Inspired Poetry

[hrossa]

This is awesome!

[kb83]

Nice, Llapp! The rhythm reminds me of one of Piet Hein's "grooks."

[LLapp]

Thanks . . . I actually kind of cringed when I saw it. But I do like the second line.

[kb83]

At the risk of self-promotion. (I added line breaks)

"While Australia is superficially referred to as a continental nation, upon closer scrutiny, it is in fact an archipelago."
— Asher Judah


kb83
August 13, 2023, 4:21 pm

A tourist from old San Diego
Tried renting a big Winnebago,
To see all Australia,
He thought, (inter alia,)
But it was an archipelago.

[LLapp]

^ Kb83, if I had written that, I would have a hard time not posting it myself. It’s a delightful rhyme, and, given random quote selection and difficulty level, many of us would never get to read it otherwise.