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11 September 2023

For Contest: Pleiades 4 Sponsor: Joseph May

Extended legs and neck Eager jabs, peck peck peck Endemic down under Eggs many in number Evades you by running Excited voice drumming Echoes of an ostrich

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Beryl Edmonds

Date: 9/18/2023 4:21:00 PM

An excellent Pleiades Terry, entertaining and engaging… Belle

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 9/17/2023 4:45:00 PM

Well done. You picked the most interesting creature!

Janice Canerdy

Date: 9/17/2023 5:59:00 AM

Terry, CONGRATS on your well-deserved win! Janice

Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 9/14/2023 11:44:00 AM

Super...they do drum. I love that last line Terry tying it altogether. Congratulations! :)

Terry Flood
Date: 9/15/2023 11:53:00 AM

Thanks, Linda. With Pleiades not being my ‘go to’ form (by a Mile!), I’m pretty chuffed with this result .

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 9/14/2023 10:39:00 AM

- Congratulations ... great done with this long-legged animal, Terry :) - hugs

Terry Flood
Date: 9/15/2023 11:54:00 AM

Thank you Anne-Lise

Deb M

Date: 9/14/2023 9:59:00 AM

You did good Terry you did real good!! Excellent Emu Endeavour my friend! Debx

Terry Flood
Date: 9/15/2023 11:59:00 AM

Problem is, Deb. Im still armpit deep in Rum n Raisin adventures and I’m itching to create a ‘life’ for Englebert von Spindlelegs (why oh why THAT name… rhyming that is gonna do my head in) ;-)

Terry Miller

Date: 9/14/2023 8:27:00 AM

Very nicely done; congratulations

Terry Flood
Date: 9/15/2023 11:59:00 AM

Thanks, Terry. Appreciated.

Joanna Daniel

Date: 9/14/2023 7:08:00 AM

Uniquely done, Terry, congratulations:)

Terry Flood
Date: 9/15/2023 12:06:00 PM

Thank you, Joanna. I’ve only ever done three of these. One was too many syllables, one was too late, and one was this one. So I’m well pleased.

Joseph May

Date: 9/14/2023 6:51:00 AM

Very nicely done Terry, Congrats on your win

Terry Flood
Date: 9/15/2023 12:07:00 PM

Thank you, Joseph, and thank you for the win.

Ilene Bauer

Date: 9/12/2023 1:18:00 PM

another excellent emu poem, terry! love the "peck peck peck" line! good luck in the contest...

Terry Flood
Date: 9/12/2023 3:02:00 PM

I can just hear our Australian friends protesting that I couldn’t write about Emus without bringing ostriches into the mix. Ha ha! Hmmm…. Your comment is compelling me to write about an Emu called Gregory… peck peck peck!

Sara Etgen-Baker

Date: 9/12/2023 4:22:00 AM

a perfect Pleiades. Well done, Mr. Terry. enjoy your day, Sara

Terry Flood
Date: 9/12/2023 2:58:00 PM

Thank you Sara. As only my third attempt ever (but all in one day) I’m most pleased with your words ‘perfect pleiades’… almost as chuffed as I am that I can now spell it without looking it up!

Gershon Wolf

Date: 9/11/2023 7:38:00 PM

Nailed it, Terry. How about 'Electric Cow,' aka E-Moo?!

Terry Flood
Date: 9/12/2023 2:55:00 PM

Or Smart chewing gum for Yorkshire sheep… E bah gum! I have no idea if that will work outside of Blighty, but it is funny… really it is…. no really… honest

Speaks Volumes

Date: 9/11/2023 6:16:00 PM

Bad enough you guys have contest about Autumn when any dill know its Spring, but now you pinch our birds for your contest and dare to do a better job at the Pleiades than I did ! We guys are the ones that have Emus playing chicken with cars in the outback, You guys have lions strolling down the street don't you? Well any way you did well with OUR birds, but you didn't mention that they eat large pebble to help digest their food ! All the best mate, BOL SV

Terry Flood
Date: 9/12/2023 2:51:00 PM

I shall consider myself severely reprimanded. Is your hearing aid battery okay? When someone told you we have lions in our streets… I think they might have said ‘Lines’. Of course eating pebbles is nothing; we Brits eat crushed concrete cos we’re real tough guys… I may pen an ode about it ;-)

Lin Lane

Date: 9/11/2023 5:19:00 PM

Emu running wild. I think I’ll choose a different word. You and Jan have this one wrapped up.

Terry Flood
Date: 9/11/2023 5:39:00 PM

Ahhh… there’s always more to be said, Lin. You choose your word and go for it.. but if you knock me into an honorary mention… I’ll never talk to you again… Ha ha ;-)

Jan Allison

Date: 9/11/2023 3:45:00 PM

excellent ink Terry I chose Emu too, had to sit on my hands not to write about Rod Hull and Michael parkinson lol:-) hugs jan xx

Terry Flood
Date: 9/11/2023 4:18:00 PM

You and me both, Jan. But I was pretty confident that Rod Hull would never get that demon bird through customs… their loss! So our American friends would just say, “Rod who?”. Glad you enjoyed; I’ll check your Emu out… now that’s something you don’t hear everyday ;-)

Tom Woody

Date: 9/11/2023 3:23:00 PM

Emus are kewl!

Tom Woody
Date: 9/11/2023 4:42:00 PM

Definitely limerick at least

Terry Flood
Date: 9/11/2023 4:23:00 PM

I reckon I could ‘dig’ a pet one, Tom. Imagine walking in to a bar with an Emu…. Do I sense a poem coming on?