The Never Ending Poem...

[Hookbill the Goomba]

No idea if this has been done before. But it probably has, so sorry in advance if it has.

The idea of this 'game' is simple. Almost a mixture of 'Fortunately / Unfortunately' and 'Be careful what you wish for' in its arrangement.

We begin an epic quest into the unknown, the unusual and the down right stupid. I'll begin the proceedings; so don't worry (or maybe you should, actually). I'll write a line of a poem, and then the next person will add two lines. It must be in rhyming couplets, so hopefully, it'll go like this:

One Downer:
"Old Tom Bombadill is a merry fellow"

Second Downer:

"Old Tom Bombadill is a merry fellow"

"His face was red and his arms yellow
So he went to the doctors for a check,"

Third:

"His face was red and his arms yellow
So he went to the doctors for a check,"

"But the wild birds, they did peck
At old Tom's face and his feet"

...

Hope that's all understood. Here goeth the adventure that will go down in history and last a lunchtime!

"In ancient times, a tale began..."

Good luck folk.

[JennyHallu]

Of those who Stayed and those who Ran.
Cowardice treated many so well...

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Originally Posted by JennyHallu

Of those who Stayed and those who Ran.
Cowardice treated many so well...

Untill it happened, that they fell
down into a Dragon's Den...

[Anguirel]

Untill it happened, that they fell
down into a Dragon's Den...

Inhabited by an old hen.
Among the hoard did lie her eggs...

[Alcarillo]

Originally Posted by Anguirel

Inhabited by an old hen.
Among the hoard did lie her eggs...

Protected by her chicken legs.
And when one single egg would stir . . .

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Protected by her chicken legs.
And when one single egg would stir . . .

All were then covered in a blur
with feathers and a great mess

[JennyHallu]

Originally Posted by Anguirel

Inhabited by an old hen.
Among the hoard did lie her eggs...

"Spare me!" the First Runner begs.
The old hen cackled and puffed her chest.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

He then collapsed, crying "Liver! I must eat more liver!"
"Without my Saucepan to cook it, I'm lost!"

He wept until winter's fell frost
Began to bite his tows and beard

[JennyHallu]

Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

He wept until winter's fell frost
Began to bite his tows and beard

Then Grima presented him LIVER (pan seared)
And he giggled and ate with a spork.

[Durelin]

Then Grima presented him LIVER (pan seared)
And he giggled and ate with a spork.

But everyone knows liver should be slivered by a fork,
And this his stomach announced - rumbling for all to hear

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Originally Posted by Durelin

But everyone knows liver should be slivered by a fork,
And this his stomach announced - rumbling for all to hear

All the while, the Hobbits drank his beer.
The wizard, sick, was confined to bed

[JennyHallu]

Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

All the while, the Hobbits drank his beer.
The wizard, sick, was confined to bed

And, holding his aching and quaking old head,
He demanded instead that they smoke.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Originally Posted by Meneltarmacil

Who had all run out of pork.
The Hobbits woke upon that morn,

Feeling as if they'd just been born
But finding Orcs eating their beds...

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

Feeling as if they'd just been born
But finding Orcs eating their beds...

said, "Don't make no dessert of our heads
or we'll get ol' Gandalf an' have 'im uncloak!"

[Kath]

said, "Don't make no dessert of our heads
or we'll get ol' Gandalf an' have 'im uncloak!"

And a moment after these words were spoke
The orcs ran right out the door.

[Lhunardawen]

Originally Posted by Kath

And a moment after these words were spoke
The orcs ran right out the door.

The hobbits, with great joy, breakdanced on the floor,
And were joined by Gandalf the expert, of course!

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Originally Posted by Lhunardawen

The hobbits, with great joy, breakdanced on the floor,
And were joined by Gandalf the expert, of course!

Who danced with such a force
That the floor did shatter beneath

[Hookbill the Goomba]

which he brewed in the kitchen sink
much to Mrs. Sauron's annoyance.

