1. Limerick by SuBethJimBob
2. Haiku by SuBethJimBob
3. Double Dactyl by SuBethJimBob
My mom wanted my help coming up with amusing invitations to her SuperBowl party. The following are what I came up with.
There once was a Granny named Annie
Who's Ira kept patting her fanny
She made him start baking
For the friends she was making
Who knew she could be oh so canny
So, anyway, there's lots of food
Enough there to feed a whole brood
Of SuperBowl fans who'll
Be claiming their teams rule
In AnnieGram's neck of the wood
This one's a haiku. Sorta.
Superbowl Sunday
Ann and Ira are cooking
Be there or they'll cry
This one may require an explanation. Paraphrased from Wikipedia:
Double dactyl is a verse form, also known as "higgledy piggledy". Like a limerick, it has a rigid structure and is usually humorous, but the double dactyl is considerably more rigid and difficult to write. There must be two stanzas, each comprising three lines of six syllables (with the emphasis on the first and fourth syllables) followed by a line with a four syllables (emphasis as before). The two stanzas have to rhyme on their last line. The first line of the first stanza is traditionally repetitive nonsense. The second line of the first stanza is the subject of the poem, a proper noun. Note that this name must itself be double-dactylic. There is also a requirement for at least one line of the second stanza to be entirely one double dactyl word, for example "va-le-dic-tor-i-an".
Obvously, I've barely grazed the proper form here. But the syllable count, meter, and length is correct, so I'm calling it good. ::grin::
Superbowl Forty-Five
Ira and Annie are
Cooking and baking
For all of their friends
Sunday, 6 Febr'ary
Arlington Stadium
Having a fun time
Until the game ends