Rice-a-Roni -based Pastime
While I was in Puerto Rico (no connection) recently I got the idea of a new form of haiku: an exceptionally short, pithy poem that would be shoehorned into a particular metric and rhythm... except that instead of following the traditional haiku 3-line form of
5 syllabes
7 syllabes
5 syllabes
... it would follow the metric and rhythm of the refrain from the Rice-a-Roni jingle:
RICE-[pause] a-Roni [pause]: the San Francisco treat!
Some examples:
Sal-[pause] mo-nella: it comes out of both ends!
Kir-[pause]sty Alley: she washes Xenu's car!
Asp-[pause]ber-ger's: Even mom thinks you're weird!
Try it yourself, it's fun!