Sunday, August 17, 2014

Keeps sending wrong signals


Image: Courtesy of Mindlovemisery (here)

A Triquain
A non-rhyming seven-line poem with a
syllable count of: 3 - 6 - 9 - 12 - 9 - 6 – 3

Young lady
Keeps sending wrong signals
Hiding her face but still sports a smile
Confusion reigns not knowing exactly what is
Lazy ocean weakens a man’s heart
Positively unsure
Bids to know

Redemption
Reappraisal  needed
Petrified suitor hangs on hopes
Strength of purpose wholly dependent on good sense
Young hearts opening up
Healthy thoughts!

Kerry's hosting with Sunday's Mini Challenge at Real Toads - A Triquain and
Mindlovemisery Menagerie with Prompt #68 - A Smile to remember
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17 comments:

  1. Pat HattAugust 17, 2014 at 6:23 AM

    Signals can sure be tough to wade through, especially when sent more than a few

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  2. brudbergAugust 17, 2014 at 7:04 AM

    How a smile can send them into wrong ways... (or right) usually it gets absolutely right at the end anyway.

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  3. EnglishRoseAugust 17, 2014 at 7:53 AM

    Happy signals pays dividends, Great write Hank.
    Yvonne.

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  4. Sumana RoyAugust 17, 2014 at 8:18 AM

    hmm confusing but smile wins....

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  5. Kerry O'ConnorAugust 17, 2014 at 9:10 AM

    This is a lot of fun, Hank. It doesn't do to get those signals mixed up.

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  6. Alex J. CavanaughAugust 17, 2014 at 9:39 AM

    Don't smile at the single guy unless you mean it.

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  7. humbirdAugust 17, 2014 at 12:21 PM

    I thought the smile - the best signal ever! ~ Nice write :)x

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  8. Eileen T O'Neill .....August 17, 2014 at 1:36 PM

    Hank,

    Life seems to have just got so much more complicated and harder, by the sending of an innocent smile etc!!! Every signal is now dissected and debated...Smiles can be dangerous, so it seems:) :)

    Eileen

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  9. SusanAugust 17, 2014 at 4:12 PM

    Nice use of form with these learning curves!

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  10. GraceAugust 17, 2014 at 5:01 PM

    Well I am hoping for good and healthy thoughts as well ~

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  11. AnonymousAugust 17, 2014 at 6:45 PM

    Ha! Very charming, Hank. k.

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  12. Susie ClevengerAugust 17, 2014 at 11:39 PM

    Oh those wrong signals...lovely piece

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  13. MarianAugust 18, 2014 at 3:53 AM

    ah, geez. i sure hope this works out.

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  14. AnonymousAugust 18, 2014 at 10:08 AM

    I love the form and you've conveyed so much I am socially inept so I never understand all those complicated signals

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  15. HelenAugust 18, 2014 at 10:19 AM

    As you say so well ~~ nicely!

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  16. Other MaryAugust 18, 2014 at 12:52 PM

    You can't hardly argue with redemption.

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  17. UnknownAugust 18, 2014 at 3:54 PM

    Lovely poem and take on this photo challenge. I had not been aware of this form.

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