archaic hokey pokey
Lee Gold
*The following is from the /Washington Post/ Style Invitational contest
that asked readers to submit "instructions" for something (anything),
but written in the style of a famous person. The winning entry was The
Hokey Pokey (as written by William Shakespeare) .
O proud left foot, that ventures quick within
Then soon upon a backward journey lithe.
Anon, once more the gesture, then begin:
Command sinistral pedestal to writhe.
Commence thou then the fervid Hokey-Poke,
A mad gyration, hips in wanton swirl.
To spin! A wilde release from Heavens yoke.
Blessed dervish! Surely canst go, girl.
The Hoke, the poke -- banish now thy doubt
Verily, I say, 'tis what it's all about.
-- by "William Shakespeare"
/Written by Jeff Brechlin, Potomac Falls, Maryland, and submitted by
Katherine St. John. /
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Kip Williams
Heh. Nicely done.
Stephen Colbert, last night, said, "The inventor of the Hokey Pokey has
died. Man, what a long burial that's going to be."
Oddly, I thought the Pokeymon had died some time back, but it was a good
joke.
(Notwithstanding that he apparently cribbed the thing from the earlier
British song of similar nature, "The Hokey Cokey.")
Kip W
Kate Gladstone
> (Notwithstanding that he apparently cribbed the thing from the earlier
> British song of similar nature, "The Hokey Cokey.")
Which itself cribbed from even earlier sources:
http://bshistorian.wordpress.com/2008/12/25/what-if-the-hokey-cokey-is-what-its-all-about/
Kate Gladstone -- http://www.HandwritingThatWorks.com