When the shoomy shone upon the mare

on the highest peader sat I to stare

In all this while I dared not care

About the plainy with stroogle fair

But in the midst of this draizle day

Came this plainy skippy across me way

At first I noticed not, just lay

until I saw her broozalies sway

And with this glaze she addressed me so

by pelty me chopsies from to then fro

How that plaidy had knocked me plonko

I was unsure but felt I should 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 by Tasha_Noble