Donald Harbour Poetry

“I hope I can be the autumn leaf, who looked at the sky and lived. And when it was time to leave, gracefully it knew life was a gift.” ~ Dodinsky

A monkey, a flagpole and Russia

Posted on 16 November 2010 by Donald Harbour

This poem is written in Cascade form.

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the monkey climbed a flag pole
with a single tea bag held in its hand
exclaiming I can see Russia from here

with both feet tucked in its mouth
rising above the rabble far below
the monkey climbed a flag pole

about causes it chattered and screeched
in words most inarticulate and grand
with a single tea bag held in its hand

at the top the monkey gazed in confusion
across a vast frozen land soon to disappear
exclaiming I can see Russia from here.

14 thoughts on “A monkey, a flagpole and Russia”

vivinfrance on 17 November 2010 at 10:18 AM said:

Yippee. Great to find another madman attempting this blank blank form of poetry! And so well…

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b_y on 17 November 2010 at 12:18 PM said:

Wonderful.

I confess to being tempted to check out Miz Sarah’s TV show.

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Cynthia Short on 19 November 2010 at 8:28 AM said:

Made me laugh this early morning…oh that Sarah, what a pain in the arse!

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amanda on 19 November 2010 at 8:35 AM said:

While I have no problem with Palin I have no desire to watch her show. This is very cute I as well got a nice morning giggle from it!

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gautami tripathy on 19 November 2010 at 10:01 AM said:

Great! 😀

claustrophobia

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pamela on 19 November 2010 at 11:14 AM said:

Donald,
I don’t mind saying I do not like Palin. (Ignorant woman).
This just fabulous! Your form is top notch.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
Pamela
btw thanks for the blood wine recipe!

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liv2write2day on 19 November 2010 at 1:32 PM said:

I don’t have a problem with Sarah either, but this is very clever…happy Thanksgiving to you too.

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Tumblewords on 19 November 2010 at 5:28 PM said:

Frightening. The dumbing down is nearly complete. Well written.

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Elizabeth J on 19 November 2010 at 5:36 PM said:

Fun. And intriguing. And…. leaves me wanting more.

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Robin on 19 November 2010 at 8:32 PM said:

Oh gosh, I had forgotten that whole I-can-see-Russia-from-here silliness. Thank you for the reminder and this clever poem!

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hedgewitch on 20 November 2010 at 10:26 AM said:

Great images, and quite subtle, really. I had a similar meltdown the other day over Beck, and it also just tumbled out (here: http://versiscape-lifesentences.blogspot.com/2010/11/well.html) Yours is a lot more humorous and less doomed than mine, though. Enjoyed it, and also the idea that someone else would like to saw down that particular flag pole.

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nan on 20 November 2010 at 4:15 PM said:

I *love* it. Chatters and screeches and gazes in confusion.

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wayne on 20 November 2010 at 5:11 PM said:

Nice one Mr. Harbour. Sarah drinking tea on a flagpole looking at Russia….hmmmm…..hope she aint makin fun of my ancestors over there……happy trails Donald

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Charlotte on 23 November 2010 at 8:59 PM said:

LOOOOVE it! Hopefully there aren’t that many monkeys and tea bags to make a difference.

Charlotte/Zouxzoux

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