So she decides to poke him with a lance
Until he explodes with unbounded rage

[Kath]

So she decides to poke him with a lance
Until he explodes with unbounded rage

And the Saurons' demand he be locked in a cage
Til he learns to control his temper.

[Lhunardawen]

Originally Posted by Kath

And the Saurons' demand he be locked in a cage
Til he learns to control his temper.

Unfortunately this plot twist doesn't really look good on paper
So Sauron pushed his secret family into Mount Doom (Zoom?)

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Originally Posted by Lhunardawen

Unfortunately this plot twist doesn't really look good on paper
So Sauron pushed his secret family into Mount Doom (Zoom?)

There came from the crater a great Boom
And the Dark Lord was blown to Fangorn

[JennyHallu]

Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

There came from the crater a great Boom
And the Dark Lord was blown to Fangorn

Where he was impaled on a thorn
And tortured by grievous large trees.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

At Saruman's pale, gangly figger,*
Trapped under a pile of shining white robes

Gandalf laughed till he lost his ear lobes
As he rolled on the ground near to glass

[Lhunardawen]

Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

Gandalf laughed till he lost his ear lobes
As he rolled on the ground near to glass

He was approached by a pretty lass
Who picked up the lobes and handed them over...

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Lhunardawen

He was approached by a pretty lass
Who picked up the lobes and handed them over...

He took them back and turned her into a plover;
She flew into the sky singing a twittering ditty

[Alcarillo]

Originally Posted by lmp

He took them back and turned her into a plover;
She flew into the sky singing a twittering ditty

But she hit a chimney, sooty and gritty.
She fell and rolled down a red roof

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Alcarillo

But she hit a chimney, sooty and gritty.
She fell and rolled down a red roof

In her fright blurting things most uncouth,
And landed >PLOP< in Radagast's hat

[Hookbill the Goomba]

But as he mowed he forgot the blazing sun
Whose fiery heat withered all the plants

As well as his new leather pants
Which he stole from a passing Elf

[Kath]

As well as his new leather pants
Which he stole from a passing Elf

Who in turn had stolen them off a shelf
From the new store just down the road.

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Kath

Who in turn had stolen them off a shelf
From the new store just down the road;

which store featured rolls that were throwed,
made of licorice-laced lembas from Valinor's Lórien

[Alcarillo]

Originally Posted by lmp

which store featured rolls that were throwed,
made of licorice-laced lembas from Valinor's Lórien

In fond memory of the golden tree Laurelin
Chopped apart in days long past

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Originally Posted by Alcarillo

In fond memory of the golden tree Laurelin
Chopped apart in days long past

Over which a dark shroud was cast
Because the Eldar refused to lament

[Hookbill the Goomba]

and ordered the huorns to put on their sleeves
that made them look like giant hogweeds

And all laughed at them, even their steeds
For it seemed that they looked rather foolish

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

And all laughed at them, even their steeds
For it seemed that they looked rather foolish.

Displeased, the huorns turned suddenly ghoulish
And attacked the unrelenting, unlamenting Eldar

[Alcarillo]

Originally Posted by lmp

Displeased, the huorns turned suddenly ghoulish
And attacked the unrelenting, unlamenting Eldar

But the elves defended with high-tech missiles and radar
And blew the huorns' planes out of the sky

[Lhunardawen]

Originally Posted by Alcarillo

But the elves defended with high-tech missiles and radar
And blew the huorns' planes out of the sky

The Eagles quickly prepared to fly
And aid their dear tree friends

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Lhunardawen

The Eagles quickly prepared to fly
And aid their dear tree friends...

But then Smaug woke up with the bends
most painful, and realized it was all a dream

[Hookbill the Goomba]

And at the spider closely peered
Then set her on his pointy hat

Then she ate it and grew very fat
So much so, that she imploded

[Alcarillo]

Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

Then she ate it and grew very fat
So much so, that she imploded

And Gandalf's fireworks exploded
As the 1812 Overture began to play

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Alcarillo

And Gandalf's fireworks exploded
As the 1812 Overture began to play

And the Ringwraith's unseen hair turned gray
And mini-Lobelia spun a web among the sparks