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A #sonnet in #doubleDactyl

**Jiggery-pokery : a compendium of double dactyls**
by Anthony Hecht and John Hollander (1967)

https://archive.org/details/jiggerypokerycom00hech

(sadly the link above is just a preview, not a full PDF scan)
#doubledactyl #poem

Higgamus, hoggamus,
Mary of Nazareth
Said, "As the virginal
Mother of God,

I'm as proficient at
Parthenogenesis
As a stingray, amoeba,
Or gasteropod."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-did-an-aquarium-stingray-get-pregnant-without-a-mate/

(apologies to my Uncle Ted who rhymed up an original #doubledactyl #parthenogenesis #poem decades before I added stingrays to the mix today [edit: ted was reciting Hecht/Hollander to young me, see my reply comment]

#DoubleDactyl and Dune enthusiasts: “Timothée Chalamet” and “Fear is the Mind-Killer” both have the correct meter...

Ziggity zaggity
Julia Donaldson
Wrote of a witch who once
Fell off a broom.

After encountering
Pseudohistorical
Beasties, our hero took
Off with a ZOOM!

#poem #doubledactyl

Probably someone with more talent who spent more than 5 minutes on it could do better, but here's a quick stab at one referring to "Room on the Broom". Literally as I type this I realise I should end it with "room".

Hanukkah Hanukkah
Judah the Maccabee
Led a revolt with
Guerrilla techniques

Later the Temple was
Monotheistically
Rededicated with
-out any Greeks.

#doubledactyl