Jan 19, 2011

Magpie#49

Willow's Trio of Snow Maidens is her delightful prompt this week



FALSE STARTS


Three Sisters (they’re straight out of Chekov!)
went forth in long coats and the wreck of
their once handsome bonnets.
(I've abandoned my sonnet
and quite lost the point of this heck of . . .

Er. . . er . .  a wonderful limerick?)

“No, no, Doctor.  Something's gone seriously wrong with that one!    No ‘AWESOMES’ for you this week.”


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26 comments:

  1. MaggieJanuary 19, 2011 at 11:49 AM

    Here ya go. Awesome!

    I do love the first line. : )

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  2. JinksyJanuary 19, 2011 at 12:59 PM

    You will get AWESOMES showered upon you... LOL

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  3. SuzJanuary 19, 2011 at 3:23 PM

    it is awesome

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  4. Kathe W.January 19, 2011 at 6:31 PM

    awesome possum

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  5. Tess KincaidJanuary 19, 2011 at 6:59 PM

    Yes, a wonderful limerick! Chekov, heck of. Love it.

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  6. BerowneJanuary 19, 2011 at 8:55 PM

    Clever limerick-writing -- thanks.

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  7. RJ ClarkenJanuary 19, 2011 at 11:19 PM

    Yeah...awesome it is!

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  8. Sue JJanuary 20, 2011 at 2:40 AM

    I like it!!

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2011 at 4:03 AM

    Awesome limerick! ;)

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  10. ReflectionsJanuary 20, 2011 at 4:31 AM

    Yep, my vote is AWESOME!

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  11. Lucy WestenraJanuary 20, 2011 at 2:00 PM

    An heroic failure! But an awesomely brave attempt to do something different with the prompt.

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  12. Mrs.TrellisJanuary 20, 2011 at 2:35 PM

    Pssst . . Doc . . . that's actually myself, my devoted husband Caddoc and our Guidance Counsellor, Mr.Trellissimo in our awesome Doctor Zhivago costumes. (I'm the little one). Visit us HERE

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  13. DeborahJanuary 20, 2011 at 2:56 PM

    I refuse to use the word 'awesome'. It has been so thoroughly abused for so long that even in appropriate circumstances it sounds ridiculous.

    To your attempt I say, instead....ADMIRABLE.

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  14. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2011 at 3:18 PM

    I see Ada trying to steal MY line - I'm normally the short one on the end.

    Interesting rhyming!

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  15. hedgewitchJanuary 20, 2011 at 4:26 PM

    Yes, Chekhov and the play and the dreary Russian winter do come to mind with this little triad. I like the way their hats just sort of sit on top like cherries on a sundae. Too bad there aren't more rhymes to Chekov, you could have finished your sonnet--or at least limerick--maybe Tolstoy???

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  16. Doc FTSEJanuary 20, 2011 at 6:09 PM

    Thanks one and all for your awesome comments.
    Hedgewitch . . I found another rhyme for 'Chekov', but I would need to enjambe into the next line

    didum dididum didi DECK OF
    cards etc

    (I'll get me coat . . . )

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  17. Kristen HaskellJanuary 20, 2011 at 7:30 PM

    Stupendous!

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  18. Lane SavantJanuary 21, 2011 at 4:51 AM

    Spectacular!

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  19. CadJanuary 21, 2011 at 3:41 PM

    Awesome - again...

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  20. The Blog of BeeJanuary 21, 2011 at 11:53 PM

    Dare I say it, repeat it?? Awesome!

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  21. MargaretJanuary 22, 2011 at 5:29 AM

    ...I love "trio of snow maidens". You're a hoot.

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  22. ElizaJanuary 23, 2011 at 4:08 PM

    Lol, that made me laugh! :O) So clever.... it was
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    AWESOME!

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  23. HelenJanuary 23, 2011 at 5:21 PM

    Funny man .......

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  24. Jim SwindleJanuary 24, 2011 at 1:35 AM

    I really enjoyed your partial poem. The Checkov reference was wonderful, and then to rhyme it with "wreck of"--you're reminding me now of the late, great Ogden Nash.

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  25. UnknownJanuary 24, 2011 at 3:41 PM

    Yes but comical and it does remind of Chekov! And your last great stretch with "heck of...."

    close to awesome

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  26. Nana JoJanuary 25, 2011 at 3:33 AM

    Chekov, perfect! I'd say a 'heck of' awesome to you, and a 'peck of' fun, too.

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