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Monday, April 18, 2011

O is for Once Upon A Time...

"Once upon a time" is a stock phrase that has been used in some form since at least 1380 (according to the Oxford English Dictionary) in storytelling in the English language, and seem to have become a widely accepted convention for opening oral narratives by around 1600. These stories often then end with "... and they all lived happily ever after", or, originally, "happily until their deaths".
(taken from Wikipedia)

Enjoy the nonsense...

Once upon a time
I decided to climb
a tree made of lime
that was covered in slime.

I slipped and I fell
with barely a yell
into a very deep well
with a super bad smell.

I splashed around
until a tunnel I found
that led out of the ground
so I was safe and sound.

Yeah...
Don't think that one's gonna be winning me any prizes!


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17 comments:

  1. joanne leeApril 18, 2011 at 6:50 PM

    Maybe no prizes but at least your safe and sound!

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  2. Dark PassengerApril 18, 2011 at 7:03 PM

    Hehe very cute.

    I think it would work better if you edited it to include a constant meter of 5 syllables per line.

    I calculated your current syllables meter as:

    5 6 5 6
    5 5 6 6
    4 7 6 6

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  3. UnknownApril 18, 2011 at 7:35 PM

    Yeah, I did count the syllables, but I figured since it was just nonsense it didn't really matter!

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  4. PK HREZOApril 18, 2011 at 8:04 PM

    LOL! I like it tho!

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  5. Laura JosephsenApril 18, 2011 at 8:35 PM

    Hehehe, I really like the poem! :D

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  6. D. U. OkonkwoApril 18, 2011 at 8:58 PM

    Wow that takes me back. The beginning to every classical nursery story.

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  7. NasApril 18, 2011 at 9:12 PM

    I liked it! Funny!

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  8. AnonymousApril 18, 2011 at 9:36 PM

    LOL! Well you got the rhymes really well :O)

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  9. Nicole L RiveraApril 18, 2011 at 10:21 PM

    Lol. But it's catchy :)

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  10. Cally JacksonApril 19, 2011 at 12:33 AM

    Hehehe. It may not win you any awards but it was still heaps of fun to read! :-)

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  11. KM NalleApril 19, 2011 at 1:23 AM

    That was a fun poem. Phew! So glad you got out...LOL. I didn't know that the first form of Happily ever after was Happily until their deaths. Interesting.

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  12. CiaraApril 19, 2011 at 3:35 AM

    It's fun. Sometimes that's what writing is all about.

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  13. StinaApril 19, 2011 at 4:16 AM

    Are you kidding? I loved it! :D

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  14. Lydia KangApril 19, 2011 at 5:15 AM

    That was cute, I liked it!

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  15. Kittie HowardApril 19, 2011 at 8:57 PM

    Hey, really cute poem! Interesting about how 'happily ever after' came to be...couldn't help but wonder if there were a religious influence, ie, no post ironing clothes guarantees!

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  16. Kittie HowardApril 19, 2011 at 8:57 PM

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  17. Mary AalgaardApril 20, 2011 at 3:48 PM

    Thanks for the history on the common openers and closers in writing. Cute poem.

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