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The Sneeze

Mrs. Snuffles' epic sneeze Blew her ruffles to the knees While blowing her nose, she tore her hose Disturbing the neighbor's peace The neighbor was so displeased He lost his temper and shrieked, "Please, Mrs. Snuffles pull up your ruffles The wheezing and sneezing must cease The obnoxious kerfuffle is simply abnormal And you have frightened all of my geese!" 07/05/13 For Andrea's "Show Me the Funny Contest"

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Robin Davis

Date: 9/19/2013 6:34:00 PM

cute and funny little poem. Amusing and makes you smile. nice job.

Karen Anglesey
Date: 10/22/2013 11:38:00 AM

Thank you for commenting. Much appreciated

Delysia Hendricks

Date: 9/15/2013 3:41:00 PM

hahaha. You've got the funny, Karen. Love it, love it, love it!! Nice going, my friend. Licia :-)

Karen Anglesey
Date: 9/15/2013 4:40:00 PM

delysia, thank you ! glad you enjoyed it :)

Bukang Liwayway

Date: 9/6/2013 10:06:00 AM

it makes me smile before I go to sleep...so funny friend Karen..thanks for sharing this :) good day

Karen Anglesey
Date: 9/6/2013 12:46:00 PM

Maria... thank you ...sleep well :)

Danesh Morgan

Date: 9/3/2013 1:01:00 AM

surely i missed this contest! i was not even In yet. . . tsk tsk how i wish there was another funny contest to pit with you. . . . this i believe is a winner. . . .

Karen Anglesey
Date: 9/3/2013 6:35:00 AM

Danesh, it didn't win but I hope we can compete another time... it would be fun ! :)

Kabuteng P.Ink K.

Date: 9/1/2013 8:52:00 AM

Oh my, my -- I think Mrs. Snuffles is a contender for my sister's sneeze-- her sneeze is horrible, I really hate it, I mean she sneezes with a shriek-- Ugggh. Haha. Sorry, reading this made me imagine my sister's sneeze. Very fun poem. And thank you for passing by my post-- yes, so weird with those spike in views- must have been a glitch? I don't get to spend as much time here so those thousand plus views sure were waay abnormal for me o_O

Karen Anglesey
Date: 9/1/2013 10:44:00 AM

Pink... thank you for the in depth review ! Thank you for your visits. Sorry about your sneezing sister ha ha :)

Kim Merryman

Date: 8/29/2013 6:18:00 PM

Such a cute write, Karen! Made me smile! Love, Kim

Karen Anglesey
Date: 8/29/2013 7:51:00 PM

Kim, thank you very much. I appreciate your visit :)

Sandra Adams

Date: 8/21/2013 9:17:00 AM

this one had me giggling...superb, funny write...well done :)

Karen Anglesey
Date: 8/21/2013 2:58:00 PM

HI Sandra, finished this for a contest. Glad you found it funny :)

Just That Archaic Poet

Date: 8/19/2013 9:18:00 PM

For some reason, this reminds me of Lewis Carroll, and Lord knows he was brilliant. This was funny and witty and oddly enough, I wish you would have used "kneeses" instead of just "knees" lol. This is a killer poem; absolutely loved it!

Karen Anglesey
Date: 8/19/2013 10:46:00 PM

Well, thank you very much... I wish I would have used kneeses also... I think I shall re-edit ..thanks !

Keith Bickerstaffe

Date: 8/11/2013 9:41:00 PM

Superb cadence and rhyming, and extremely funny! 'kerfuffle?' you must be British. Well done, Karen! Best wishes, Keith

Karen Anglesey
Date: 8/12/2013 8:35:00 AM

Thank you for the generous comments .. ha ha ... :)

Laura Breidenthal

Date: 8/8/2013 3:57:00 PM

That's hilarious! I enjoyed immensely! Always, Laura

Karen Anglesey
Date: 8/8/2013 5:27:00 PM

Laura, glad you were entertained. Thank you :)

Milton Toran

Date: 8/3/2013 6:00:00 PM

Oh, how I enjoyed this one! Loved it from beginning to end! Witty theme, fantastic rhyme flow!...Milt

Karen Anglesey
Date: 8/8/2013 5:26:00 PM

Milt...thank you very much

Rosy Love

Date: 8/1/2013 8:01:00 PM

Hilarious and cute, I have also written one like it called sneezing, I hate it when I have my nose allergy so mine is kinda scary :)

Karen Anglesey
Date: 8/1/2013 8:46:00 PM

Rosy, I am glad this gave you a laugh

Sean L Sanders

Date: 7/28/2013 11:34:00 AM

Nice I thought this was adorable very amusing nicely done poet.

Karen Anglesey
Date: 7/28/2013 11:49:00 AM

Sean, thank you andcomments much appreciated

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 7/27/2013 9:39:00 AM

this is a good one Karen, sounds as if I read this one already.... thanks for the double smile... LINDA

Karen Anglesey
Date: 7/27/2013 9:44:00 AM

Linda, I appreciate your visit . Have an awesome day :)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/26/2013 11:20:00 PM

just read your note to me and I am glad my contest at least inspired you to finish this!

Karen Anglesey
Date: 7/27/2013 8:49:00 AM

Andrea, thank you again :)

Cherl Dunn

Date: 7/21/2013 9:23:00 PM

very funny and expressive I enoyed reading it quit much.

Karen Anglesey
Date: 7/27/2013 8:48:00 AM

cherl, thank you for enjoying the silliness :)

Jack Horne

Date: 7/20/2013 9:35:00 AM

lol, had a good chuckle at this one : )

Karen Anglesey
Date: 7/20/2013 8:50:00 PM

jack, very glad you enjoyed the humor. Thank you :)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/14/2013 1:12:00 AM

oh so this was yours!! Gosh, you don't know how close you came to being in my top ten. you were probably number 11. This is SO CUTE. Hope you will try another one for my part two contest.

Karen Anglesey
Date: 7/14/2013 12:00:00 PM

I had written some lines to this several weeks ago and decided to finish it to enter in a contest. Thank you for the consideration. I don't know when I would have finished it if you hadn't provided an opportunity... :)

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 7/11/2013 7:10:00 PM

Thanks for your kind visit and comment Karen.

Karen Anglesey
Date: 7/14/2013 12:01:00 PM

Richard, thank you for visiting. Always a pleasure to read your work :)

John Posey

Date: 7/10/2013 6:52:00 PM

Karen, I just caught up on my soup mail. This is an adorable, humorous and well crafted rhyme. If entered in contests, it would get my vote in several categories... I love it...in both forms..... Hugs...Jake

Karen Anglesey
Date: 7/10/2013 7:41:00 PM

Jake, thanks... I think the limerick was a little off on the syllable count but I like the rhyme better..appreciate your time :)

Bukang Liwayway

Date: 7/10/2013 7:33:00 AM

hahahaha very funny poem of yours friend Karen...i like it...Good luck in the contest...good day!! Maria

Karen Anglesey
Date: 7/10/2013 5:28:00 PM

Thank you Maria... you have a good day also :)