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My Jacket (A POEM)


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MAGIC FUN - I wrote this back when I was in school. I used to love shell sylverstine (spelling?) To write this type of poem you just start with a line and see where absurdity and rhyming can take you.
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my jacket's big as you can see
I used it sailing out at sea

a giant sail it did become
don't think it strange or slightly dumb

for when the breeze filled up my coat
it surged ahead my tiny boat

and from afar its awesome sight
repelled sharks and whales and tiny mites

and safely on it helped us go
gliding fast in gusty blows

and then upon an island we
struck beach and pitched a tent you see

and what do you suppose we used
do you guess it was our clothes
well you'd be only partly right
twas only one of those

my jacket made terrific camp for dad and mom and me
and in my jacket did we stay for a month or two or three

but now its old and very worn
and not even worth a bean

but i will never chuck this thing
cause that'd be sorta mean
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Uploaded: Oct 28, 2009 - 07:48:04 PM
Last Updated: Oct 28, 2009 - 07:48:04 PM Last Played: Nov 20, 2009 - 10:02:42 PM
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Feter said 27 days ago (October 28th, 2009)
My Jacket
Was that a Uke ? or a mando ? he this is cool
loved this ...nice ..thnx alot for sharin !!!!
Martin_Leroy said 19 days ago (November 5th, 2009)
Uke
It is an ukulele. I'll have to post an all uke song sometime. Thanks Fetter. It's always nice to hear from you.
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johnwhitehead said 27 days ago (October 28th, 2009)
Jacket
Cool. Like this alot. Shel Silverstein, right? Love the kiddie chatter ambience and the background chorus. Cool post.
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awigze said 25 days ago (October 31st, 2009)
My Jacket
Any poem with ukulele in the background has gotta be good.
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crissew said 25 days ago (October 31st, 2009)
My uncle
was obsessed with this type of stuff a while back. Every waking moment he was doing stuff like this. Nice job.
Lennon714 said 22 days ago (November 2nd, 2009)
Very nice
You sound a lot like what's-his-name from the Kingston Trio. I expect a rollicking burst of Tom Dooley. Very cool post!
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B. Flat said 21 days ago (November 3rd, 2009)
Very
entertaining! Is that you on uke?
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Martin_Leroy said 19 days ago (November 5th, 2009)
Yep
That would be me on my soprano uke.
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hackneybloke said 12 days ago (November 12th, 2009)
My Jacket A Poem
Dude...that's double cool....seriously. and there's no absurdity - everything you say makes
perfect sense. and the backing sits it up nicely.
neato.
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