Richard Ponsonby Poems

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How To Write Doggerel Like Robert Frost

Short Tutorial on Writing a Robert Frost Mastepiece
For the first three stanzas use a rhyming scheme of aaba, then the last stanza bbbb: now choose a mundane topic but being an egomaniac, pump it up to seem important. Like this:
I wandered by a shop's bright window
I saw a person I think I know
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2.
The Law Of Opposites

Was heard to say
I am a very generous person
So she proclaimed on that day
And gave a tip, it wasn't much
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3.
Aung San Suu Kyii-The Prize Winner

I am Aung San Suu Kyi
Have you got another prize
For me?
I was a little spoiled
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4.
The Sex Was Better

I had a girl, her name it doesn't matter
To give my work to her, would only flatter
She had a partner, but eyes for me
I tried to ignore her
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