2:27 pm
MayCupcake wrote a review...



Hi Beast!
I can really relate to this funny poem. Many times this year I've had to choose between the bathroom or my google meet for school. I've been torn between leaving my computer idle and the possibility of missing something important. It's not a good situation to be in XD

Oh, oatmeal and prunes, why hast thou led me astray?


This very first line made me laugh. Not only because of the Shakespearian terms, but also oatmeal and prunes is probably not the best thing to eat and have mercy during the virtual school day lol.

Oh gallon of water, why hast thou undermined my authority?


A whole gallon of water?! Now you're just asking for it. I love the use of hyperbole to really emphasize how much peril you're putting yourself in. Also, I think you did very well with the word choice and using astray, undermined, and authority which makes the emphasis more clear.

I also like your choice of having words trail off which brings good emphasis to the events in the poem. Nice job with this and keep writing!




BEASTtheHUN says...


Thanks so much for this review. Could you please like it? I really wanna get a piece in the literary spotlight. :)



MayCupcake says...


There you go! Sorry I always somehow forget to press like whenever I get down to the comments lol



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Wed May 26, 2021 1:56 pm
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Hello, Beast!

Valkyria here with a review!

This was a really funny poem, and I was laughing after every line. Which wasn't good because I'm supposed to be doing work in class.

I related to this poem. One time, I was in Math class, and the teacher was explaining a difficult topic, but I really had to go to the bathroom. So I was even more confused when I came back.

I love the stylistic choices you made at the end of the stanzas, such as the lines sloping down.

I only have a couple of suggestions.

Some of the other lines have punctuation, like the period at the end "I cannot hold thee back anymore." I feel like you can put a question mark at the end of these lines:

Oh oatmeal and prunes, why hast thou led me astray


Oh gallon of water, why hast thou undermined my authority


Also, all of the lines start with a capitalized word except for this line:

go and be free


Maybe this was a mistake, or maybe you did this intentionally. But, it's the only line that's not capitalized in the poem.

If those are purely your personal choice, that's totally fine! You don't have to change anything if that wasn't what you were intending!

My favorite part has to be that you use Shakespearian words like "thee" and "tarry." It's absolutely hilarious!

Great job!




BEASTtheHUN says...


Thank you so much. I'm not much of a poetry writer, so your reviews and encouragement means a lot.




If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
— Woodrow Wilson