Down and Sprout

[klepsydra]

There's been a sprout in the gutter on Soho Square all week. Even rats and pigeons won't eat the things. -- huskyteer on Twitter, 16 December 2010

There’s a sprout in the gutter in Soho Square
It must be a week now that it’s been there
It looks just the same as it did on day one
Green, round and lonely, its hopes are all gone
It should be in a kitchen, it seems

Comments

[huskyteer]

I boggle and applaud (and Tweet). Crikey!

[klepsydra]

You do seem to be good at pushing my inspiration button at the moment. bhata must look to his laurels in that regard!

PS: it's only 30 lines long, not 36. Flatterer.

[huskyteer]

Apparently I've forgotten my six times table. Corrected on LJ but not, of course, on wretched set-in-stone Twitter.

(Is it a particular verse form? I'm terrible at remembering those.)

[klepsydra]

So am I. I think it's a bit John Cooper Clarke meself...

Expanding On An Idea

[pingback_bot]

User huskyteer referenced to your post from Expanding On An Idea saying: [...] Square all week. Even rats and pigeons won't eat the things. At 12:16PM, posted a 36-line poem [...]

[panthras]

That's pretty neat :D

[hrrunka]

Got a tune for it yet? ;)

[huskyteer]

I think it needs harp!

[hrrunka]

...or plaintive violins, perhaps?

[huskyteer]

And of course Bono.

[loganberrybunny]

Bravo!