Nonsense Verse Challenge

Poetry Contest

Write a nonsense poem that consists of THREE verses. Each verse must make use of 6 different nonsense words ?words without a clear meaning or any meaning at all. For example here is a verse from Jabberwocky.

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrab

RULES: You must makeup and use 6 different nonsense words for EACH verse. Your poem should only contain three verses so that would be 18 different words.
DO NOT tell the reader in your author notes what the words mean.



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