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Public toilet poem.
By Phil
30 March 2008
Puerile, stupid and a little rude.

Public toilet poem

Five stalls to view and to compare
To see if there was paper there,
And if the seats were fairly dry
So’s not to dampen upper thigh.

He chose his booth, both dry and neat
And placed some paper on the seat
To stop transference to his bum
Of germs from almost anyone.

More paper went within the hole
-Avoiding splash-back was his goal.
He dropped his pants and squared his ring
Above the bowl to do his thing.

A state of mind has to be reached
For his bum cheeks to be breeched.
He took deep breaths and sat quite steady,
Braced himself, was almost ready….

When….

The stall next door erupted in
A wet, vibrating, stinking din.
A pebbledasher couldn’t wish
To reproduce a sound like this.

Our hero blanched, the moment gone,
His poo retreated up his bum.
The smell encroached into his stall
Inducing him to faint and fall.

He smacked his head against the door
And ended up upon the floor
Next to paper badly thrown
In puddled piss, not his own.

The moral of this story is:
No worries if you need a whiz,
But if you need to take a shit
There’s really no avoiding it -

Evacuate your bowels at home
At least when there, you are alone.

Reviews

Written by stevetroster (1399 comments posted) 29th March 2008
Great. 
:grin :grin

Written by punchy (372 comments posted) 29th March 2008
Phil, that is so funny, I don't think I've ever had so much fun on GW. 
"squared his ring"? 
I have a sneaky feeling you wrote this from experience, I thought it was only the ladies that lined the hole with paper to prevent splashback. 
" The poo retreated up his bum" that's classic. I think men are really quite retentive in the old rectum area, maybe they need to feel more relaxed than us ladies, is that why some men read the paper on the loo or is that just for page 3 purposes?

Written by Phil (6393 comments posted) 29th March 2008
It's for peace and quiet.

Written by Lizzy (781 comments posted) 29th March 2008
Puerile, stupid and a little rude! 
Yes but very funny. 
I think you summed up public loos very well, don't we all avoid them as much as we can? 
Good one 
Lizzy
Genius
Written by Brett (485 comments posted) 29th March 2008
Simple, funny, and gloriously revelling in bodily functions. 
Ah, pants off, sorry, hats off. 
Lovely phrases and rhymes, but more importantly, a real laugh. 
Thanks. 
Cheers.

Written by bluecity (311 comments posted) 29th March 2008
As Lizzy says, you describe public loos very well. I HATE them!  
 
In the second but last line, didn't you mean  
 
Evacuate your bowels at home? 
 
You must be awaiting a review from the GW member called "blogbrush " and the member called "WeeAnn"! 
 
Rosemary 
 

Written by Phil (6393 comments posted) 29th March 2008
Thanks all - especially Rosemary for spotting that.
toilet seats
Written by mia_ms_kim (891 comments posted) 30th March 2008
This is so crude, but so funny! One correction, researched facts from a friend who has phobia about germs: toilet seats have the least amount of germs on them. Most people's posteriors are rather clean. Germs abound on our hands because we touch everything with our hands - ie. public toilet door handles have most germs on them. So after washing hands, you might want to open the door in a creative way. 
 
Mia :grin

Written by Veronica_Milvus (459 comments posted) 30th March 2008
I think I might have started this sudden toilet poem trend in one of my posts recently. I should be sorry... but...!

Written by nsperfect71 (44 comments posted) 2nd April 2008
This must be the funniest thing I've read in 2008 - and I read A LOT! 
 
Phil, this is amazing. I loved the 'state of mind' that must be reached. You encapsulated a state we all know but I for one never thought how to express it in words.  
 
Excellent.

Written by stellafly (7 comments posted) 3rd April 2008
Hilarious...I laughed out loud repeatedly through that! 'his poo retreated up his bum..' never thought I'd read such an accurate account of using a public loo!

Written by WeeAnn (35 comments posted) 3rd April 2008
Hi Rosemary, 
I never gave that connotation to my name!:roll  
 
I really chose it because of my little legs :grin  
 
WeeAnn
WeeAnn & blogbrush
Written by mia_ms_kim (891 comments posted) 3rd April 2008
I wondered when we would get a reply from the members Rosemary mentioned! Thank you for clearing that up, WeeAnn. Now, can we hear from blogbrush? 
 
Mia :p

Written by Phil (6393 comments posted) 6th April 2008
Thanks again for reading and commenting.

Written by Fledermaus (3159 comments posted) 11th April 2008
Your own genre Phil? For somehow it seems you have a taste for writing poems about such things hm? ;) Funnily though, this seems to be very good in terms of style.

Written by Merioneth (79 comments posted) 11th April 2008
Brilliant. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. I am so envious of your ability to rhyme in a way that doesn't sound forced or corny.  
 
Though the subject matter itself can often be a little corny. Depends on what you've eaten, eh? 
 
Ohohoh, thanks folks, I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waitress and give her a nice little pat on the bum.

Written by Livinginanattic (454 comments posted) 12th April 2008
You've shown us how you can mix poetry with bodily functions and come up with something very funny. Thanks for the laughs.

Written by Orlock (6 comments posted) 20th April 2008
Toilet humour at its best!  
 
A poem that I suspect most people can relate to. My favourite bit has to be:  
 
More paper went within the hole 
-Avoiding splash-back was his goal. 
He dropped his pants and squared his ring 
Above the bowl to do his thing. 
 
Class! 
ha ha!
Written by Leo (573 comments posted) 18th May 2008
There is something magnetic about public toilets. Very intriguing places. And i have to say you have captured all their majesty and crusty, ammonia infiltrated glory to a T! 
 
Fun Fun read! Cheers Phil!
Bravo
Written by ReflectingGod (12 comments posted) 24th June 2008
This made me laugh long time from from stanza to stanza and cringed at every word. 
Very good work.

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