The Raven has already been mentioned, so here’s another one of my favourites.

I met a traveller from an antique land

Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,

Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown

And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command

Tell that its sculptor well those pbumions read

Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,

The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.

And on the pedestal these words appear:

“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare

The lone and level sands stretch far away.

A long time ago, when the earth was green

and there was more kinds of animals than you’ve ever seen,

and they run around free while the world was bein’ born,

and the lovliest of all was the Unicorn.

There was green alligators and long-neck geese.

There was humpy bumpy camels and chimpanzees.

There was catsandratsandelephants, but sure as you’re born

the lovliest of all was the Unicorn.

But the Lord seen some sinnin’, and it caused him pain.

He says, “Stand back, I’m gonna make it rain.”

He says, “Hey Brother Noah, I’ll tell ya whatcha do.

Go and build me a floatin’ zoo.

And you take two alligators and a couple of geese,

two humpy bumpy camels and two chimpanzees.

Take two catsandratsandelephants, but sure as you’re born,

Noah, don’t you forget my Unicorn.”

Now Noah was there, he answered the callin’

and he finished up the ark just as the rain was fallin’.

He marched in the animals two by two,

and he called out as they went through,

“Hey Lord, I got your two alligators and your couple of geese,

your humpy bumpy camels and your chimpanzees.

Got your catsandratsandelephants – but Lord, I’m so forlorn

‘cause I just don’t see no Unicorn.”

Ol’ Noah looked out through the drivin’ rain

but the Unicorns were hidin’, playin’ silly games.

They were kickin’ and splashin’ in the misty morn,

oh them silly Unicorn.

The the goat started goatin’, and the snake started snakin’,

the elephant started elephantin’, and the boat started shaking’.

The mouse started squeakin’, and the lion started roarin’,

and everyone’s aboard but the Unicorn.

I mean the green alligators and the long-neck geese,

the humpy bumpy camels and the chimpanzees.

Noah cried, “Close the door ‘cause the rain is pourin’ –

and we just can’t wait for them Unicorn.”

Then the ark started movin’, and it drifted with the tide,

and the Unicorns looked up from the rock and cried.

And the water come up and sort of floated them away –

that’s why you’ve never seen a Unicorn to this day.

You’ll see a lot of alligators and a whole mess of geese.

You’ll see humpy bumpy camels and lots of chimpanzees.

You’ll see catsandratsandelephants, but sure as you’re born

you’re never gonna see no Unicorn

I prefer “the Yippee-Yuk” as my Shel Silverstein poem of choice.

I imagine you know the Unicorn song, fort.

I’m pretty sure there’s someth poem I like better than that though, great as it may be. brb

King Krimson Posted:

The Raven has already been mentioned, so here’s another one of my favourites.

I met a traveller from an antique land

Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,

Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown

And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command

Tell that its sculptor well those pbumions read

Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,

The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.

And on the pedestal these words appear:

“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare

The lone and level sands stretch far away.

So King Krimson was the only person to enjoy my reference last May? Why do I bother?

http://www.forumwarz.com/discussions/view_post/821241

Oh poem thread. Ok.

Fleas

Adam

Had’em

by Ogden Nash

I wrote a haiku that I think is pretty good:

male reproductive organ woman's genitals
male reproductive organ woman's genitals male reproductive organ
woman's genitals male reproductive organ