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one in 5 poetry Contest Sponsored by Jospeh May 06/17/25

Two hungry bears are poised to fight Razor sharp claws, like daggers drawn One stole a fish, theft is not right Two hungry bears They’d stalked brown trout since early dawn They’re ravenous, and that’s their plight Last trout had swum upstream to spawn A tasty trout bears love to bite But now all the fresh fish have gone No wonder both are so uptight Two hungry bears 2

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Hilda Greenhough

Date: 6/19/2025 8:39:00 PM

This is so cute and endearing. I hope there's enough fish for everyone . I love your roundel

Jan Allison
Date: 6/20/2025 10:25:00 AM

Thanks Hilda. i have another one i am working on but not for the contest:-) hugs Jan xx

Duke Beaufort

Date: 6/19/2025 10:53:00 AM

Jan, you’ve highlighted how situations in nature create drama in life’s survival struggle. Since we’re so capable of solving our survival needs it makes me wonder why humans are fighting as much as we do. I’m thinking we have an anger epidemic. Smiles!!

Jan Allison
Date: 6/19/2025 3:03:00 PM

Thanks Duke, the situation globally is beyond scary. I never know where contest prompts will take me but at least i write every word out of my head and not revert to cheating! hugs jan xx

Arthur Vaso

Date: 6/19/2025 2:08:00 AM

Fake news, this was 2 bears fall in love!!! Canada is about love! LOL

Jan Allison
Date: 6/19/2025 3:02:00 PM

lol Art, we definitely need more love all over the world! hugs Jan xx

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/18/2025 3:45:00 PM

You did so well with this prompt. I saw the bears and thought No Way

Jan Allison
Date: 6/18/2025 3:55:00 PM

Thanks so much for your comment, It took me about 3 days to get it perfect as i struggled with the third line Andrea - not like those who are using AI! They Just press a few buttons and its done! hugs Jan xx

David Kavanagh

Date: 6/18/2025 12:12:00 PM

These guys certainly don’t mess around when hungry Jan, unlike Ilene below I would recognise this was one of yours, the (brown trout) being your calling card lol! Don’t mind me it’s an excellent stand alone piece and Roundel! Cheers David

Jan Allison
Date: 6/18/2025 3:53:00 PM

ha ha ha David - I was going to use salmon - you know me well lol:-) hugs jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 6/18/2025 10:43:00 AM

- Bears eat a little bit of everything in nature ... it's not often they eat fish ... so of course there will be a fight ... a nice poem, Jan :) - hugs

Jan Allison
Date: 6/18/2025 3:53:00 PM

thanks so much Anne-Lise:-) hugs jan xx

Ilene Bauer

Date: 6/18/2025 8:50:00 AM

i never would have known this was a poem of yours, jan, had i not seen the name, but it's really very well done (not that i'm surprised at that!) best of luck in the contest...

Jan Allison
Date: 6/18/2025 9:19:00 AM

aww thanks for the lovely comment, it took me a few days to get right especially trying to get the third line of the first stanza to make sense. I will never resort to using AI like some do - what is the point of cheating but sadly it is rife on the site and in contests and is driving real poets away - although i am more of a poohet than a poet lol :-( I hope Joseph likes it enough to place in his contest:-) hugs Jan xx

Regina Mcintosh

Date: 6/18/2025 2:00:00 AM

Oh, this is adorable! Sure to win. Love it. God bless you, sweet friend. I've missed you. Much love, Gina

Jan Allison
Date: 6/18/2025 9:16:00 AM

Thanks Regina. i am not as active on soup as i once was - the blatant use of AI is making the soup bowl sour and not a nice place to be at times. hugs Jan xx