It’s Time for a Little Sounders Poetry!

By: Laurie | April 2nd, 2009

Ever have the kind of day that makes you want to throw it all away and move to Nantucket to start a limerick festival?

Yesterday was such a day.

I believe that this is a sign that it is time to bring back an old tradition: Laurie’s MLS poetry! (Of which you have already seen one example.)

My favorite form of the art is, of course, the limerick. I love limericks. And did you know that according to a now long-gone iteration of the Wikipedia page on limericks, the reason the city of Nantucket features so prominently in this type of poetry is that it was a whaling town? And limericks were, of course, popular with whalers?

That’s exactly what I would have guessed.

But limericks are the highest form of the art. You can’t just leap into a limerick. You need to kind of…sneak up on it. And so, to ease into this, I bring you: A couplet poem.

The Poem
in Which I Write Couplets
in Honor of Some of the
Seattle Players
We Know and Love

Séba’s promoted
His fans are devoted

Montero amazes
Seattle embraces

Freddie models undies
Wait, what was I talking about again?

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• Laurie |  April 2nd, 2009 at 12:06 pm

  
  
  

  This isn’t really a comment. This is just me, needing to post something to get that “porn mode” comment off the top of the sidebar.

  Although…uh-oh. Wonder where it truncates. May need to do this again.

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• Laurie |  April 2nd, 2009 at 12:08 pm

  
  
  

  Okay, note to self. When you’re writing a comment to get another comment off the top of your sidebar, it’s probably not a good idea to quote the offensive part of the original comment in your follow-up comment.

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• Ken |  April 2nd, 2009 at 12:59 pm

  
  
  

  Oh it’s nice, but I was expecting some words on good ol’ kasey keller

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• Laurie |  April 2nd, 2009 at 1:51 pm

  
  
  

  Oh, fine, Ken. You’re one of those people aren’t you? If I gave you filet mignon, you’d say, “Where’s the lobster?”

  Not that I’d have any idea how to cook filet mignon. Or lobster. Speaking rhetorically here.

  

  I tried to fit Kasey into this one, but it just wouldn’t happen, and true art cannot be forced. Perhaps next time he’ll get a poem all his own.

  Hmmm… Wonder what rhymes with “shut out”?

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• Andrea |  April 2nd, 2009 at 2:00 pm

  
  
  

  Laurie have you seen the youtube video where the girl composed a song for Evan Brown? It’s kinda like poetry…

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• Laurie |  April 2nd, 2009 at 2:06 pm

  
  
  

  What, you mean this one?

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• Andrea |  April 2nd, 2009 at 2:07 pm

  
  
  

  Ahhhhhh! Yes. That was awesome. Must have missed it. But if Evan Brown wants someone that’s legal…I’m here. Haha.

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• jen |  April 3rd, 2009 at 7:49 pm

  
  
  

  Hmm, “shut out” could rhyme with someone’s (single syllable name) pout?

  Oh who am I kidding? Your poetic prowess far outweighs mine.

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