John Heck Poet Rhyme

A Pirate's Morph: Soul To Hurt

A tuppence, old chap, grant this whiskied SOUL
Whose mind wears weak and heart grows SOUR
Take not from thee for what surely is OURS
To quench a lad's thirst at this haunted HOUR
And drown from our swarthy souls the HURT




Morph verse is utlizing the last word of each line and morphing it. 
Removing one letter from the previous last word 
and adding an additional letter to complete the subsequent word.

EX: SOUL - remove the L and add an R to create SOUR.
SOUR - Remove The S in SOUR and add it to the end of OUR.
OURS - Remove the S and add and an H to the beginning of OUR.
HOUR - Remove the O and add a T to create the word HURT.
So on and so forth.

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Dr.Ram Mehta August 4, 2010 at 8:01 PM Congrats on your win, John

Carol Sunshine Brown July 28, 2010 at 5:26 AM Congratulations John on your win in Paula Swanson's contest "A Tale O'Pilligin". Love, Carol

James Marshall Goff July 28, 2010 at 5:21 AM congrats and really cool poem, let alone the amazing form! good one John! to mine favs! jimbo

Elaine George July 28, 2010 at 4:23 AM Such a difficult format, and you have mastered it with this GREAT PIRATE'S MORPH, John. Congratulations on your WIN. Love, Lainie

Daniel Cwiak July 27, 2010 at 4:23 PM Sounds like ye be ready ta do som morph o' dees types o' writ'n. Congrats on yer win in de contest! Dan C

Linda-Marie Sweetheart July 27, 2010 at 2:04 PM Congrats John on your winning poem in the Pillagin contest with this great tale ... enjoy another sweet victory my friend.. well deserved.. with luv..

Brian Strand March 9, 2009 at 1:27 AM Thanks for your kind words today John.Rgds Brian

Tyesha Ehigiator January 26, 2009 at 1:40 PM Beautifully written John, you put this together perfectly..Great Job.. Thank you for your lovely comments on my poetry.God Bless You*Tyesha

Corinne Curcio January 16, 2009 at 1:17 AM Nicely done

Mary Duhart January 7, 2009 at 5:42 AM Excellent write..sounds like a pirate talking to his lads...lol..Continue to share. Great job.

Michael Boon January 6, 2009 at 4:56 PM Hi John Many thanks for your message when i joined poetrysoup it is an honour to be in the company of so many wonderful people, Happy new year and of course peace to you aswell. All my best Mike

Donna Golden January 5, 2009 at 10:13 PM Now, John, how can I possibly have a prayer when you keep entering these blasted contests?? Hmmph!! Please give us amateurs a snowball's chance!! I must say, though begrudgingly, a work of art...as usual. Donna G.

Serenity D'Nae Montgomery January 5, 2009 at 9:06 AM Quick question, does featured mean shown on the home page? I'm sorry I did'nt know. I'm kinda new to this..lol

Sean Kelly January 5, 2009 at 8:31 AM Clever , clever , clever piece of clever writing.... I attempted one of your morphs .. I tried to put my soul into it , but it hurt !!! You write onnnnnnn ...

Athena Lacroix January 4, 2009 at 9:56 PM Ohh!!! what creative movement to the point!!! thank you!!!! Great therapy!!!!

Michael Jordan January 4, 2009 at 6:10 PM John this is excellent - Very well said - You are a very gifted writer - Unlike me you seem to possess a vast amount of knowledge when it comes to writing - I'm learning though and getting ready to start taking some writing courses at the College - When I first started writing poems 9 years ago in Prison I could hardly spell my own name - And now I hardly ever need to use the spell check but I need to enhance my vocabulary I'm very limited - God Bless, MJ

Kristin Reynolds January 4, 2009 at 4:27 PM Amazing John, this is just amazing. Carrie said it, this reads just like that. excellent. :) Kristin

Sara Lokken January 4, 2009 at 4:22 PM Looks like another winner.....Best wishes, Sara:)

Michael Torres January 4, 2009 at 2:41 PM John congratulations on your win. Great job.This also looks like a winner. GBU Michael Torres

Carrie Richards January 4, 2009 at 2:34 PM Excellent job...and not only a great morph...but in a style right out of a great old book of poetry! Hearty is the ale..delivered by a fair maiden, no doubt!! ~ Love, Carrie