Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #19.
Our inspiration word is “nonsense”. I have
written a Mirror Cinquain, a 10-line,
single stanza poem with a syllable pattern
of 2 – 4 – 6 – 8 – 2 – 2 – 8 – 6 – 4 – 2.
Both sides
go round and round,
like monkeys chasing tails;
arguments of profound nonsense.
Clap pat!
Clap slap!
What a flock of absurdity!
Gibberish promises.
You know … it’s just
nonsense.
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This is “The Clapping Song” by Shirley Ellis
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The Elephant's Trunk 
What a lovely fun song, Nancy! You’re great 👌👌👏🙏
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Yes, it was fun for me too. Thank you, KK.
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nice!
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Thanks!
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Good one Nancy
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Thanks much, Sadje.
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My pleasure 😇
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Loved this!
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Thanks, Esther. I think we need to remember to still have fun.
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Yes! You nailed it. I loved this fun song!
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I’m glad you enjoyed this one, Lisa. Shirley Ellis’ songs always tripped people up big time!
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I loved this one- read it last night in the dark so I couldn’t comment then- but very clever and timely!
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I try. ☺︎ Dude projects quite the political image, don’t you think?
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Shirley Ellis also sang The Name Game.
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Yes, she did, which is also what I call a “nonsense song” but we had fun with it when we were kids.
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Haven’t heard that song in ages!!! Clap, clap!
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Thank goodness! Having some fun with nonsense today, D.
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It’s never a waste of time to have fun with nonsense!
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