This rhymicle tells of a frastiful pair

Whose exploits and joylubs I'm happy to share.

I heard of their story one day, quite by chance,

and here is the ode of their plinket romance.

I will, if I may, introduce to you all

These glintiful characters, Plekkle and Jaul:

The first is a girl and the latter her mate.

The best place to start is, I guess, their first date.

Now, Plekkle was gathering sneebies one day

in Hampet, (The month coincides with our May).

The simmet was snaying, its rays clear and snarp.

No sprikkle had fallen for days in Galarp.

Young Plekkle, a beauty, of that there's no doubt,

Had hair of the hue of a possicky frout.

Her eyes were bright flurtle, her lips large and grink,

And when she passed by, all the boys cried ''Kerflink!''

This Cranday in Hampet, Jaul, out for a walk

Encountered our Plekkle, and ventured to talk.

He gazed on her tripsel, and, feeling quite pleep,

He then, on an impulse, petrinkled her fleep.

''It would be sicclusive to see you again.''

He clonned, ''But my frink is too keppet and clane.''

''Oh Jaul, I'd be vattic if you'll be my beau.

Lets cobbink together. Oh where shall we go?''

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This one is for fans of nonsense verse. A tribute to Dr. Seuss, Edward Lear, Spike Milligan, Lewis Carroll and any other nonsense poets you can think of.

Main story is about a couple called Plekkle and Jaul - and their romance.

Guidelines:

Please add at least 4 x 4 line verses in each chapter.

Try and use at least 3 nonsense words per verse.

Desirable metre (or meter,depending on which side of the Atlantic you are!) - Anapestic tetrametre. This metre favoured by Dr Seuss, and it's also the rhythm of the famous poem called ''A Visit From St Nicholas'', which begins ''Twas the Night Before Christmas.''

So it goes: da da DUM, da da DUM, da da DUM, da da DUM. (but you can miss out the first ''da'' at the beginning of a line.)

It's difficult to do, consistently - Dr. Seuss was the master - but looks (and sounds) great, if done well.

The secret is to think up some really nice, funny-sounding words, and it doesn't matter if nobody understands what they mean, as long as it all sounds feasible - if you know what I mean. :-)

updated Jul 5, 2008 by Tasha_Noble