A Converb, or is it?

Question

Can you have left over pudding

Right under your nose

Or down your clothes?

Who knows?

And

What is more,

Can dishes be washed up

Without sea or shore?

(These are word-play, I suspect)

Answer 1

What TD said.  This one is too sweet.

Answer 2

I think the actual question is a converb, but I still don't get it.

TD says to write a converb requires a bitter streak...apparently I don't have one.

Answer 3

Thank you for the laugh - washed up dishes (smiles) - what great fun. ♥

Answer 4

It has a nice sound to it, but it doesn't seem to have the ironic anger of TD's form. I like it as a poem though (I've never attempted a converb so I could be way off).

Answer 5

Pretty good meter choice.

Answer 6

if at first you don"t succeed..

bugger off.

Epitaph  for my Dad:

he was a good uncle

Run silent, Run deep just means shut up and go to h**l.

Here is one for the trolls:

My mother may wear army boots but yours is a German aeroplane.

these may or not be converbs I like yours too.

Answer 7

I wrote the definition in the new book. I am trying to decide which examples to use.

This is close. As long at they are anti-proverbial, they are on the right track.

Here is the new and revised textbook explanation:

CONVERB

The Converb (the opposite of Proverb) is meant to be a rude little squawk about anything that bothers the author. There are no rhyme and meter requirements. The only rules in Converbs are: they must be short and to the point, they must have a barbed tale or other sharp stick at the end.

They should also be contrary to popular opinion.