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Wednesday, July 4, 2018

"Astele Astaire attempts an ara and a sarabande..." Trebled Terpsichoreans or Look who's Dancing! A constrained Nonsense Alphabet in Rhyme

Astele Astaire attempts a sarabande, an ara and...
as Amos and amigo Andy ace an allemande.

Br'er Bubbles bops. Buck Bunny Hops. Bold Busby Berkeley scenes...
boast borscht-belt buddies Bloom and Bialystock beginning brisk beguines.

Cut, Cyd Charisse! Chic Czardas cease! (Can-cans can't clock Cerocs!)...
Cor! Cunegonde and crush Candide can’t cut cute Castle Walks.

Dim Donald rants, “Damn Dragon dance!” (Don’s done: dropped, dumped, de-jobbed!)...
Don't Doc and Dopey (Doc’s disciple) disco -- Danse Macabr’d?

Each East Coast Swing by Elvis earns a 10 in Tennessee...
e-e-eas'ly edging Edie and “Eed”’s escort Ernie’s Estampie.

Fie, Frug! Flee, Fly! Le Freak? Bye-bye! Fads fail – so: fade already!
(Though Frick and famed familiar Frack effect one frabjous Freddie.)

The Gerdts’ Gavotte blows cold 'n' hot. Their Galliard’s frankly fair...
But Gomer's goofy gofer Goob's “got game.” Great Grizzly Bear!

How Han and Baka’s hearty Haka – hopped to karaoke –
hammers Hengest and his homey Horsa’s halting Hokie-Pokie!

I’m (like), “I like Ike’s Ike Dance. Its coequal? Nowt comes close!
It’s like (like) Ishmael’s infat’ate Isaac’s Ikar’otikos!”

John’s gentle Jewish Jesus jogs just jigs; he cuts few rugs... 
just as Jorinde and Joringel, jailmates, jive few Jitterbugs.

The Khons of Kottar’kara’s kin (in K’rala, ‘burb of Bali)
cause young Kipling’s cooked-up creature Kim to craft crack Kathakali.

Last For One’s Lambadas lead to lots of agitprop
but lambaste Lena and late lover Lennie’s listless Lindy Hop.

Martha Graham’s manic mayhem mimics mad tornadoes,
making Mork and main-squeeze Mindy’s Mambo more like mashed potatoes.

Nijinski’s Numa Numas? Nyet! They’re nada. Next, his Jotas
‘nable Nora and naff near-‘n’-dearest Nick to nail nine Notas.

Olga (“Pre’brazhensk’a owns the One Step!” -- Dance Tbilisi)
outdoes Ozma and her old man Oz’s onerous Odissi.

Pavanes by Powell provoke a howl (Pachanga Parties rule!),
thus prompting Pantagruel’s – please: pace, Panurge! – plodding “Pas de Duel.”

“Quicksteps…and hurry!” Arthur Murray’s queering his Quadrille.
So Quixote’s “quid/quo” Quackenbush quips, “Try an Irish Reel!”

Rogers (Ginger)! Risking injury, her Reggae ‘numba’
ruins Rusty and (R-r-ruff!) right hand Rin-tin-tin’s recumbent Rhumba.

Sof’ane Sylve’s Single Swing sinks Shearer’s Sevillanas.
So Sebastian’s second self Sebastien soft shoes Sardanas.

T. Tharp’s atop Tune, Tommy’s harp. Tall Tommy trots his Two-Step.
Another Tom, with teammate Tuppence, Twists – a tried ‘n’ true step.

Upa urges Upa-Habaneras – not a new dance –
until Umar and his umbra Uthman undertake their U-dance.

Voltas by Travolta, vintage Vals by Valentino
vie with Victor’s vis-à-vis Victoria’s Vamp – vamp’d stamping vino).

Wendy Whalen’s Waltz (Wend’s wailin’!) wins a first for poor dance.
Wilding whistler, with his wingman Wilde, whips up one wicked Wardance.

The fourteenth Louie’s Texas Tom turns Maxixes to Xangos,
ush’ring X-Man and his xerox X-Gal toward X-rated Tangos.

Yoshida’s YMCA’s yucky…much like her Yabolchko.
Yet, young Yin and yokemate/”Yes”man Yang’s Yang Ge still takes top taco.

Zakharova’s Zydeco zaps Zorba’s Zorba dance.
(As for Zeisberger and zweister Zinzendorf? Zounds! Mesall’ance!)

"Paul's pal Paul plus post-doc Peter..." Pauline Paul or Metadoggerel: A Constrained Nonsense

Paul's pal Paul plus post-doc Peter
(rhyme, alliteration, meter):
Both be fine with thyme on lime
(meter, assonance and rhyme).

"Unusual viewing, Aurora Australis..." Looking Through the 'Alis' Glass or Jaberwocky Weather: A Constrained Abecedarial Nonsense in Rhyme (incomplete)

Unusual viewing, Aurora Australis.
It lights up the south pole. It ain’t Borealis.
To laugh at such naffness you’d have to be callous.
Who knew you can’t view it from D.C. or Dallas?

Another phenomenon, nifty et. al. is
the mistral. ‘Twould take a femina fatalis
a girlie with gams garbed in garter or gallus –
to say it ain’t fabulous. Even George Halas
has hailed it his “fav’rite big wind, inter alles” –
so much so that lesser gusts claim they are “j’alous.”

A third, the monsoon, praised by cricketer Kallis,
is also endorsed by ex-footballer Lalas…
…aforethought with malice bears poet Novalis…

…slick Jackie Onallis (sic)…Palace de Phallus…
…declines ‘qualis, qualis’ for Traci Rogalis…
…as Telly Savalas stiffs young Thomas Tallis…

…”Deutschland Uber Alles”…twin tubes of Vitalis…
…Prince Edward, with Wallis…Kab’larian’s ‘Xalis’…
…for all we know, y’all like to spell Xalis 'Zallis'!

Christmas Day: A Mare Egg...

     "A Mare Egg, Her Wrist, "Miss Two 'U'"