Sound Investment

Written for the Creative bad poetry contest

She needed to know physics

like a lawn needed flamingos.

With her cola-brown eyes,

and a beyond attractive countenance

 

the world was her playground,

she was a student of human nature

and the subliminal messages sent

were even better than the pheromones exuded.

 

The stares she received were never apathetic,

some so smitten they thought she might be a holograph,

or a painting by some long dead master.

With a knowing smile, the time to act was now,

 

her expiration date was a long way off

and in this moment she was one fiscally sound investment.

Author's Note

Written for the Creative bad poetry contest using a form of each of the following words:

Holographic
Attractive
Brown
Paint
Apathy
Flamingo
Student
Fiscal
Subliminal
Physics

Reviews

[David Scott]

Well I think you have won my heart with this cerebral evaluation and presentation.
I just hope to be appreciated for the "fiscally sound investment" I am... Ha.
Too funny. And actually not a bad poem to boot.

[icelandicblue]

Thanks David, just having some fun where physics and the flamingos meet. ; )

[Tom]

A very bright student indeed !

Cleverly crafted and best of luck with this sterling effort !

[icelandicblue]

Ah, Tom, you are ever so kind. Thank you.

[s y e]

This is so creative Anne - I love it!

GOOD LUCK!!!

[icelandicblue]

Thank you my sweet.

[Pryde Foltz]

I like it....fail. Lol.

She needed to know physics
like a lawn needed flamingos.

Too funny.

[icelandicblue]

Thanks a lot Pryde. ; )

[redflutterby]

Lol....just posted my submission. Yours is so much better then mine!! Whoohoo..maybe I'll win! ;-) Seriously yours is very creative...love it!

[icelandicblue]

Wasn't this a hoot. It's like those cooking shows where they bring on some chef and give him coconut milk, baby octopuses and Parmesan cheese and tell him to make a meal with it and he makes some great concoction that they all ooh and ahh over and you wonder what the hell he did. Thanks Red.

[redflutterby]

Perfect analogy there Anne...Ive watched a few of those. I'm always thinking how the hell do you combine frosted flakes, bean paste and anchovies into an edible dessert?? Lol...

[Joyce S. Greene]

You have used those words so well that's it's hard to believe you wrote this poem in order to use them. Terrific job, Anne, you are a very talented poet even if you have written one "bad" poem - of course, bad is the new good, so how can you lose?

[icelandicblue]

Orange is the new black and good is the new bad...who knew? Thanks so much Joyce! I had fun writing this.

[icelandicblue]

I mean bad is the new good...I'm so confused!

[Joyce S. Greene]

LOL LOL LOL LOL just one LOL won't do it/for the folks at the cafe/so they go around all day/wasting pixels, you might say!

[Einstein Noodle]

"and the subliminal messages sent

were even better than the pheromones exuded."

interesting separation of the two...you have told a whole story with room to guess and imagine ...its hard to take this "bad poetry" contest seriously... its hard to try and write poorly for the fun of it when such wonderful words are given...nice job with flamingos by the way.. :)
E.

[icelandicblue]

Ha! I was happy with the flamingos myself. You are right, it's hard to write a truly bad poem when your mind is busy trying to connect all the words together to make some sort of sense. I loved your submission by the way. I think they should rename the contest Creative good bad poetry. : )

As always, thank you.

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

Well done! I'm fascinated with these pieces (and I've read a few of them)...great use of the language, and the way that you brought it all together was great.

her expiration date was a long way off
and in this moment she was one fiscally sound investment. -- clever...very clever!

[icelandicblue]

Thanks Sarah for commenting.

[Creepy Swine Guy]

I don't think you are gonna win, because this is NOT bad poetry. Very nicely penned, and I especially enjoyed the reference to the Mona Lisa.

[icelandicblue]

Ah, you caught that, good eye. Thanks for not thinking it's bad. Have a fabulous day.

[Lydia Shutter]

Isn't this a BAD poetry contest? Yours does not qualify! :) Subliminal messages can deliver quite a lot, can't they? I loved what you did with the words. Lydi**

[icelandicblue]

Thanks a lot for reading this little poem Lydi.