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It Wasn'T a 'Cat'Astrophe

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I woke up on Monday morning and I was in a terrible mess
My cat was caught behind the boiler and in deep distress

She was mewing loudly in an absurd and irritable way
I should call an engineer, but I have no money to pay

Thinking on my feet I came up with an excellent plan
Dan is my next door neighbour and an admirable man

He’s got a gorgeous golden tan, he’s a guy I could fall for
Plucking up courage I went to knock on his front door

I explained my predicament and he kindly said that he’d drop by
Maybe he likes me as I’m sure I saw the iris dilate in his eye

I said I would appreciate his help if he could come over
Hopefully he could rescue my little cat, her name is Clover

Dan arrived quickly and grabbed poor Clover by the tail
Her tail has kink in it, and she emits a dreadful wail!

Dan wouldn’t take an iota of cash to free Clover from her ordeal
But he was really genial when I offered to cook him a nice meal

His generous help with Clover had saved me from a costly bill
Just to be in Dan’s company would give me such a  thrill

Dan was so thoughtful and gave me some lovely orange flowers
The time passed by so quickly we talked for many hours

In fact if truth be told Dan never left my house that night
I had to order Clover to make herself scarce until daylight!


Words to include are:- Absurd, appreciate, admirable, cat, caught, costly
emits, engineer, excellent,golden, generous, genial
iris, iota, irritable,kindly, knock, kink,orange, over, order

Time taken to write poem 1 hour 12 minutes

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Richard Lamoureux

Date: 7/13/2016 6:11:00 PM

Congrats, this is adorable!

Jan Allison
Date: 7/14/2016 2:46:00 AM

Thanks Richard I'm so glad Shadow liked it:-) hugs Jan xx

Jean Murray

Date: 7/13/2016 6:25:00 AM

Fantastic Jan.....and you got your man!!

Jan Allison
Date: 7/13/2016 6:29:00 AM

LO Jean in my dreams:-) hugs jan xx

Skat A

Date: 7/12/2016 11:39:00 PM

Jan, Congratulations on your nice win. Skat

Jan Allison
Date: 7/13/2016 6:04:00 AM

Thanks Skat:-) hugs jan xx

Beautiful Scars

Date: 7/12/2016 5:33:00 PM

Jan, congrats on your placement in the contest! this is awesome lady :)-luloo

Jan Allison
Date: 7/13/2016 6:04:00 AM

Thanks LuLoo I had fun with this challenge and am delighted Shadow liked my poem:-) hugs jan xx

Shadow Hamilton

Date: 7/12/2016 4:57:00 PM

great use of words Jan and good rhyming enjoyed this poem congrts on 4th place hugs

Jan Allison
Date: 7/12/2016 5:21:00 PM

Many thanks Shadow it was quite a challenge that you set for us thanks for inspiring me to write:-) hugs jan xx

Scott Thirtyseven

Date: 7/5/2016 2:03:00 PM

Great work, wonderful story. Best of luck in the contest.

Jan Allison
Date: 7/6/2016 6:26:00 PM

Thanks Scott:-) hugs Jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 7/5/2016 12:54:00 PM

- An impressive work is finished ... # 7 ! - it is simply stunning, Jan ! - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Jan Allison
Date: 7/6/2016 6:26:00 PM

Thanks Anne Lise:-) hugs Jan xx

Just James

Date: 7/5/2016 11:50:00 AM

reads like a winner!

Jan Allison
Date: 7/6/2016 6:26:00 PM

Thanks James:-) hugs Jan xx

Tim Smith

Date: 7/4/2016 5:34:00 PM

A tragedy turned into a live story. Love the happy ending.

Jan Allison
Date: 7/4/2016 5:58:00 PM

Thanks Tim i had fun with this challenge:-) hope you had a great holiday:-) hugs jan xx

Alexis Y.

Date: 7/4/2016 11:33:00 AM

Hi Jan, You did an excellent job using the words Shadow selected. It was such a sweet story. This should do well in the contest. Good in luck in the contest -7:-) Alexis

Jan Allison
Date: 7/4/2016 11:36:00 AM

Thanks Alexis - it is quite a challenge - hope you give the contest a go:-) hugs jan xx

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 7/4/2016 8:21:00 AM

Fabulous couplet a fav. and a seven! I declare you the winner, so we save time dear Jan! Haha!

Jan Allison
Date: 7/4/2016 11:10:00 AM

I write and hope in contests Demetrios but the most important thing to me is that i am writing - a win is a bonus and hopefully means the poems get more widely read:-) hugs Jan xx

Barry Stebbings

Date: 7/4/2016 6:57:00 AM

Lovely story, Jan. A winner I'm sure, feel sorry for Clover, though. Good Luck. Barry.

Jan Allison
Date: 7/4/2016 7:23:00 AM

Just a fun poem Barry i hope Shadow likes it as it was quite a challenge to write:-) hugs jan xx

Joanna Daniel

Date: 7/4/2016 2:55:00 AM

Oh! You've done this so beautifully that it looks effortless:) I'm yet to try:)

Jan Allison
Date: 7/4/2016 3:11:00 AM

It's quite a challenge Jo - good luck:-):-) hugs jan xx

CayCay Jennings

Date: 7/3/2016 10:04:00 PM

Well, I'm just going to go and shred my poem for this contest because you just blew it away with this intelligent, beautifully flowing write that smoothly encompasses each goal. I don't like you. Not right now. But I do love you and this poem. So impressive for one who doesn't think she gave smarts to her son. I will focus on liking you again ... CayCay

Jan Allison
Date: 7/4/2016 1:59:00 AM

I'm not brainy like my son CayCay but since starting writing I have found I have a way with words :-) SOOOOO glad you like me:-) :-) hugs jan xx