Nonsense Verse 2
More mayhem and madness as the real world disintegrates and is replaced by the strange parallel universe that is nonsense verse. Max's second helpings of nonsense includes poems about alcoholism, baking, circuses and doughnuts, a few poems that pay homage to the nonsense verse of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, and the odd poem that has no discernable subject, theme or meaning.
Alice
Max's nonsense poem pays homage to Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, but thrusts Alice into the bump and grind of the modern world.
Edward Lear Meets the Fluffadump
Are the writers of nonsense verse aware of the cruel fate they cast upon their creation? Edward Lear finds out when he is confronted by the irate and downtrodden Fluffadump.
The Pissed Newt
A toad and a newt have an inebriated argument over ownership of the expression as pissed as a...
Circus Daze
A funny poem about the circus which performs a delicate balancing act between normality and nonsensicality.
The Cheshire Cat’s Dream
The Cheshire Cat from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland suffers cheesy dreams which are more nonsensical that anything dreamt up by his creator.
The Cookie’s Diet
A confectionary suffused nonsense poem about a cookie which is on a diet.
Harold the Singing Doughnut
A singing doughnut with a passion for Wagner is one of the more conventional elements in a poem which is pure nonsense.
The Purple Beaked Gnu
If you're of a bent to argue that gnus don't have beaks, you clearly haven't grasped the finer points of nonsense verse.
Oligarths
A dark and mysterious poem which is also utter nonsense, unless you know something about the mysterious Oligarths that I don't.
The Baker’s Nightmare
A freudian might read rather too much in the preponderance of animated fairy cakes that inhabit this particular baker's nightmare.
Anthony Grove Raines’ Gouache Lament
The poem's convoluted title and the Poe reference suggestions something high brow and literary, but then again it could just be complete nonsense.
A Happy Event
A nonsense poem, horror story and morality play all rolled into one.
Don Jelly-Vani
More bakery inspired silliness in a poem featuring Vera Lynn, Fred Astaire and diarrhoea. What's that about seven degrees of separation.
A Summer Stroll with Lewis Carroll
An imagined meeting between the poet and Lewis Carroll is related in nonsense verse.
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