Andrea Dietrich Poet Verse

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Please, if anyone sees an E in my poem, let me know. It's so hard to check and easy not to see it if you are the one who wrote the poem. I had to revise this when I noticed the rule for line limit and I had to eliminate some lines.

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Put - Revised

You say you want lots of rum? Put it in a big fat drum.
Cooking oils put in drums too. Soy or canola will do.

Put your hands in a basin. Want a jar? How about a Mason?
In a jar, you can put jam, but probably not a ham.

Flour you can put into a bowl. Lay flat for biscuits. Roll and roll.
Sugar put into a bowl with flour. Add in things not sour!

Put your trash in a bin. In a glass pour your gin.
Soup or a drink put in a cup. All night in comfort you can sup.

In our sky God put stars. In cartons man put cigars.
In cartons too you can put milk. On your hair put a scarf of silk.

Put good fruit into a pail. In your mailbox stick your mail.
Many things you can put in a box. Things from Amazon, clocks and rocks.

Coins I might put in a pouch; cash in cushions of my couch.
In my bag I put such things as lipstick, cash, strings or rings.

In your lunchbox put a banana. Bikinis, though, put in a cabana!
Santa puts gifts in a sack. Shirts you put both front and back.

Folks put liquids in a jug. Liquids hot go in a mug.
A lot of fluid put in a vat. I don’t think most folks own that.

In a bathtub put your body, using bath salts – not too shoddy.
Put your wool things in a sink. But dry hot not, or it will shrink!

You can put upon a tray things not too big down to lay.
Last, should all a body burn, it’s good to hold it in an urn.

Jan. 24, 2023 for the Lipogram Poetry Contest of Emile Pinet

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Paul Callus February 4, 2023 at 1:17 AM Your Lipogram is very entertaining, Andrea :) Congratulations for keeping the "E" at bay :) ... and for your podium finish. Happy weekend, my friend. // paul

Joanna Daniel January 31, 2023 at 10:47 PM Where to put this poem? On the highest spot, brilliant, Andrea:) congratulations:)

Emile Pinet January 31, 2023 at 11:03 AM Congratulations Andrea! Your poem "PUT" placed "Third" in my Lipogram contest, This was a fun exercise and you did it justice my friend, Emile.

Robert Warlov January 25, 2023 at 9:13 AM My ES Note Editor failed to find "e" - neither case, but suggested a "Futurists" content ~ not for the hackneyed 'Cabana Bananas' but the plutocratic outrage of ' ... Rocks from Amazon™'! That finally blew the lid off. ~ [ FAV ]

Victor Buhagiar January 24, 2023 at 10:40 PM You evaded the letter e with dexterity. Best for a win.

Harry Horsman January 24, 2023 at 4:53 PM Wow, this is different, and difficult, i've got eight 'E's' here already. Good one Andrea, and good luck. Andrea Dietrich January 24, 2023 at 6:18 PM oh my gosh, are you telling me that you can see eight E's in my poem??? Harry Horsman January 24, 2023 at 4:55 PM Oh i've stuffed this lot up, actually added a couple of more after declaring eight.

Michael Tor January 24, 2023 at 4:53 PM Love this one Andrea another favorite...

Joseph P. DiMino January 24, 2023 at 4:04 PM See, and you were going to throw that keyboard away, just because one letter wouldn't work. This cannot be easy. Best of luck in contest. Robert Warlov January 25, 2023 at 10:00 AM Like Gertrude Stein told Hemingway- 'it's such an easy transition to: "fudge". :) [ "A movable feast" ]

Anne-Lise Andresen January 24, 2023 at 12:51 PM - ... woow, Andrea ... impressive ! ... when I read it in Norwegian there are many e's ... E, is a letter that is used often ... it is unbelievable that you can write such a long poem without a single one (E) - Best wishes...this will top the winners list :) - hugs

Miranda Hawley January 24, 2023 at 10:30 AM Dang you nailed this "no E" thing expertly! Everything rhymes so nicely. Andrea Dietrich January 24, 2023 at 12:35 PM thanks, i sure hope you are right. The first time I showed it to a friend, he found at least four places where I had E used. I was shocked I did not spot them!

Joe Maverick January 24, 2023 at 10:21 AM It seems you have got it bottled almost .Andrea I just want to see the size of this container.? All the best in the contest as I often put.' Come to think of it ?I'll try a different term next Comment..'