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If your moral character is flimsy
Or your wit be rather slow,
Oh dare not read these tales of whimsy
For often do they end in woe.
Tales of Whimsy, Verses of Woe is quite possibly the most dangerous book of poetry ever written. Do you dare? It’s so good it will make you sneeze.
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English
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29 episodes
since Nov. 9, 2023
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A Brief History of the Baldersquash MedalLegend has it that, one day in early 1894, Dr. Heinrich Hoffman hearda knock at his door in Frankfurt, Germany. On his porch he found asingle chicken, holding in its beak what appeared to be a golden coin.Fifty years earlier, Dr. Hoffman had published his cl…
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The Phone CallOne day after school I came home to seeA note by the phone addressed to me:“God called this afternoon for you.Call Him back at 555-4692.”Hmmm, I thought, this is mighty queer.He and I haven’t spoken in many a year.Dialing the number I got kind of nervous,Half-hoping the line would be …
My Father to Save“In the end it is you who must stand alone,”Said the Wizard whose wisdom was widely known.“Your father—the King—has been brutally slain,But wallow not in your sorrow and pain.Instead form a crew of seven men brave.Lead you they will to the lair of the Beast,Who made of your father …
Bailey O'BannonBailey O’Bannon hated all that was green.“Of that color I am not so keen,”She told her parents in a fit of rage,Using words inappropriate for one of her age.“I must rid the world of that heinous hue,For I am partial to red and to blue.”So off to the local store did she run.A dou…
The Bear in the BoatThe bear in the boatCouldn’t float.His body weightWas too great,And he started to sinkIn a wink...Watch on YouTube.----------------------------------------
Tales of Whimsy, Verses of Woe is quite possibly the most dangerous book of poetry ever written. Do you dare? It’s so good …
Mystery PoemOh, when did she do it?And what did she do?For whom did she do it?And which of us knew?Where did he hide it?And how was it hid?From whom did he hide it,Wherever he did?...Watch on YouTube.----------------------------------------
Tales of Whimsy, Verses of Woe is quite possibly the most …
Family RockMy mother drives a hot rod car;Her Christian name is Millie.She prefers a Fender for guitarWhen she riffs that rockabilly.Now Daddy is the rhymin’ guy;We call him Master Pap.Hip-hop is his chosen game.Man, can that dude rap!...Watch on YouTube.--------------------------------------------…
The ContraptionOh, what a contraption! What a machine!I drop in a legume and out comes a Bean.In goes a femur and out pops a Bone.It makes something Bigger after it’s grown.But the Best thing of all—you’ll surely agree—Is when I tried the amazing machine on me...Watch on YouTube.-------------------…
Beyond the GateAt the Gate, there stood a manWho wore a uniform of gray.A stack of papers in his hand,He asked me, “Will you pass this way?”I replied to him, “Oh, kindly guard,I do so wish this way to go.For though the way be long and hard,What is Beyond I wish to know.”...Watch on YouTube.--------…
Not for NaughtNot for naught did I scale the great wall of cheese,But in vain did I swim the river of peas.Not for naught have I trained this rabbit of yore,But in vain has he suffered the rigors of war.Not for naught was I born with one extra toe...Watch on YouTube.--------------------------------…
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