In celebration of an upcoming commercial holiday and to help inspire others to enter The Weekly Terrible Poetry Contest, I will write a love poem every day this week.
Today’s romantic sonnet is dedicated to one of my favorite new-age gadgets, the backup safety monitor (and camera) on my minivan.
Toyota changed my driving life fore’er
Espec’ally when I’m trav’ling in reverse.
For, as I move to R with shifting gear,
A sonnet comes to m’absent mind, rehearsed:
Oh, beeping song I hear, upon my dash,
Oh, sudden sight I see, within your cam’:
A person’s there, appearing in a flash
As if he could not see a minivan.
What wouldst I do, how would walking man fare
Without you, backup safety monitor?
Would we be singing poems of love and care
Or hail an ambulance and coroner?
In short; without thee, I would feel confined
To living life, always looking behind.
Good one.
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Darn; I was aiming for terrible. 🙂
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Must mean you really love the monitor.
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😀 I love it enough to write poetry.
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Considering the number of people yapping on their phones and not paying attention, maybe it would be even better if phones came equipped with forward moving safety monitors. I’m thinking a shrill alarm shrieking, as anything less might not draw their attention or be heard over their music.
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How about a shocking sensor?
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Ooh! Even better!
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Oh boy! A lovely sonnet!!
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Thank you. 😀
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🤩
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That reminds me – I’ve been meaning to backup since 1985! 😦 Your sonnet is almost worthy of Shakespeare.
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Shakespeare with brain damage, perhaps. 😀
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I always wanted to stage Richard III as a declamatory soap – “Ohhh I for a Richard weep and you for an Edward…” etc. You could be Queen Margaret (she utters all the curses).
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Mayhap the soaps ARE modern Shakespeare, sir
…And you know I’m just the sort for a cussing character…
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That’s great!! 😊
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Thank you. 🙂
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You’re welcome!
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Hahahaha.. must be a great car..
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🙂 It’s a great feature!
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Shocking poetry about a shocking sensor. Congratulations to all concerned.
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Shocking sensor?
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Oh the safety back up cameras… Beautiful ode.
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😀 Thanks!
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So funny. I have to get going on my entry!
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Thanks. 🙂 Yes; please enter!
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I did. A horrifying poem.
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A sonnet instead of an ode? How bold!
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😀 Thanks.
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