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Lawrence Hall
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Social Distancing is a Gilligan’s Island Re-run
Because the CV has cancelled new shows
And yet another Monday night football game
Life is a Gilligan’s Island re-run
Until for non-payment the service is stopped
For we are all on an island of isolation
Even if the Professor builds us a TV
Of palm leaves, cowrie shells, and Ginger’s pins
While Mary Anne crochets a mask for her navel
Maybe a ship will rescue us today
But will it take us back to where we were?
Oct 13, 2020
Oct 13, 2020 at 7:33 AM UTC
Gilligan’s Island...
The discipline of reading at least one poem each day
The meter started getting rough aboard
A scheduled poetic three-minute tour
Across a sonnet or a blue haiku
Broken up by a wave of indolence
The Professor repairs an iamb or two
With a clam shell, seaweed, and coconuts
While Mary Ann recites “The Road Not Taken”
And the Skipper chases poor Gilligan
Who trips and falls, and finds a misplaced rhyme -
Maybe we’ll all get off the island this time!
Sep 26, 2019
Sep 26, 2019 at 3:55 PM UTC