An Ode To Odes

I’m partial to an ode
It’s not hard to see why
Though it follows a code
You only need comply
With rules about the rhymes
And it’s quite a simple scheme
Though easy to get wrong
Which we all do sometimes
But the ode still reigns supreme
When it can be sung like a song

  11 comments for “An Ode To Odes

  1. September 27, 2020 at 5:49 am

    James Proclaims and he is not yellow
    Where other men’s hearts turn to jello
    We all like him a lot
    And his artistic tot
    And his poems, which are soothing and mellow

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    • September 27, 2020 at 8:11 am

      I’m not sure that my poetry
      Demonstrates much bravery
      Except of course for on the part
      Of the readers who need a lot of heart
      And so I am forever grateful
      For comments which are never hateful
      But thanks to all the praise I’ve had
      I’ll keep producing stuff this bad

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  2. September 27, 2020 at 12:00 pm

    I’ll check back when you write An Ode to Toads.

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    • September 27, 2020 at 1:09 pm

      You know I have to do that now

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  3. September 27, 2020 at 2:03 pm

    Ah, the classic English ode.
    Nothing quite like it.

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    • September 27, 2020 at 6:04 pm

      And to be fair this is only a bit like it

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  4. September 27, 2020 at 3:10 pm

    I’m more of a sonnet girl myself, but I DO love a good ode:-)

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    • September 27, 2020 at 6:06 pm

      I enjoy a sonnet or an ode but I draw the line at an elegy

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  5. September 27, 2020 at 10:12 pm

    If I mention it then I am owed an ode to a toad on the road who never slowed as the truck carrying commodes never slowed and rode over the road once owed to the toad

    Get to it and laugh

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    • September 27, 2020 at 11:27 pm

      Given that odes follow a fairly strict rhyming pattern then it would seem unlikely that anyone could fulfil that particular request.

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