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Quatrain Migraines

“Your quatrains are giving me migraines”
Think I just heard someone say
Sorry my good friends that's all I know
At the number of forms, I'm amazed

Could branch out, attempt something new
A style artsy fartsy and clever
But I get all sweaty at the thought of failure
So I stick to what I've known forever

This form has always been poetry to me
Since I was knee high to a grasshopper
Very famous bards have used other forms
Not this simple minded clodhopper

Some of us guys seem to like simplicity
And I'm about as simple as it gets
Maybe one day when I'm old and grey
Oops! I am! I tend to forget!


© Jack Ellison 2013

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Suzanne Delaney Date: 3/25/2013 5:55:00 PM Ha ha I loved the title right away you are a rhymer superb and if that s the voice you have found don't ever change. Hugeroonies SuZ Login to Reply

Delysia Hendricks Date: 3/21/2013 6:11:00 PM hahaha. Funny, as only you could do it, Jack. Don't you dare change your style. :) Login to Reply Jack Ellison Date: 3/23/2013 7:04:00 PM I ain't changing... worry not! Quatrain R Me! LOL Hugs and much love... xoxox

Carol Eastman Date: 3/21/2013 11:41:00 AM You're cool. I bet that darned old dragon would listen to you and Cathie... You want him?... He knows how to fertilize roses REAL well... Your quatrains might teach him happy thoughts... or he might give you material to talk about... Especially if you don't talk about him... He likes lots of attention... LOL (I seem to be having a lot of fun with him... but I can spare him a while... might help my roses to see some sun, again... I think they're getting a MIGRAINE!... LOL) Login to Reply Jack Ellison Date: 3/23/2013 7:03:00 PM Catching up! Sorry but as I think I told you, we're selling the house and we have a conditional offer. Lots of silly details to consider! YUCK! What are you and those Trolls and dragons smokin'??? LOL Big big huggeroonies! xoxoxox

Donna Jones Date: 3/21/2013 11:38:00 AM I know what you mean Jack....I've been meaning to try a haiku but am going to learn how!!!!!!!loved this and the you do it...donnna Login to Reply Jack Ellison Date: 3/23/2013 7:00:00 PM I'm still feeling bad that you thought I was upset with you! NEVER worry about that sweet lady! It will NEVER happen! Thought maybe I'd try a haiku for a change but naw... this is me! Love you!!! Hugs, Jack xoxoxxo

Timothy Hicks Date: 3/21/2013 10:20:00 AM "Knee high to a grasshopper" Oh my! Were you a Lilliputian in a past life?? In all honesty though whether you write simply or try to be witty and clever the most IMPORTANT thing is that you be yourself... no one seems to take that to heart as much you. Login to Reply Jack Ellison Date: 3/23/2013 6:56:00 PM "Knee high to a grasshopper" Another saying from the past! You sure seem a lot older than your 18 years my friend! You have a wisdom and a manner of expressing yourself so very much better than this old geezer. I am duly impressed!

Russell Sivey Date: 3/21/2013 7:56:00 AM Ha ha! You have delighted me again with your witty and wondrous poetry my friend! I really enjoyed reading your clever writing, and just so you know, Quatrain is a form of poetry(as if you didn't know) and so you don't have to write in any other form if you don't want to. You are writing poetry even if you only write Quatrains my friend! Just so you know, I love to read your pleasant quatrains every day...I look forward to the simplicity of the form, and the rhythm and rhyme of it! Great Work!! Login to Reply Jack Ellison Date: 3/21/2013 8:19:00 AM Once again , my good friend, you start my day off with a smile... thanks! Have a good one!