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Not a Child's Garden of Verses Many of you who read articles in the Spanking Library are aware that I spend an inordinate amount of time writing what some people call poems but I call verses. Poems are carefully crafted pieces of writing, often but not always in verse, which stir deep emotions or thoughts. Verses are usually amusing pieces, almost always in rhyme, and that's what I write. My inspiration, of all things is probably A. A. Milne, whose verses I absorbed in childhood (at the same time that I was becoming fascinated by spanking, although the two interests never intersected.) I also used to enjoy Harry Graham's Little Willie verses, and Ogden Nash, and much later, Richard Armour. But I think my joy in creating rhymes is an inborn skill, like being able to carry a tune, and like that skill, related to enjoyment of music. Good rhymes must have both careful versifying and careful attention to meter, but neither of these is easily learned. If you can't sing, it must be hard to hear how a verse falls on the inner ear. Milne wrote wonderful verses for children with a huge variety of verse forms, and once those are in your head, they come naturally to mind when you sit down to compose. Weatherby George Dupree, Took great care of his mother, Though he was only three. James, James, said to his mother, "Mother," he said, said he, "You must never go down to the end of the town If you don't go down with me." That may not be a perfect quotation because I didn't look it up. It's in my head. I love the rhythm, and the internal rhymes - and the unintentional, naughty, incestuous double-entendre of the last line! I started writing verses decades ago to celebrate birthdays, marriages, anniversaries, and the like, often singing them myself. Many people do this on such occasions, but I realized very quickly that I could do it better than most, and I was asked to do it often. I also wrote parodies of songs from Broadway musicals for cast parties. But when I discovered the internet, and became part of internet discussion groups, I soon found that people were actually talking about spanking, my lifetime secret fascination. And it wasn't long before I discovered that I enjoyed writing short stories and rhymes about the subject. Most of my material posted in the Spanking Library was written then, about 15 years ago. But back to verses: those who would like to write them should become familiar with poetic meters (iamb and trochee, anapest and dactyl). One of the problems with writing verses about spanking is that your most important words (spanking, bottom, hairbrush, and paddle) are trochees; that is, they go DUM-dah instead of dah-DUM. English is a pretty iambic language; it's much easier to write lines that go dah-DUM dah-DUM dah-DUM dah-DUM as Shakespeare and other dramatists did. For that reason, there are few real rhymes for spanking or bottom or hairbrush, just as there is no rhyme for orange. A word ending in -ing doesn't rhyme with spanking unless the accent is on the last syllable, and that means one is pretty much restricted to words like banking or thanking or wanking. Bottom - got-em. That's about it. Hairbrush? Forget it. So, what to do? If you don't use those words, your verses are not going to turn anyone on. So you put the key words in the middle of a line. Instead of "I wanted to give her a good, hard spanking," you write... A good, hard spanking I wanted to give her, and then go on with... And that's exactly what I would deliver or... And when she was spanked, she was wet as a river. Another useful gimmick is to use the word just. Not as in justice, but just, well, just. If you need an extra beat (called a foot) in a line, for the rhythm, the word just means nothing at all, but it fills up space. Like this: And the hairbrush set her bare bottom on fire will not work as a line of an anapestic verse (like the Night Before Christmas) as well as... And the hairbrush just set her bare bottom on fire. Lots of other unimportant words like then and now and so can also serve to make a verse singable. And if you cannot sing a verse to some old familiar tune, it probably is flawed in its meter. Someone once noted that every Emily Dickinson poem could be sung to The Yellow Rose of Texas, (as could many Protestant hymns and my own verse, A Day Without a Spanking.) But I prefer to use a wide variety of forms, stolen from real poets. I sometime write verse for strange reasons. Look at Lines Not Written Above Tintern Abbey, not a parody of Wordsworth, except for the title, but a way to pass time while my car was being serviced. Or I'll try out a very tricky verse form, as in Out of the Closet, not one of my better efforts, but one which took a lot of effort. Or I'll want do a parody, or simply use a classic form, the sonnet, which forces one to concentrate one's thought and still tell a story, as in Words: Your words excite me more than you do know. A spanking without words has little joy. I love it when you say, "All right, let's go Up to your room, you naughty little boy." Or, "Get those pants down - now." I feel a thrill Knowing, when they're down, just what you'll see. The words, "Bring me the hairbrush" cause a chill Within my spine. And "Get over my knee!" Is so exciting that I feel my heart Begin to pound. What could excite me more Than hearing, "Now, your spanking's going to start; It won't end till your bottom's good and sore!" But after spanking, better to stay dumb; Please use your lips, instead, to make me come! But usually I try to use the meter and rhyme, just like Milne, to create a feeling of elation or excitement, as in Thoughts While Up-Ended: Your bottom turning red, What thoughts besides "Oh, boy, that hurts!" Are running through your head? Do you think, "I'm so embarrassed That my naked backside's showing." Or do you think, "Wow, I can tell My bottom must be glowing!" While being spanked, do you consider How you got in trouble? And plan to be much better so, Next time you won't get double? Or are you thinking, "Just a few more Spanks, and then my dad'll Be finished." Or, "Gee whiz, I'm glad He didn't use the paddle!" No, you're not thinking anything. There's nothing on your mind But: "OWW! This spanking really stings On (OWWW!!) my bare behind!" I even wrote one verse giving advice to poets (you could look it up) saying, essentially, that if you screw up the meter or rhymes, you definitely deserve a spanking. And so I hope others will try to write verses, and fail, and get exactly what they are looking for. 16 comments:
bendover said...
