The following day,  Plekkle, full of spletump

Rushed into the womping-room where her mamump

Was strinching a bibble for baby Galoon

When Plekkle sat down and began to perswoon:

''Oh Mamump, I've met the betrapt of my life.

I hoff him and want to become his trefife.''

Her mamump – named Bokkle – looked round with derame

''Oh Plekkle, how gliff!  Tell me... what is his name?''

''It's Jaul.'' said fair Plekkle, her eyes full of strawk,

''I met him on Cranday, when out on a walk.

Last night, in the putschlup, how slaily we prunk!''

But Bokkle was staring, her face all deslunk.

''Your papink will sloogle his frenk when he hears.

There's history with him and Jaul's family. Those...pleers

Berumined his happlet and flotted his sloy.

Oh Plekkle, please promise you'll dettoff that boy!''

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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 by Tasha_Noble