Double Dactyl 1
Written in response to a competition in the New Statesman magazine inviting poems on a celebrity, comprising lines of two dactyls (DUM-diddy, DUM-diddy) with shorter, rhyming lines as the last in each stanza. The standard is two stanzas; I just felt this one needed four.
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Catherine Middleton,
once a nonentity,
then a celebrity
famed far and wide,
now has her picture in
millions of newspapers
since she agreed to be
Prince William's bride.
Buckingham Palace, and
out on the balcony,
smiling and waving, she
stands by his side.
Let's hope she won't be like
Princess Diana, and
always regretting the
knot that she's tied.
Munia Khan
A very clever work Erik and I love the form too along with the last two stanzas.
A very clever work Erik and I love the form too along with the last two stanzas.
tom balch
This is so very well crafted, Paul. A brilliant response and with four stanzas it reads perfectly.
This is so very well crafted, Paul. A brilliant response and with four stanzas it reads perfectly.
Fay Slimm
Ah - I love this form Paul and you do it complete justice by the story of Kate stepping into difficult shoes. Excellent read.
Ah - I love this form Paul and you do it complete justice by the story of Kate stepping into difficult shoes. Excellent read.
Elena S
Suppose it couldn't be easy not to have the freedom of walking alone, never being able to run from the loads of paper written lines, or the flashing lights.. But if she loves and is loved those are such small things so easy can be ignored. Yet Diana, rest in peace , maybe meant to be unhappy, for her heart was too big to share with only one. She needed to spread her love around the world, tears showed clear how all the world loved her back..Let us hope and pray for love to run free in her family.
Suppose it couldn't be easy not to have the freedom of walking alone, never being able to run from the loads of paper written lines, or the flashing lights.. But if she loves and is loved those are such small things so easy can be ignored. Yet Diana, rest in peace , maybe meant to be unhappy, for her heart was too big to share with only one. She needed to spread her love around the world, tears showed clear how all the world loved her back..Let us hope and pray for love to run free in her family.
stevenstirk
Yep. Princess Diana had a dogs life in the pomp, shadow and beauocracy of the Royal family . Katherine Middleton needs to have a strong character and a determined life force to make sure she doesn't get swallowed up . Enjoyed the poem and its format.
Yep. Princess Diana had a dogs life in the pomp, shadow and beauocracy of the Royal family . Katherine Middleton needs to have a strong character and a determined life force to make sure she doesn't get swallowed up . Enjoyed the poem and its format.
Leslie Alexis
i like when it starts with "higgledy piggledy". The poem is good though. i hope she and william lasts forever.
i like when it starts with "higgledy piggledy". The poem is good though. i hope she and william lasts forever.
poeticpiers reborn again
clever and very apt. But constantly in the public eye Makes life difficult for them to adjust. To being a couple
clever and very apt. But constantly in the public eye Makes life difficult for them to adjust. To being a couple
Oh my word! La, how fitting, I guess. Aye, I hope the poor bride does not suffer the same fate as her deceased mother-in-law. What a delicate choice for the assignment and how beautifully executed with excellently apt imagery. Wow.