Univocalism Poem O - O Poor Old Todd
@arthurchappell (44998)
Preston, England
July 27, 2023 12:32pm CST
The only vowel in this poem is the O. No A, E, I or U.
O Poor Old Todd
Todd’s Log;
Good Golly, Molly
Not so good.
Got cold.
Snotty,
Off color, off my food.
Holy cow!
Ow! Ow! Ow! Lots of brown Blood clots.
Splodgy Blotchy spongy, sloppy spots.
Oh God.
Gross Drool pools
Got worst
On-off-on off on-off bog
Yo-yo trots.
Drown, my sorrows, drown.
Not strong, groggy, grotty.
Symptoms Of Blowfly Gyp.
My polyp growths worry Molly.
Got to go down to town
For Doctors,
Not to work.
No job’s worth Mort.
Stroppy psycho Robot cyborg Boss stomps off,
Growls, howls, scowls, scorns, scoffs.
So wrong! Bloody clown!
Goofy Goon’s loopy-loopy-loco.
*****
Took long hot broth tot-shots
Gone down for op
Now mostly on top of World
Off to work, only not for Bob
Dodgy gobby boss got pox now. Rock on! Ho ho ho.
Got post-op post-job. Pop bolly corks! Chops on for food. Hoots mon!
Sod moody broody Robot cyborg Bob's knock-off Box-Of-Frogs work.
My own boss now. So long Bob. Off on my Todd.
Todd
Sorry, no room or spot for mythos shogoths, nor goths, or ghosts or trolls.
Go, go, go, now.
Arthur Chappell
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@arunima25 (87771)
• Bangalore, India
27 Jul 23
That's a pretty decent length of the poem and it's incredible that you have used only one vowel in the entire poem. I assume that the photo is yours reciting the poem or into some sort of studio recording.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
27 Jul 23
@arunima25 photo is me performing at a show in front of a live audience
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@arunima25 (87771)
• Bangalore, India
28 Jul 23
@arthurchappell Oh! That's nice!. What was the performance about?
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
28 Jul 23
@arunima25 Not sure which one it was - I take part in them nearly every week, - performers, mostly singers at most shows, get 5-15 minutes to entertain the audience - depends how many performers turn up each week / show - I pick out and present a selection of my poems and just have fun with it
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@RebeccasFarm (89832)
• Arvada, Colorado
28 Jul 23
I do love this Arthur..you are brilliant with poems.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
28 Jul 23
@RebeccasFarm Thanks, this was a fun one to play around with
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
27 Jul 23
@DWDavis most of this afternoon and evening
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@Deepizzaguy (102525)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Jul 23
I enjoyed reading your poem with the only vowel being O.
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@LindaOHio (177809)
• United States
27 Jul 23
Kudos! That had to be a big job. Enjoy your day.
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