Sha-Na-Nahnsense (Unpub)

Anna-na Karenina-na…?
Da! This novel’s Tolstoy’s.
Banana-nas…? Chiquita sends us
handfuls…boatloads…convoys!
 
“Uncle Tom’s Cabaña-ña”…?
From ‘toon director Avery.
Diana-na…? A princess snuff’d
in incidents unsavory.
 
Bay-bed Epifauna-na…?
They choke the Chesapeake.
The Erin Isle’s Fermanagh-nagh…?
Their soup’s potato/leek.
 
Equestrian Gymkhana-na…?
A horse-‘n’-rider playdate.
Gabriel’s Hosanna-na…?
Judaic. (Tough to translate.)
 
Tennessee’s The Night of the Iguana-na…?
More Streetcar.
Jonah-nah…? Got swallow’d
by a fish. I read his memoir.
 
Hurricane Katrina-na…?
A cryin’ shame! A pity!
Slovenia’s Ljubljana-na…?
It’s Cleveland’s sister city.
 
Peggy Lee’s Mañana-na…?
It’s “soon enough for” her.
Nirvana-na…? Lord Buddha asks,
“Which bliss do you prefer…?”
 
“Oh, Donna-na” moved up the Hot 100
when he* died.
The Amazon’s Piranha-nha…?
Go swimming…? You decide!
 
     * Its composer and earliest
performer, Richie Valens
 
Manuel Jose Quintana-na…?
He penn’d Pelayo.
Bactrian Rukhsana-na…?
I must reread her bio.
 
The riverboat Sultana-na…?
Its first three boilers blew.
Mexico’s Tijuana-na:
I shan’t go there. Shall you…?
 
I studied at Champagne/Urbana-na –
for four plus years.
Peruvian Vicuña-ña Vicuña-ña…?
Dear deers!
 
Country girl Wynonna-na…?
Sang Country as a Judd.
Warrior princess Xena-na…?
She guzzl'd dragon’s blood.
 
Yerba Buena-na…?
It’s class’d as C. douglasii.
New York state suburb Zena-na…?
Its yards…? Green-grassy.
                                      ‘Bye.