E.W. Shaffer—Abstract Poetry

Yada Yada Lah-Di-Dah
(First 6 of 10 stanzas)

Yum-yum, mmmmmm, jIbber-jabber,
Ha ha ha, boo hoo,
Rub a dub dub, yakitty yak,
Twenty-three skiddoo.

Yanky Doodle is dizzy-wizzy.
Bibidy bobidy boo,
Abracadabra, diddley bop,
Yo ho ho, yoohoo.

Yada yada yada,
Hinky dinky parles vous,
Razzmatazz and all that jazz,
Yabba dabba doo.

Do voodoo willy nilly,
Say fe fi fo and fum,
Jimmy jam the dipsy doodle,
Tweedledee and Tweedledum.

Jingle-jangle, razzle-dazzle,
Flubadubdub, doo-wop,
Fuzzy wuzzy, hubba-hubba,
Yuk-yuk, hippity hop.

Do the hootchy-kootchy,
Enney meeny miny moe,
Hoity toity, blah blah blah,
Go ga-ga, tic tac toe....

Open Air

Hidden   as   the   crying    owl

          

        flying


                          sighing




                 say no more






empty pockets


                                  day one



start now

                                   an
                                   empty
                                   store

ABSTRACT POETRY—Commonly misidentified. Similar to and generally confused with nonsense verse but more perplexing and surreal. Relies on rhythms and patterns more than sounds to convey emotion and feeling. Meanings of words are irrelevant, can take any poetic form and involve scrambled words and phrases and is often pointless and absurd but captivating. Most abstract poems are also nonsensical.

Fake Snake

Break lake wake. Ache.
Make cake. Bake.
Quake shake steak. Rake.
Take fake snake.

E. W. Shaffer

Poetry & Prose