Survey Says

By on May 10, 2015 in Poetry

Family Feud board with funny answers

after Komar, Melamid & Soldier

Come on down, it’s time to play The Feud. Top five answers are
on the board. We asked 100 inebriated literature professors
to name something about the most unwanted poem.
Buzz! A haiku.
Show me haiku! Number one answer—

McGonagall family,
will you pass or will you play?
They said bring it on.

Tell me something if you know’em about the most unwanted poem.
Forced rhyme. Good answer, good answer.
Let’s see forced rhyme. All right, William?
Addressing insensate things.
Oh, glorious game board; show me odes to inanimate objects! You might
sweep this round. Give me something about the most unwanted poem.
Unnecessary
enjambment.
Unnecessary enjambment? Only the number two answer is left. What is
something about the most unwanted poem?
Cats? or love? or Christmas? or . . . lovely cats at Christmastime!
Show me poems about lovely cats at Christmastime! You win!

About

Lara Dolphin enjoys writing poetry and fiction and occasionally does something reckless like participate in NaNoWriMo. With the help of her husband and four children, she operates a Little Free Library on the front lawn of their rural Pennsylvania home in an effort to encourage a love of reading and foster a sense of community. A recovering attorney, she divides her time between looking for lost Legos and breaking up pool-noodle-related combat. Her work appears online and in print. She currently serves on the staff of Every Day Fiction.