Ann Peck Poet Rhyme

Two Syllables Went Missing

"TWO SYLLABLES WENT MISSING TODAY"
Last seen with commas, running away.
The poet seems distressed and frantic
said it might be a Clerihew's antic.

Or wait, he cried, could be even worse--
hiding away in a single verse!
Or, wooed by Quintains (Sicilian)
or, in refrains (one of a million).

~What's so bad if two you happen to lose
when you have more of them to choose~
Ah, my good man, you don't understand.
They're precious as gold in a poet's hand.

Like apricot hues in ebbing sun,
and crimson's kiss to a day that's done,
they help words weave together like lace,
without them, our lines may lose their pace.

Whatever--at least they have been found--
hid in some sonnet, or was it a round?
Oh good, I can use them right away!
This might have saved my "Rondeau in Gray."

Now, if I only I could find one more,
slightly used, at the second-hand store...

October 1, 2022

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Suzanne Clear January 3, 2023 at 11:48 AM Anne, Your ideas are still amazing me! So cute especially for secondhand shoppers. suzanne

Deb M October 19, 2022 at 1:51 AM Funny, very clever and entertaining Ann! Debx Ann Peck October 19, 2022 at 4:31 PM Thanks, Deb! I wrote it as a stress reliever (I do weird things like that.) :)

Michelle Faulkner October 18, 2022 at 4:23 PM I love this Ann, especially the idea of a grammar thrift store - yes those tools are as precious as gold to us penny pinching poets :) Ann Peck October 19, 2022 at 4:35 PM A thrift store - that delivered - would be great! Thanks, Michelle.

Sara Kendrick October 18, 2022 at 12:22 PM I got some chuckles out of this one. Way to go. Reads like a winner to me if for a contest. Thanks for sharing and for dropping by my page. Sara

L Milton Hankins October 15, 2022 at 12:10 PM Very clever and entertaining, especially for poets, Ann. I thoroughly enjoyed reading your rhyme! Ann Peck October 15, 2022 at 1:35 PM Thank you so much, Milton. I thought of you with your clerihew contest :)

Paul Callus October 15, 2022 at 11:24 AM Thank you for sharing this entertaining poem in rhyme, Ann :) Most enjoyable. ~ Regards // paul Ann Peck October 15, 2022 at 1:36 PM Hi Paul. Thanks so much for your kind comments!

Andrea Dietrich October 15, 2022 at 10:23 AM haha. GREAT fun this is. Much enjoyed! Ann Peck October 15, 2022 at 1:38 PM Thanks, Andrea! I really hesitated about submitting. I'm glad you liked it :)

Rico Leffanta October 15, 2022 at 10:08 AM Enjoyed! Aloha! Ann Peck October 15, 2022 at 10:16 AM Thanks, Rico. I wrote the silly thing after Jeff Kyser and I discussed the number of syllables we like to use. Crazy a syllable can mean so much. :)