Nothing rhymes with orange

Submitted by JessicaMichelle530 on Fri, 03/20/2009 - 1:32pm

When in school you learn
Purple elephants don’t burn

Well one sunny day
I believe it was in May,

Or maybe it was in June,
I was listening to a tune

Walking down the street
Looking at all types of feet

I saw something that caught my eye
As I passed it by

It was a foot
It was not covered in soot

I looked up to see
What in the world could it be?

What I saw could not be described
This poem can no longer rhyme
Because what I saw
Was a purple elephant
And everyone knows
Nothing rhymes with
Purple elephant
And before I finish,
I must say
When this purple elephant came my way
I noticed that it did indeed
Unlike we read...
Have a burn

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i dont get it

Submitted by Lilbowler003 on Fri, 03/20/2009 - 1:40pm.

The title of the poem is nothing rhymes with orange, but the word orange is not even mentioned in the poem, i dont understand.

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it says nothing rhymes with

Submitted by JessicaMichelle530 on Fri, 03/20/2009 - 1:46pm.

it says nothing rhymes with orange because it says nothing rhymes with purple elephant in the poem so i had to title it with something that didnt rhyme

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very creative

Submitted by CandyLaRocks2793 on Fri, 03/20/2009 - 1:45pm.

I think even though your entire poem was about a purple elephant it was very creative to make the title about a different color. I think you could also try to do not so many cuplets. Try four lined poems instead. I think you could really move forward with your work.

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Cirle gellatin? Purple

Submitted by first_and_amistad on Fri, 03/20/2009 - 1:54pm.

Cirle gellatin?
Purple elephant? Lol just kidding
--------------------------------------------------------------------------"When I'm losing my control,the city spins around,you're the only one who knows,you slow it down-Isaac Slade-Look After You"
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♫ "Here we go round the prickly pear, prickly pear prickly pear, here we go round the prickly pear, at five o'clock in the morning.

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* Circle gellatin Sorry

Submitted by first_and_amistad on Fri, 03/20/2009 - 1:56pm.

* Circle gellatin Sorry bout the miss spell--------------------------------------------------------------------------"When I'm losing my control,the city spins around,you're the only one who knows,you slow it down-Isaac Slade-Look After You"
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♫ "Here we go round the prickly pear, prickly pear prickly pear, here we go round the prickly pear, at five o'clock in the morning.

i dont get your comment

Submitted by JessicaMichelle530 on Fri, 03/27/2009 - 1:30pm.

i dont get what your comment is supposed to mean
"Circle gellatin" ?
and i also dont understand why you put the lyrics
to a song by the fray at the end?

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