Sunday, 15 January 2012

Magpie 100











The ship, Titanic, out of luck,
Went down the night the iceberg struck.
And Deirdre, sadly, found out that you
Cannot swim, if you're a statue.

(With thanks to Magpie Tales for the picture)
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20 comments:

  1. Other Mary15 January 2012 at 16:41

    Haha - that's quite fun for a tragedy of such proportions!

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  2. Suz15 January 2012 at 16:58

    ah concrete...can be a b sometimes

    thanks for the smile

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  3. Brian Miller15 January 2012 at 16:59

    that certainly might get in the way...ha...perhaps she will be raised once more by a dashing archeologist...

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  4. Claudia15 January 2012 at 19:34

    smiles..the good thing is she needs no air...smiles

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  5. Yvonne Osborne15 January 2012 at 20:56

    Yet she breathes! Nice one Frances. I took something else from the prompt.

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  6. Maude Lynn16 January 2012 at 02:09

    Very clever!

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  7. Ms. Geek Goddess16 January 2012 at 05:59

    Interesting! Kind of sad though. Nice work!

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  8. Misfit.16 January 2012 at 07:39

    I enjoyed your piece, but thought your last line undid your wonderful rhythm, one step too many. But I like the ironic take on such a disaster. Thanks for this!

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  9. Frances Garrood16 January 2012 at 09:19

    Thanks for the kind comments, everyone!

    Misfit - I've italicised a word in th penultimate line to show that if you stress the right words, it really does scan. Trust me. I'm not a poet!

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  10. Trellissimo16 January 2012 at 14:40

    Sad but funny. Thank you.

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  11. Tess Kincaid16 January 2012 at 14:49

    Charming little take on a sad bit of history...

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  12. christopher16 January 2012 at 16:29

    *snort*

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  13. Tumblewords:17 January 2012 at 00:15

    Indeed. :)

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  14. Isabel Doyle17 January 2012 at 08:45

    If only she had wings or scuba gear ...

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  15. Dave King17 January 2012 at 09:27

    Great fun. Love this.

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  16. Frances Garrood17 January 2012 at 09:46

    Thanks again! Im afraid I can't do long ones. I have the conentration of a gnat.

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  17. Carrie Van Horn17 January 2012 at 17:52

    Frances....i love your sense of humor....clever and fun! :-)

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  18. Helen17 January 2012 at 21:50

    Fairy Liquid, Iron Lady and your Magpie are all gems ...

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  19. Intelliblog17 January 2012 at 23:28

    Very amusing take on this Magpie! :-)

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  20. Frances Garrood18 January 2012 at 16:41

    Thank you, Carrie, Helen and Nicholas.

    Helen - yes. This is rather worrying. It was started as a literary (or at least fairly bookish) blog, but seems to have morphed into a rather downmarket mish-mash of everything. Oh well...

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