88 Lines about 44 Presidents

[thewronghands]

Blame wealhtheow and Grover Cleveland. (Okay, and the song.)

88 Lines about 44 Presidents

Washington was quite reluctant
Didn't want to rule the land,
Adams, more enthusiastic,
Claimed Sedition Acts were grand,
Jefferson bought half the nation,
Headlined the two dollar bill,
Madison's Federalist Papers
Seemed to give him quite a thrill.

Monroe was a

Comments

[corivax]

That is awesome!

[thewronghands]

Hooray; glad you think so.

[birdofparadox]

You so rock.

[thewronghands]

Aw shucks. [grin]

Hey, I think I'm doing a New Orleans road trip again in late spring or summer. I'd love to see you on the way.

[perligata]

Historical poetry FTW.

[thewronghands]

Thanks! I'd call it parody more than poetry, since the meter and structure were all taken from the linked song. I'm almost never satisfied with any of my serious poetry (and so it doesn't make LJ because aiee, no, die), but I can do comic or "in the style of" knockoffs pretty reasonably.

[perligata]

Aw, now I want to write a Notes from Underground: on Parody as some kind of ridiculous mash-up of Dostoevsky & Nabokov.

[thewronghands]

Oh, do it! [giggling]

[wealhtheow]

I'm either crying with the awesome or creaming my pants, perhaps both. OMG.

[pvck]

I'm tired enough that I read "screaming in my pants", which I think is a good description of how it makes me feel.

[thewronghands]

Is that good screaming or bad screaming? [giggling]

[thewronghands]

It's totally your fault. [grin] You and Cleveland.

[wire_mother]

excellent. and in an open post, so i can link to it, right?

[thewronghands]

Feel free. Glad you liked it.

[thewronghands]

Yep, have at. (I left it unlocked so that people discussing the idea in wealhtheow's journal could see it, but everyone is welcome to.)

Thanks!

[caladri]

Wow, that's very, very well done :)

[thewronghands]

Hooray! I'm glad you think so.