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Too Silly for Lemongrab
Yo
Girl, join me on an adventure.
Time we ventured outside tradition!
Express what dumb ideas come up - not to our taste
To stress over significance, like some sour-faced
Earl who tries to police or censure
Rhyme or rhythm, with a frown and a scoff.
Pearls before swine? We'll dine fine from this through!
And play! Mess around! Sure won't need or ask permission
From lemons who cry:
"This poem is in unacceptable condition!"
Girl, join me on an adventure.
Time we ventured outside tradition!
Express what dumb ideas come up - not to our taste
To stress over significance, like some sour-faced
Earl who tries to police or censure
Rhyme or rhythm, with a frown and a scoff.
Pearls before swine? We'll dine fine from this through!
And play! Mess around! Sure won't need or ask permission
From lemons who cry:
"This poem is in unacceptable condition!"
I did see most of Adventure Time but didn't watch it regularly, so if there are any references beyond Lemon Grab's catchphrase or the mention of adventure in general, I probably missed it.
This has kind of the rhythm and feel of a slam poem, and the irregular rhyme patterns seem to fit that as well. It felt at first like I couldn't figure out a pattern to it at all, but the slam poem aesthetic plus the explicit declaration that it's in unacceptable condition lead me to believe that's the point.
There's two parts to poetry, the message and the skill of construction, and free verse almost always lacks the latter, which is what makes it have a high barrier to being impressive, but this is only meant to be a bit of silly fun, and it does that well enough.
This has kind of the rhythm and feel of a slam poem, and the irregular rhyme patterns seem to fit that as well. It felt at first like I couldn't figure out a pattern to it at all, but the slam poem aesthetic plus the explicit declaration that it's in unacceptable condition lead me to believe that's the point.
There's two parts to poetry, the message and the skill of construction, and free verse almost always lacks the latter, which is what makes it have a high barrier to being impressive, but this is only meant to be a bit of silly fun, and it does that well enough.