Some call it prose, which isn't the same as verse or poetry. A good write up Js-Anon. 6 January 2012 17:42
Miss_Naughty said...
Fascinating, I've tried my hand at poetry recently. Mm... I think I need a lot more help after reading your wonderful article. 6 January 2012 20:58
sugarmouse said...
I really liked your spanky verse, I've tried this out myself But sadly all I did was curse As I ... couldn't make it work :D Thanks! S 7 January 2012 23:53
TheEnglishMaster said...
A fascinating insight into Our Laureate's inspirations. Thanks. 8 January 2012 01:04
islandcarol said...
I love poetry, JS, I favor free verse. I was delighted to read of all the rhyming and meter issues for spanking vocabulary. Now I know why there are not any spanking nursery rhymnes. Great article. IC 9 January 2012 04:00
catharsis said...
I love the fact you write "in verse" That "poetry's" too complex. To me a poem that won't rhyme Is worse than cyber sex! I cannot tell what "free verse" means Except it does not rhyme. But is there meter? Are there feet? A rhythmic pattern's time? How do I know it is not prose That's sold at premium rates? Like sushi made with flash-froze fish Then sold as premium plates. I take my poetry to rhyme Like sex and spanks, I said... In person, flesh to flesh, with sweat It's raw and bare and red! 16 January 2012 00:59
nibra said...
What a fine article. Most of us are scared off by the difficulty of poetry. Regarding the association with songs, I believe that Kipling wrote most of his verse to the cadence of hymns, I did the same thing in the poetry challenge to the beat of Johgn Brown's Body and Jerusalem. Great article. Thanks. 8 September 2012 11:26
Alicatz said...
I also loved A.A. Milne. My mother read his books to me when I was a small child. One of my favourite Milne quotes is "Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them". It's true. The Texas state flower, bluebonnets, are really a wild weed yet they are absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. You are a very talented verse writer! Thanks for sharing your helpful tips. 10 September 2012 21:45
Hardwood said...
Good points...... 22 December 2021 00:39
PhilK said...
I love writing verse too - and, like js_anon, I wouldn't dignify it with the name of 'poetry'. I particularly enjoy writing limericks, and often set myself the challenge of devising one for whatever town or village I'm visiting. So on a recent stop in Cardigan (south Wales) I came up with: A clumsy old fellow from Cardigan Stood close to the fire and got charred again. He said, "Though my thighs May recover their size, I doubt if I'll ever get hard again." As LSF members may have noticed, I've written quite a few spanking limericks - as for example: There was a young hussy from Chichester Who made the men’s parts in their britches stir; Quoth the beadle, “This wench – Tie her over the bench, And lay it on hard when thou switchest her!” I've even ventured the occasional effort in French: Il y avait une jeune fille de Bresse Qui possédait de très jolies fesses, Et le méchant Père Claude Les rendait bien chaudes Chaque dimanche, juste après la Messe. I hope people enjoy reading them as much as I enjoy writing them.... 3 January 2022 14:46
jsanon said...
I want to respond to the comments above and explain that I did not see them until today because a fall last November has hindered my ability to sit at the keyboard for very long, and therefore my participation has been hindered. I am still alive but not able to walk without a walker. I no longer can arrange to spank or be spanked, but I have many fond memories, among which are writing and occasionally communicating with fellow spankos. I have, I think, written everything I know and think about the subject, and I am very happy that some of that writing, thanks to this site,is still bringing pleasure to others whose spanking interest, probably secret, has this wonderful outlet. At 84,I fully understand what it was like when I had no audience for my thoughts and fantasies, and it gives me infinite pleasure to know that some of those still have an audience. Love to all who might remember me. 16 April 2022 21:41
Capstan said...
Phil, your French Limerick is just SO AMUSING Bien Fait!! 25 May 2022 11:03
jsanon said...
Just got around to reading PhilK’ brilliant limericks. W0W! I thought “French” only applied to activities in front, but he’s managed to apply them to the proper area. Of course, the French were interested in this subject even before it became “the English Vice.” I tip my hat and raise my hairbrush to Phil. 24 July 2022 22:09
PhilK said...
Thanks, Capstan - thanks, JS! So glad you enjoyed the limericks - especially the French one. Like I said, I love writing them, and I think I've now posted near on a hundred spanky specimens on the LSF. Another batch are in preparation (I usually post ten at a time). Here's one that might amuse you: A saucy young woman called Rhoda Got spanked in a Chinese pagoda; To her boyfriend, Ho Yang, She defiantly sang, “Oh, you just wouldn’t dare!” But he showed her. 28 December 2022 12:00
BlooDenim said...
A brazen young greek named Euphigean had attributes most callipygian To the fellows delight she wore leggings so tight and enjoyed spanking more than a smidgeon! Poor effort, but I do love limericks. Peut etre jessayerais en francais d'ecrire. 27 January 2023 09:48
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In the Poetry Challenge this year, I tried writing verse and it was likely the hardest thing I did on this site all year. I tried to get the meter and rhymes but I think I failed in a lot of ways. However to say I would not try again is not true, spanking for poor verse or not!
Thanks for the suggestions, if there is a poem contest again I will be referring back here for sure to get hints and suggestions. Well done and thanks for all the work.