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Triking -- a trifle
By patterjack
07 May 2008
I  acknowlege  the  prod  received  from  Veronica about  writing  an  Ode  to a  Trike

She  even supplied  a  version  of  the  first  stanza and  the  kitten/mitten one  as  well as  further  advice  gratefully  received.

The Angels /Angles   typo  was oo good  to  leve  out .

A trifle about triking

You are old, Mr Brian, young Veronica said
And you move with the aid of a trike
But on its sleek frontage, so shiny and red
Do you need such a hideous spike?

Why  speak of the spike? Old Brian replied
While you chatter, my great task is slowing!
I am fixing gold chains to the back and the side
of this black leather jacket I'm sewing.

Ah, said Veronica, you'll make an impression
as along the main drag you will glide
demonstrating what masterly English expression
to your leathers you've neatly applied.
 
Yes, said Old Brian, the logo's complete;
no chains will you find in bad tangles!
Passers by will all tremble out there on the street
When they see how it spells out Hell's Angles!

Are you sure, asked Veronica, hiding a sneer,
that your outfit is fully perfected?
I think that you'll find, when it's scanned from the  rear,
there's a problem you haven't detected!

It's complete! cried old Brian. My fingers may tingle,  
but with pride my old bosom is swelling;
gilded buttons all glint, glowing chains are a-jingle
and I know I'm correct in my spelling.

But consider, Old Brian, the young woman said,
I know you're a man of persistence
and will still blunder on blindly ahead,
But there's not such a group in existence! 

Bedamn, Old Brian loudly declaimed:
a litter of bodies henceforth will be found!
That spike I will use on the halt, blind or maimed,
On old ladies or children or hound!

In your youth, said the girl, as you charged down the road
You seemed never to suffer from cold
but the cats and their kittens will make hats and mittens
to relieve you from chill now you're old.

But to kill off those pussies,  Old Brian demurred,
smacks of more than a bit of pornography;
I'm quite fond of those sweet things so warmly befurred:
so I will just destroy folks ... and orthography.

Reviews
Good stuff...
Written by ainsel (40 comments posted) 7th May 2008
...had me giggling madly. It's splendidly apt and a lovely bit of storytelling. And as usual, you achieve the most perfect rhymes with the most unexpected words. 
 
But you wouldn't scare me with the spike and leather jacket, my dear. 
 
 
ainsel

Written by coosh (822 comments posted) 7th May 2008
Great fun! Beautiifully put together. Explains a lot about the Australian motorcycle couriers here in London. All you need now is a licence. Or not. Fantastic...

Written by Brett (486 comments posted) 7th May 2008
Fabulous. As ainsel has already remarked your rhymes are so unexpected and fresh...and what a closing line! 
 
Cheers
Thanks all
Written by patterjack (1068 comments posted) 7th May 2008
ainsel-- would you like to borrow some of my chains for your fencing jacket ? 
 
coosh --I've only once been on a motorcycle-- pillion , driven at incredible speed by a student- perhaps he graduated to London! 
 
Brett-- it took a Roget's Thesaurus for me to be reminded of the fancy word for spelling -- and see where it got me- into porn! 
 
But once again I must credit Veronica for her gentle push.  
 
patterjack

Written by Veronica_Milvus (459 comments posted) 7th May 2008
*bows deeply* 
 
glad you finished this one, Brian. You have a talent for comic verse (and self-deprecation) that should keep you smiling through the winter.

Written by Phil (6393 comments posted) 7th May 2008
Loved the last rhyme, Brian. In fact, I really enjoyed the whole thing. Comic verse without so much as a rudery - skilfully done. 
Phil
Like a trifle
Written by Bottleblondesurfer (3141 comments posted) 7th May 2008
Just like trifle- wickedly enjoyable 
It's been driving me mad trying to remember the poem you re-modelled. I finally realised it's the one from Alice in Wonderland. That was very clever,a great choice it works well. I really appreciated the rhyming. It all seemed so effortless but I'm sure it wasn't. 
It's so wickedly funny 
There really was a Hells Angle in Ramsgate,too. 
cheers 
jane 

Written by mia_ms_kim (891 comments posted) 7th May 2008
Really ejoyed this! 
 
Ever since you mentioned the leather jacket, the gold chains, your scooter and your bad self, pj, I keep picturing you as one -- a mean version of Hell's Angel (Angle?). Maybe you should go for it, and become a local celebrity in the papers and evening news. Who knows? You might become an international star! It's certainly an original idea. I should get your autograph before it's too late!  
Mia :grin

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