I’m not usually much for poetry, but this I found amusing. I found the switch in meter from dimeter to tetrameter interesting, but there are a few lines where the meter doesn’t conform and I stumbled on those.
I kind of agree with August. I like the childish impish nature of the rhyme, but there are parts and places where it doesn’t ring true. That really makes it suffer, almost like it was a first draft that was never edited or re-worked.
“I stole from the rich and gave to the poor” This is a task worthy of hell? Poor Robin Hood.
I think with a bit more work, it could have come across much better.
Well y’know it IS bad to steal from the rich and give to the poor. It may sound all heroic, but we need to consider the feelings of the rich as well. They’re not necessarily rotten people. Also, it’s still illegal.
Yes- as I’ve said- this ‘un needs editing but I’ve decided I probably will never care enough about it to do so.
August Rode
Peeled Banana
Raymond Finn
Peeled Banana