[New-Poetry] pantoum (program is not a repeat)

[Michael Snider]

On Nov 17, 2007, at 6:16 PM, JforJames at aol.com wrote:

> http://www.abc.net.au/rn/poetica/
>
> The Pantoum is a verse form that derived from the traditional  
> Malaysian improvised poem the Pantun. Imported into the west by the  
> 19th century French poet Ernest Fouinet, the Pantoum is based on  
> four-line stanzas where the second and fourth line of the preceding  
> stanza become the first and third line of the next.
>


I've got a bluegrass pantoum:




Your mama’s got a package for you right around back.
She told me I should tell you should I see you walking by
Since you’re looking like you’re needing something in your gunny sack.
She says you’re gonna like it and she never tells a lie.

She told me I should tell you should I see you walking by,
Your mama found a pretty when she went to Bowling Green.
She says you’re gonna like it and she never tells a lie.
She says this kind of pretty’s something you ain’t never seen.

Your mama found a pretty when she went to Bowling Green.
She brought it back to give to you to play with like a toy.
She says this kind of pretty’s something you ain’t never seen.
She’ll show you how to use it. You’re her very favorite boy.

She brought it back to give to you to play with like a toy
Since you’re looking like you’re needing something in your gunny sack.
She’ll show you how to use it. You’re her very favorite boy—
Your mama’s got a package for you right around back.