Sunday, June 25, 2017

Sheer tough luck all in a single file

                                                                                            Author:Brocken Inaglory
Image: Move over, will you? (here)

the 12 given words:
sheer single blink rooted drunk tattered 
lash dust snatch sly spin curved 

Sheer tough luck all in a single file
In a blink there were four in a row
Seemed inclined to test the waters
Rooted along their narrow domains

Not moving neither were they drunk
Tattered in thoughts a duck's dilemma
To lash them to dust to snatch victory
Or throw a sly spin to make them retreat

A curved passage could offer alternatives
But caught in the middle of a problem
and embroiled in a pack of nerve-wracking
intrusion, freedom was no free holiday  

Brenda's Sunday Whirl wordle #305
Mary's at PU's Poetry Pantry #359

31 comments:

  1. Yes, most interesting Hank. enjoyable to read.

    Yvonne.

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  2. No way forward and no way back... best just to sit it out.
    Nice one, Hank!

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  3. Stuck in the middle and waiting, sure can be no fun

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  4. Indeed...most often freedom is not a free holiday!

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  5. That duck will have a difficult time getting through all those turtles.

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  6. great use of the word list to match this image - "Tattered in thoughts a duck's dilemma" my favourite line

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  7. Fun! I don't know how you pull off the random word challenge AND find such a photo to match.

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  8. Now...that's quite in the middle of nowhere...almost like when the muse flees...a good one Hank...

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  9. Haha! This is wonderful, Hank! I adore turtles, unfortunately all I have to do is walk by and they plop off the log in the nearby creek.

    That picture is great. :)

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  10. Freedom [has never been a] free holiday, indeed!

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  11. This made me laugh!
    How do u manage to make such random words into coherent poems? Great skill!

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  12. Certainly one of my favorite things, turtles on a log!! Haven't seen seen any lately...not since coming to the desert. You remind me of them.

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  13. Perhaps just wait, I dont know lol.
    the last line is very true though, Hank

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  14. What a marvelous poem to accompany that wonderful photo! I'm sure the duck will have to gratefully acquiesce ... a metaphor for life, now that I think about it!

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  15. A duck's dilemma indeed! What a metaphor for life!

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  16. Great photo to accompany your piece. A duck's dilemma for sure. Nice write!

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  17. I wonder how they'll ever get off the log! Made me smile, Hank.

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  18. "Not moving neither were they drunk
    Tattered in thoughts a duck's dilemma
    To lash them to dust to snatch victory
    Or throw a sly spin to make them retreat"

    In forms simple or arduous; dilemma dwells

    Nice one Hank

    much love...

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  19. A duck's dilemma... love that. I think the turtles will need wings.

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  20. Single file does have its limitations. An awesome metaphorical "word to the wise".

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  21. Excellent job of meeting that challenge. Seamless!

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  22. Haha, great pairing of photo and poem.

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  23. Whata great write this is Hank. I think the turtles win 4:1.

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  24. Excellent, like your closing lines.

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  25. Monday WRites is up, you are invited to link up

    much love...

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  26. "Freedom was no free holiday." Isn't it oh-so-true?

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