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JOSIE'S POEMS
Shadow Poetry -
(Paradody)
By Josie Whitehead
SHADOWING POETRY/PARODY
Poetry can be lots and lots of fun and the English language is so musical. This means that poetry, written with good rhyme and rhythm/metre, can have music added to it and lots of other performance/arts subjects also. So why not shadow the rhythms and fun that you find in songs and put it into your own poems, rather than just put words on paper in a boring way - as if poetry is little more than prose in fact.
Parody allows you to do this and I've done this many times - just for fun. In this poem I am shadowing the rhythm, style and subject of a popular song written by Gilbert and Sullivan:
From the Pirates of Penzance
A rollicking band of pirates we,
Who, tired of tossing on the sea,
Are trying their hand at a burglaree,
With weapons grim and gory.
Illustrated by Peter Hudspith
THE PIRATE POET
By Josie Whitehead
A dangerous pirate – yes, that’s me -
Who, finally bored with my life at sea,
Am trying my hand at poetry
With weapons of pen and paper.
I scour the books and the internet
For others’ work I want to get.
Look on me now as the ultimate threat
With weapons of pen and paper.
I’ll boldly take your verse and rhyme,
Then wickedly claim that they are mine.
I’ll snatch your poems, then redesign -
With weapons of pen and paper.
PS Oh no I won't snatch your poems or any else's, and neither should you!! Copyright means that you should not do this. Plagiarism is a serious offence that is easily detected. Ask your teacher. Josie
Copyright on all of my poems