Rustly, rustly,
Palm, willow, myrtle-branch,
North, south, east, west, getting
Waved to bring rain.But in reality,
Phallocentricity*
This odd phenomenon
Can well explain.
*ask your parents to explain it to you
You can play too by posting in the comments! A reminder of the rules of the “dismally difficult” double dactyl:
- There must be eight lines.
- Lines 1-3 and 5-7 must each consist of a pair of dactyls (that is, dum-der-der dum-der-der).
- Lines 4 and 8 must be choriambs (that is, dum-der-der-dum).
- Lines 4 and 8 must rhyme.
- Line 1 must be nonsense.
- Line 2 must be the subject of the poem, ideally a name that is itself a pair of dactyls (eg ‘Laurence Olivier’).
- Line 6 must be a single word that is itself a pair of dactyls (eg ‘cardiovascular’).
And my own past entries can be found here.
