A Potpourri of Poetic Curiosities
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Comment from Dawn Munro
Um, I am not inspired by twindle either. LOL. However, blaming your tools doesn't work here, Craig, because the poem is good. :)))) I don't think is was very nice of you to finger your twin, though (unless your twin was mean to you growing up. LOL)
reply by the author on 13-May-2018
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Um, I am not inspired by twindle either. LOL. However, blaming your tools doesn't work here, Craig, because the poem is good. :)))) I don't think is was very nice of you to finger your twin, though (unless your twin was mean to you growing up. LOL)
Comment Written 13-May-2018
reply by the author on 13-May-2018
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Haha - thanks, Dawn. I'm still not greatly inspired by many of the words the book is throwing at me lately :) Cheers, Craig
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Life is not a bed of roses. Live with the thorns. (HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!) OMG, I am in SUCH an awful mood... (bark, bark) << thanks for reminding me that Trump calls women dogs - now I can't even "bark". LOL
All kidding aside, it's a wonderful book, I think. In fact, at some point I might want to get my hands on a copy. :)
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[sigh] it's not even half way through yet. What is that they say about the light at the end of the tunnel? Oh, that's right... it's probably the headlight of an oncoming train :)
Comment from --Turtle.
Hey, Craig,
I read through this limerick. Appropriate amount of silly for a silly word. It was effective in drawing amusement and the limerick, though light-themed... pulled a handful of thoughts from me.
One is a story about why I tend to use penguin for the word twin from time to time.
My younger cousin... when he was a wee lad, embarressed his mom while out somewhere, I can't remember where. He enthusiastically pointed out a pair of obese women and kept calling out... look, mom, penguins! Mom... look at the penguins. She was a bit confused... a bit horrified, thinking he was mocking them. He wasn't. He'd attributed from his homework that penguins meant 'the same' because of a counting exercise of how many penguins can you count. Well all the penguins were the same image so he thought penguins meant twins. (an understandable mistake) He was pointing out the women were twins, and his mom was telling him it wasn't very nice. It took a bit for her to catch onto the glitch. Twenty years later... when we wear the same outfit... I tell her... look, we're penguins!
Anyway, I enjoyed reading this; I don't think all poetry has to be inspired, it should just do something. This one is light-hearted amusing, and touches on the serious implications of family not always being tight, even if they shared the womb. ; )
reply by the author on 13-May-2018
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Hey, Craig,
I read through this limerick. Appropriate amount of silly for a silly word. It was effective in drawing amusement and the limerick, though light-themed... pulled a handful of thoughts from me.
One is a story about why I tend to use penguin for the word twin from time to time.
My younger cousin... when he was a wee lad, embarressed his mom while out somewhere, I can't remember where. He enthusiastically pointed out a pair of obese women and kept calling out... look, mom, penguins! Mom... look at the penguins. She was a bit confused... a bit horrified, thinking he was mocking them. He wasn't. He'd attributed from his homework that penguins meant 'the same' because of a counting exercise of how many penguins can you count. Well all the penguins were the same image so he thought penguins meant twins. (an understandable mistake) He was pointing out the women were twins, and his mom was telling him it wasn't very nice. It took a bit for her to catch onto the glitch. Twenty years later... when we wear the same outfit... I tell her... look, we're penguins!
Anyway, I enjoyed reading this; I don't think all poetry has to be inspired, it should just do something. This one is light-hearted amusing, and touches on the serious implications of family not always being tight, even if they shared the womb. ; )
Comment Written 13-May-2018
reply by the author on 13-May-2018
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I love the story of the penguins, Turtle. How easy it is to misunderstand motives - especially, I guess, in children. Thanks for the fine review - Craig
Comment from karenina
I love the limerick form.
It is meant to be whimsical and yours fits the bill...even if I have no idea what a twindle is! Hey, if yhose cops fall for it who can argue with success?
Karenina
reply by the author on 13-May-2018
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I love the limerick form.
It is meant to be whimsical and yours fits the bill...even if I have no idea what a twindle is! Hey, if yhose cops fall for it who can argue with success?
Karenina
Comment Written 12-May-2018
reply by the author on 13-May-2018
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Thanks so much, Karenina. Cheers, Craig
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MY husband told me (when I read him your poem) that OBVIOUSLY a TWINDLE is a TWISTED KINDLE! (LOL)
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LOL Well, believe it or not, I did consider trying to slip "Kindle" in there somewhere :)
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Subliminally....you did!
