Flamingos spend time in cold water
most probably more than they oughta
With one legged stance
they do love to dance
and woo a girl ‘til they have caught her
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Category: Poetry
Lundi limerick 46
A goose flew right into my room
but strangely flew in on a broom
He said he was looking
for good plain home cooking
and then disappeared with a zoom!
Twittering Tales # 147 – 30 July 2019
It’s time again, for Kat Myrman’s wonderful challenge, to write a story, inspired by her picture prompt, in 280 characters or fewer.
Here is this week’s prompt and my contribution.
Check out all the fabulously creative entries here and, if you’ve never had a go, why not try a story of your own? You may surprise yourself!
Photo by enriquelopezgarre at Pixabay.com
I had difficulty this week in coming up with a tale that I was happy with. In the course of trying, I discovered that a coarse sand grain may have a diameter of 1/20th of an inch. A first-order approximation of the number of grains of sand in one cubic inch (assuming cubic arrangement, spherical grains, uniformly sized) would be 20 x 20 x 20, or 8,000.
I am still managing to learn new things, even at my vast age! Use this information wisely folks.
Instead of a tale I imagined all of the difficulties of keeping the family happy, and entertained, on a crowded beach.
Happy holiday
Lots of people twittering
most of them are littering
beach and ocean too
surely that’s not you
angry folk are bickering
bullies nasty snickering
what are we to do
what is that to you?
Mums and Dads with separate lives
wonder then that love survives
a rather dismal view
it’s really up to you
(280 characters)
Lundi limerick #45
Henry the hedgehog is hoarse
It’s due to his sore throat of course
He’s feeling quite sickly
His skin is all prickly
He shouldn’t have eaten that gorse!
Lundi limerick #44
Ibis find food in the mud
they say it’s incredibly good
They eat lots of shrimps
but sometimes they thinks
that they’d quite like to try a nice pud.
Lundi limerick #43
A Jackal named Henry McGuinn
was exceedingly scruffy and thin
He hated red meat
so, what did he eat?
Some chicken, and drank lots of gin!
Twittering Tales #144 – 9 July 2019
It’s time again, for Kat Myrman’s wonderful challenge, to write a story, inspired by her picture prompt, in 280 characters or fewer.
Here is this week’s prompt and my contribution, which, this week, differs from my normal, but I like it. I hope you do!
Check out all the fabulously creative entries here and, if you’ve never had a go, why not try a story of your own? You may surprise yourself!
Photo by Lisa Fotios @ Pexels.com
Party in perpetuity
Same house,
same party,
same day,
same time.
Every year!
Same laughs,
same jokes,
same lives,
same folks.
Very queer!
Same food,
same plates,
same drinks,
same mates.
Full of cheer!
Not the same,
we died that day,
we come forlorn,
and not to play,
but
shed a tear!
(247 characters)
Lundi limerick #42
A Kudu is Lesser or Greater
from Africa near the Equator
The Greater adorns
some great twisted horns
The Lesser has ones that are straighter!
Here are some facts about the Greater Kudu
..and would you believe that there are Kudu Dung Spitting contests?
Lundi limerick #41
A leopard cannot change its spots
and some of them have lots and lots
It’s funny to think
of a leopard in pink
or in tartan, for those who are Scots
Song Lyric Sunday 23/06/2019 – Cards /Dice /Gamble /Lose /Win
Thank you to Jim Adams, who tirelessly hosts Song Lyric Sunday and gives us the chance to share lots of favourite, and some not so familiar, songs.
Seems that Jim is very uncertain this week, as he’s set us a theme of Who /What /When /Where /Why /How.
If you fancy answering one of these questions, and also sharing one of your favourite songs you can find out how to participate, and also listen to all the great entries, here.
Most people are familiar with Leonard Cohen and his hit songs like “Hallelujah,” “Suzanne,” and “Bird on a Wire”, but, for your delight this week I am offering you a song from his album New Skin for the Old Ceremony, “Who by Fire.”
Leonard Cohen tackled different religions in his music. This song was Cohen’s own interpretation of the Hebrew prayer titled “Unetanneh Tokef”, part of the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur liturgy.
Who By Fire
And who by fire, who by water
Who in the sunshine, who in the night time
Who by high ordeal, who by common trial
Who in your merry merry month of may
Who by very slow decay
And who shall I say is calling?
And who in her lonely slip, who by barbiturate
Who in these realms of love, who by something blunt
Who by avalanche, who by powder
Who for his greed, who for his hunger
And who shall I say is calling?
And who by brave assent, who by accident
Who in solitude, who in this mirror
Who by his lady’s command, who by his own hand
Who in mortal chains, who in power
And who shall I say is calling?
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Leonard Cohen
Who By Fire lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG Rights Management
In case the video is unavailable for you I am attaching a couple of other versions. The first is the standard issue video when the song was released:
The second is a Live in Israel 2009 version which highlights the normal type of performance he used, with a 12 string guitar introduction, and marvellous orchestral accompaniment. Very appropriate, considering the songs roots.
I hope you enjoy this as much as I do!
