Try Again Spanky
Murphy's Law in full effect27 total reviews
Comment from Bill Schott
The job interview poem, Try Again, Spanky, presented in rhyming couplets, envisions a perfectly dreadful day that becomes almost delightful in the realization that its horrible beginnings won't affect future employment. Hope the next interview date goes better.
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2022
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The job interview poem, Try Again, Spanky, presented in rhyming couplets, envisions a perfectly dreadful day that becomes almost delightful in the realization that its horrible beginnings won't affect future employment. Hope the next interview date goes better.
Comment Written 02-Feb-2022
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2022
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Thank Very much. I appreciate you taking the time to read and review my poem.
Comment from LateBloomer
Dear author, ha, ha, ha. Very good, very cute twist at the end of the poem.
Your couplets read and flow well and has good rhyming within.
I especially liked:
You're actually not here late,
Your interview is not on this date.
(Some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.
Not a good day, but a great trial run, unless the interview was
the week before???)
Well chosen artwork. This poem made me laugh. As this is a contest entry, I wish you good luck. LateBloomer
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2022
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Dear author, ha, ha, ha. Very good, very cute twist at the end of the poem.
Your couplets read and flow well and has good rhyming within.
I especially liked:
You're actually not here late,
Your interview is not on this date.
(Some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.
Not a good day, but a great trial run, unless the interview was
the week before???)
Well chosen artwork. This poem made me laugh. As this is a contest entry, I wish you good luck. LateBloomer
Comment Written 02-Feb-2022
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2022
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Thank Very much LateBloomer. I appreciate you taking the time to read and review my poem.
Comment from SimianSavant
Haha bonus points for running over a cat. Some of the lines/rhymes feel a little awkward and could be refined but this also fits with the awkwardness of running late for a job interview. The liberties and creative examples taken with the format work well for you. Nice work.
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2022
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Haha bonus points for running over a cat. Some of the lines/rhymes feel a little awkward and could be refined but this also fits with the awkwardness of running late for a job interview. The liberties and creative examples taken with the format work well for you. Nice work.
Comment Written 02-Feb-2022
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2022
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Thank Very much. I appreciate you taking the time to read and review my poem.
Comment from royowen
There's one thing that we know, that Murphy's law is the principle of anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Beautifully written, this is the perfect poem to show unique condition, excellent job in rhyming couplets, well done, good luck, blessings Roy
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2022
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There's one thing that we know, that Murphy's law is the principle of anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Beautifully written, this is the perfect poem to show unique condition, excellent job in rhyming couplets, well done, good luck, blessings Roy
Comment Written 02-Feb-2022
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2022
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Thank Very much Roy. I appreciate you taking the time to read and review my poem.
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Most welcome
Comment from Heather Burroughs
Your poem is incredibly funny and cute. It sounds like a Monday gone horribly wrong lol it flowed and read effortlessly.
Great job. Best of luck with your entry in the contest. Many blessings to you.
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2022
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Your poem is incredibly funny and cute. It sounds like a Monday gone horribly wrong lol it flowed and read effortlessly.
Great job. Best of luck with your entry in the contest. Many blessings to you.
Comment Written 02-Feb-2022
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2022
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Thank Very much. I appreciate you taking the time to read and review my poem.
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You are most welcome.
Comment from Wendy G
I enjoyed your fun poem - it's a wonder you got there at all! Just kidding, I know it's fiction. So well written, and the flow was great, rhyme also. I enjoyed the twist at the end and send good wishes for your entry.
Wendy
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2022
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I enjoyed your fun poem - it's a wonder you got there at all! Just kidding, I know it's fiction. So well written, and the flow was great, rhyme also. I enjoyed the twist at the end and send good wishes for your entry.
Wendy
Comment Written 01-Feb-2022
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2022
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Thank Very much, Wendy. I appreciate you taking the time to read and review my poem.
Comment from Janice Canerdy
I'm going to give a 5 because the poem is well-written, well-detailed with plenty of fitting examples, and entertaining--except for the part about the CAT!! The poem is not about an interview gone wrong, though. There was no interview.
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2022
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I'm going to give a 5 because the poem is well-written, well-detailed with plenty of fitting examples, and entertaining--except for the part about the CAT!! The poem is not about an interview gone wrong, though. There was no interview.
Comment Written 01-Feb-2022
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2022
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Thank Very much. I appreciate you taking the time to read and review my poem.
Comment from zanya
Here's a poem for the Job interview gone wrong to raise a hearty chuckle - it's got a real sense of butterflies in the tummy at the prospect of a job interview - well done
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2022
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Here's a poem for the Job interview gone wrong to raise a hearty chuckle - it's got a real sense of butterflies in the tummy at the prospect of a job interview - well done
Comment Written 01-Feb-2022
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2022
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Thank Very much. I appreciate you taking the time to read and review my poem.
Comment from Anne Johnston
This is a great entry for the contest. Great rhyming and you have covered about every catastrophe that could happen in one day. And then, your ending is superb: "You're actually not here late,
Your interview is not on this date."
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2022
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This is a great entry for the contest. Great rhyming and you have covered about every catastrophe that could happen in one day. And then, your ending is superb: "You're actually not here late,
Your interview is not on this date."
Comment Written 01-Feb-2022
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2022
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Thank Very much for the six stars. I appreciate you taking the time to read and review my poem.
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You are welcome
Comment from Frank Malley
"Try Again Spanky" succeeds in painting a picture in words of a day started wrong and ended awkward. The poem has within its lines the frenetic (but playful) anxieties of its narrator, and the four-four tetrameter is a natural meter for lyrical humor. The meter clodhops a little bit, but that seems natural for a narrator who's stressed and embarrassed. I assume, at little risk, that the Spanky of the title is he of "Our Gang," a character for whom the wrong side of outcomes is habitat.
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2022
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"Try Again Spanky" succeeds in painting a picture in words of a day started wrong and ended awkward. The poem has within its lines the frenetic (but playful) anxieties of its narrator, and the four-four tetrameter is a natural meter for lyrical humor. The meter clodhops a little bit, but that seems natural for a narrator who's stressed and embarrassed. I assume, at little risk, that the Spanky of the title is he of "Our Gang," a character for whom the wrong side of outcomes is habitat.
Comment Written 01-Feb-2022
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2022
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Thank Very much. I appreciate you taking the time to read and review my poem.