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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

Date: 1/3/2023 11:48:00 AM

Anne, Your ideas are still amazing me! So cute especially for secondhand shoppers. suzanne

Deb M

Date: 10/19/2022 1:51:00 AM

Funny, very clever and entertaining Ann! Debx

Ann Peck
Date: 10/19/2022 4:31:00 PM

Thanks, Deb! I wrote it as a stress reliever (I do weird things like that.) :)

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 10/18/2022 4:23:00 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
Date: 10/19/2022 4:35:00 PM

A thrift store - that delivered - would be great! Thanks, Michelle.

Sara Kendrick

Date: 10/18/2022 12:22:00 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

Date: 10/15/2022 12:10:00 PM

Very clever and entertaining, especially for poets, Ann. I thoroughly enjoyed reading your rhyme!

Ann Peck
Date: 10/15/2022 1:35:00 PM

Thank you so much, Milton. I thought of you with your clerihew contest :)

Paul Callus

Date: 10/15/2022 11:24:00 AM

Thank you for sharing this entertaining poem in rhyme, Ann :) Most enjoyable. ~ Regards // paul

Ann Peck
Date: 10/15/2022 1:36:00 PM

Hi Paul. Thanks so much for your kind comments!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/15/2022 10:23:00 AM

haha. GREAT fun this is. Much enjoyed!

Ann Peck
Date: 10/15/2022 1:38:00 PM

Thanks, Andrea! I really hesitated about submitting. I'm glad you liked it :)

Rico Leffanta

Date: 10/15/2022 10:08:00 AM

Enjoyed! Aloha!

Ann Peck
Date: 10/15/2022 10:16:00 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. :)