Gemini Rising

Yule Poetry Day 9 - Epigram - Crazy John Doe

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12 Poetic Days of Yuletide  (E) 12 different Poetry styles beginning December 21st- January 1st. #2329171 by Witchy Yule Woman

Prompt ▶︎

Epigrams are short satirical poems ending with either a humorous retort or a stinging punchline.
Used mainly as expressions of social criticism or political satire, the most common forms are written as a couplet: a pair of rhymed lines in the same meter.
Practitioners of this poetic expression include John Dunne, Ben Jonson, William Blake and Robert Frost.

Your topic is the horse's skull.

Crazy John Doe

Crazy John Doe grabbed his stick
and found what he claimed was a brick

But really it was a Mari Lwyd horse's skull,
The people freaked and yelled numbskull!

John Doe went to the pub and offered some insults
People gawked at the ribbons and babbles - he's in a cult!

John Doe pronounced their insults sucked
And walked right in - oh, what luck!

John Doe drank up their whiskey and such
The people held their noses - this was too much!

In the end, the people dug in their pockets for loot
and gave Johnny and his old gray mare skull the boot!