Dan Cwiak Poet Quintain (English)

Poet's Dozen'T

She was a beauty
              Rollerskating was the rage
                   Falling so often

    Traversing the oval pattern in ungainly fashion
    Just to prove to her that I had a manly passion.

  She, however, did not take my failures on the floor too kindly...jilting me
  While her older, wiser, sister helped me through that night of terror.

     Her sister took me by the hand and showed me the way.               
     Without speaking a word she shared her courage with me,
     As around that floor she led me on my legs of clay.
     So many firsts that night still hearken to me
     First Date... First Skate... First Women... to be etched in my memory.

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Seren Roberts January 17, 2016 at 1:06 AM Congrats Dan, loved it...Seren Dan Cwiak January 20, 2016 at 4:19 PM Thanks, Seren. I appreciate your stopping to read and you comments. Glad you liked it!

Poet Destroyer A January 16, 2016 at 7:25 PM Dan, Congratulations on your "Poet's Dozen 2: First date" WIN!!! Love ~ LINDA ~ Dan Cwiak January 16, 2016 at 11:12 PM Thanks, Linda. This date poem was a winner, but the date was not. lol I appreciate your stopping to read it and your comments. ((BIG HUGS)) Dan

Funom Makama January 14, 2016 at 11:17 AM #7 truly underrates this magnificent piece.. Absolutely brilliant Dan Cwiak January 15, 2016 at 4:48 PM Thanks, Funom. I appreciate your stopping to read it your comments very much.

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser January 14, 2016 at 7:40 AM Dan, I can imagine the first one.. =`) I see congrats below.. =`) the title is catchy!~Olive Eloisa =`) Dan Cwiak January 15, 2016 at 4:47 PM Thanks, Olive. I hope you didn't do this to someone on your first date.

David Fisher January 10, 2016 at 11:58 AM Enjoyed this one, Dan. Congrats on the placement Dan Cwiak January 11, 2016 at 7:29 AM Thanks, David. I am sure some others have had similar experiences.

Joyce Johnson January 9, 2016 at 6:44 PM I would say you had a really great first date. Congratulations. Love, Joyce Dan Cwiak January 10, 2016 at 1:57 AM Thank you, Joyce. It certainly didn't feel like it at the time. It almost put me off dates entirely...ALMOST. lol I appreciate your reading and comments.

Skat A January 9, 2016 at 3:43 PM Dan, Congrats on your win. SKAT Dan Cwiak January 10, 2016 at 1:53 AM Thanks, SKAT. I did not expect it for this one.

CayCay Godwin January 7, 2016 at 2:02 PM What a night! Love hurts, huh? I'm grinning. I hope you entered the contest. I was able to see and 'feel' your first date ... CayCay Dan Cwiak January 7, 2016 at 2:20 PM Not so much love as the peer pressure of getting a date for the first time. I liked the girl very much, but was a long way from love at the age of 16. She had no qualms about going home with someone else, though. Had it not been for her older sister, I would have probably been scared of girls to this day. lol It has been entered, so we'll see. Thanks for the read, CayCay.