Oh Lat, dear Lat, where art thou at?
Methinks thou seem a bit too flat…
On Superman, and blokes like that,
Your rippling mass is no doormat!
With Arnold, Dwayne the Rock, and Hulk,
The goal has been to build more bulk:
No pain no gain—don’t sit and sulk,
To suffer is to see results!
Latissimus, Latissimus,
You surely have our backs, and thus
To stretch and strengthen is a must.
No weight is e’er superfluous!
Latissimi are where it’s at…
Alas, my lats are none but fat!
Connie Phillips is a former English teacher and editor living in Massachusetts.
Very funny indeed, and now I’m off to the gym.
Thanks, Joe! And glad it inspired you 🙂
This made me chuckle, Connie. Thanks for sharing with us!
Thanks, Amy!
“My lat, where art thou at?” Alas, my Lat up and left and returned home to Riga. Thanks for starting my day off with a smile.
haha! Glad you liked it 🙂
haha! Glad you liked it, James 🙂
Nicely done!
As a former personal trainer and body-builder wannabe, I can definitely relate!
One suggestion: Wide-grip weighted pull-ups! 🙂
Thanks, Steven! Glad you liked it — and thanks for the tip 🙂
Should I then now expect a poem from someone extolling ventral, rather than dorsal, parts of the human (especially the female) body? I certainly hope so:
Expanded pecs
That bend our necks.
Sounds like you’re already on your way with that one, C.B. !!
Thank you, Amy!
Connie, Hello. The word “lats” in the title and in the last line is clearly plural. This suggests to me that “Lat” in line 1 is singular. If “Lat” is singular, then should “seem” be “seems”? Apart from this pesky nitpicking, I think the poem is clever and well-written. Thank you for sharing it.
Mark, thanks for your response—and no feedback is ever “pesky”! But here in line 2, i think “seem” works because it goes with the word before it, “thou,” which is just an old form of “you.” So basically it’s saying “you seem” … Anyway, glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Connie, you have taken a weighty subject and written a clever piece of light humor.
Thanks for the “punny” praise, David!
Read the poem twice. Humorous and nice. Tried to read it loud. Didn’t feel proud.
Sweet!! Thank you, Leonard 🙂