Comment from Sandra du Plessis
A very well-written limerick. Although you feel it is not good. I find something that was good we are sometimes feeling a bit low and can't perform as we usually do.
reply by the author on 13-May-2018
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A very well-written limerick. Although you feel it is not good. I find something that was good we are sometimes feeling a bit low and can't perform as we usually do.
Comment Written 12-May-2018
reply by the author on 13-May-2018
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Thanks very much, Sandra. Just a bit pressed for time lately. Most grateful for your continued support - Craig
Comment from bichonfrisegirl
Haha ... a fun limerick and a great way to present the word "twindle" to your reader. You say that you haven't been inspired by the words for the last couple of days ... well, your muse is certainly dishing up some pretty funny poems for your readers. I enjoyed it. Well done, Craig! ~~ Connie
reply by the author on 12-May-2018
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Haha ... a fun limerick and a great way to present the word "twindle" to your reader. You say that you haven't been inspired by the words for the last couple of days ... well, your muse is certainly dishing up some pretty funny poems for your readers. I enjoyed it. Well done, Craig! ~~ Connie
Comment Written 11-May-2018
reply by the author on 12-May-2018
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Thanks very much, Connie. The encouragement is much appreciated :) Craig
Comment from Gloria ....
I thought this a most inspired Limerick, Craig. I didn't know you had a twindle, but now we also know when bad things happen it's the twindle's fault.
Exceptional metre and rhyme as per your signature you. Hope your inspiration returns in great force otherwise you could just write about politics, yes?
Much enjoyed.
Gloria
reply by the author on 12-May-2018
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I thought this a most inspired Limerick, Craig. I didn't know you had a twindle, but now we also know when bad things happen it's the twindle's fault.
Exceptional metre and rhyme as per your signature you. Hope your inspiration returns in great force otherwise you could just write about politics, yes?
Much enjoyed.
Gloria
Comment Written 11-May-2018
reply by the author on 12-May-2018
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No twindle - that's just Bad Craig. You don't want to go near him. Good Craig manages to keep him under control most of the time. Thanks again, Gloria :) Craig
Comment from ciliverde
Lol, yes it's hard to get terribly inspired by the word "twindle". Maybe it was the first way to say the word, which got shortened to twin? You have done well with it though, with a good limerick. Great job digging up some rhymes here :))
Carol
reply by the author on 11-May-2018
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Lol, yes it's hard to get terribly inspired by the word "twindle". Maybe it was the first way to say the word, which got shortened to twin? You have done well with it though, with a good limerick. Great job digging up some rhymes here :))
Carol
Comment Written 11-May-2018
reply by the author on 11-May-2018
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Thanks again, Carol. My book describes it as "little more than a diminutive of twin", so apparently Mr Jones wasn't all that impressed, either :) Cheers, Craig
Comment from lyenochka
Cool. I like the sound of "twindle" more than "twin" and you did a marvelous job with your limerick to come up with two more rhymes with twindle. Thanks for the info!
reply by the author on 11-May-2018
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Cool. I like the sound of "twindle" more than "twin" and you did a marvelous job with your limerick to come up with two more rhymes with twindle. Thanks for the info!
Comment Written 11-May-2018
reply by the author on 11-May-2018
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Thanks for the kind comments, most appreciated - Craig.
Comment from Phyllis Stewart
Twindle? What a surprise. Sounds like a fake word, but it's actually in a dictionary somewhere? What fun! And you've made a terrific limerick with it. Swindle and dwindle are perfect rhymes!
reply by the author on 11-May-2018
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Twindle? What a surprise. Sounds like a fake word, but it's actually in a dictionary somewhere? What fun! And you've made a terrific limerick with it. Swindle and dwindle are perfect rhymes!
Comment Written 11-May-2018
reply by the author on 11-May-2018
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Thanks again, Phyllis, for a most kind review - Craig
Comment from BeasPeas
Hi Craig. Well, although you aren't happy with your poetry for the past couple of days, this is a fun and wonderful poem that I got a kick out of. Gave me a giggle. Great job. Marilyn
reply by the author on 11-May-2018
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Hi Craig. Well, although you aren't happy with your poetry for the past couple of days, this is a fun and wonderful poem that I got a kick out of. Gave me a giggle. Great job. Marilyn
Comment Written 11-May-2018
reply by the author on 11-May-2018
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Thanks, Marilyn, for the kind review. I like limericks, but I don't like to overdo them - and I couldn't really see either of those words in a different type of poem; at least not in the limited time I had. That's probably what I was ranting about as I tried to squeeze two efforts into an hour or two lol :) Craig