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The best parodies of Carol Ann Duffy's Olympic poem
Isn't it wonderful when a poem inspires people to respond creatively?
- So, the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, wrote a pome to commemorate the British spirit of 2012 which was published in the Guardian and Mirror this morning.Rather impressively, she got Nicola Adams in there, who only won gold on Thursday, indicating a quick turnaround on the versifying.
'Translating the British, 2012' by Carol Ann DuffyThe poet laureate captures the mood of London's Olympic Games- Several people noticed that the poem did seem to be a teeny bit of a shopping list of medal-winners' names, intermixed with some searing critique of the coalition's policies and a Rafalca-style trot through some left-wing policy initiatives Duffy would like enacted.Eg. For we are Bradley Wiggins,
side-burned, Mod, god;
we are Sir Chris Hoy,
Laura Trott, Victoria Pendleton, Kenny, Hindes,
Clancy, Burke, Kennaugh and Geraint Thomas,
Olympian names.We want more cycle lanes.
"Chris Hoy cycling very fast / With big Olympian thighs / He would never cycle into / Iraq based on a dossier made of lies." #CarolAnnDuffy- Bryce Elder was one of the first to mock the poem, and wrote several excellent parodies:
- "We are Tom Daley; what a splash / Bankers grab all the cash / Medals tied to bits of silk / Thatcher give us back our milk" #CarolAnnDuffy
- Then more tweeterers got involved:
Runners run as fast as they're able/We need more spending on infrastructure from Vince Cable #CarolAnnDuffy
Wiggins, our champion, for more gold he hunts / to the jeers of Piers Morgan, and similar... um... #carolannduffy
Tories must wonder why they're so hated / My poetry is really fucking overrated #CarolAnnDuffy
Jessica Ennis is very pretty/something something, Occupy the City #CarolAnnDuffy
"Jess Ennis triumphs / To rounds of applause / I hope they were watching / At Standard & Poor's" #CarolAnnDuffy
But Boris is an unpleasant man/register your dissatisfaction with him through the relevant democratic channels, if you can #carolannduffy- Laura Trott caught stroking J Kenny's leg/I'm very disappointed with that Nick Clegg #CarolAnnDuffy
She grabs the bars / They're asymmetric / But rebranded "uneven" / To help the dyslexic #carolannduffy- Some entrants eschewed the easy rhyme scheme in favour of something more free-form:
How China did well/ I really can't tell/ Because on BBC1/ They seem to win none/ Yet they finished just higher than 3 #carolannduffy
@MissEllieMae Most of the stuff I write doesn't even rhyme / David Cameron's a massive bellend. #CarolAnnDuffy- There was even a limerick!
@helenlewis There was a young lady called Ennis,Who played every sport except tennis, she jumped over sticks, Did all kinds of tricks...'- Sadly, now #carolannduffy is trending, and therefore the hashtag is filled with pornbots.Also, let's be fair - not everyone disliked the poem:
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- Angela Needhammmm. HAs to be soemthing good in foldresponding. Oh what a relief it will be when folk learn, that while poems do rhyme ( As Carol Ann did on this occasion...more2012-08-12T08:44:29.949Z
- Angela Needhammmm. HAs to be soemthing good in foldresponding. Oh what a relief it will be when folk learn, that while poems do rhyme ( As Carol Ann did on this occasion...mmm. HAs to be soemthing good in foldresponding. Oh what a relief it will be when folk learn, that while poems do rhyme ( As Carol Ann did on this occasion) rhyme is not what poetry is necessarily about. and a very large number of the best poetry of all ages doesn't rhyme. But it does rhythm, often in very complex ways. Also it is often complex while being, literally, understatedmore2012-08-12T08:44:29.949Z
