A Christmas Calamity

Santa's workshop in North Pole, NY via Wikimedia Commons

Today's little ditty was inspired by Julie Larios' post last week.  At The Drift Record, Julie paid tribute to American poet John Hollander who passed away earlier this month.  One of the things John Hollander is known for is inventing the double dactyl form with co-conspirator Anthony Hecht.  Julie describes the form well (so I won't bother doing it here); but even if you saw her post last week, it's worth revisiting to check out the colorful poems that have collected in her comments.

I confess, at first I was intimidated by this form-- too many SAT words!  But when I took a closer look and saw how much fun others were having, I decided to pull up my boot straps and give it a try.  Little did I know, my boots would be the shiny black kind worn by a kindhearted man with a white beard, red fur-lined suit, and a special fondness for children and snack food!  Apparently my muse has had quite enough of this Florida summer.

                     THE UNFORTUNATE DEMISE 

                              OF OL’ SAINT NICK

                     Piggledy Jiggledy

                     Jolly Saint Nicholas

                     choked on his Ho Ho and

                     fell to the floor.

                     Baffling, laughable,

                     megaridiculous!

                     Elves know that Santa liked

                     Twinkies much more.

                               © 2013 Michelle Heidenrich Barnes. All rights reserved.

Now won't you please join Tara at A Teaching Life for all the goodies at this week's Poetry Friday roundup?  Oh... and I'll bring the Ho Ho's.