Odysseuse on the Move

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Hurrah, Hurrah, the First of May! Again!

This is my yearly tribute to the Month of May: we need to lighten up.

doggerel loosely styled and irregular in measure, esp. for burlesque or comic effect; also, marked by triviality or inferiority

Where Do They All Come From?

A little green man
in a fluffy yellow hat
underneath the rim
of a toadstool sat.

He twirled his finger
and he twitched his toe,
he looked at his watch
and said, "Time to go!"

He jumped to his saucer
and quickly spun away,
but he left his yellow hat
on the field of May.

Marguerite Louise Monette

If you have ever tended a lawn, you are familiar with him.

There is another little piece of doggerel that is chanted each May 1 in this household:

Hurrah, hurrah, the First of May,
(Something something) starts today!

Create your own doggerel - substitute your own words for those in the paretheses!