The Story of a Knight

This poem was written in the Portmanteau style popularised by Lewis Carol.  This style combines two or more words for the neologism of a new one, usually an adjective.

The Story of a Knight

An age past,

A ship’s mast

The Dragicorn did slumbive.

A beautair maiden

Her castle pretongous and laden

Did sigh out her towersill.

A branoursome knight

Armor true and strite

Roamed the citreets for adventure.

In starvation did the Dragicorn search

For scrumdiddlydumptious to devour

Then spied the maiden, fair and nimble

And knew just what to eat.

So took he the lanksome lady

Into his sinistorose den

Out came the shining knight

Sworn to protect his quaint damsel.

His pearly blade, light aquimber

Did never leave his hand

Gallopted he on faithful steed

And won his bride back.

The Dragicorn slain

And peace outlain

They lived in felicity

Till eternity pass’d.

- Ayesha Malik, 2007