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This is a special preview for the CPC Friday Fling poetry challenge.  Poems should be posted there after the challenge opens Thursday evening at 9 PM EST.

Friday Fling #213 for January  3rd 2013

I don’t know if this is true of you, but in my area this is alweays the time of year there is talk of people suffering from Cabin Fever. We get stuck indoors from illness bad weather, and early January is often the coldest time of the year. So we tend to hunker down indoors as much as possible. Except then after a few days…Cabin Fever sets in and we feel the need to DO something and GO somewhere!

This week we’d like to learn: do/have you ever suffer(ed) from Cabin Fever? If so, what do/did you do about it?

The very term “Cabin Fever” brought to mind the old pop tune “Fever” which was a hit for singer Peggy Lee about fifty years ago. So we thought this would be fun: try writing a poem about your Cabin Fever-beating experience(s) or tip(s) in the same style as the original lyrics to that song! They are below, with the beat count added.

Never know how much I love you (8)
Never know how much I care (7)
When you put your arms around me (8)
I get a fever that’s so hard to bear. (10)

You give me fever when you kiss me, (9)
Fever when you hold me tight (7)
Fever in the mornin’, (6)
a fever all through the night (7)

Sun lights up the day time (6)
Moon lights up the night (5)
I light up when you call my name (8)
And you know I’m gonna treat you right (9)

You give me fever, when you kiss me (9)
Fever when you hold me tight (7)
Fever in the mornin’ (6)
A fever all through the night (7)

OK you should have the general idea by now. Listen to the song below if you need a refresher on the tempo etc.

Everybody’s got the fever
That is somethin’ you all know
Fever isn’t such a new thing
Fever started long ago

Romeo loved Juliet
Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her
He said, “Julie baby you’re my flame”

Thou givest fever, when we kisseth
Fever with thy flaming youth
Fever I’m on fire
Fever yeah I burn forsooth

Captain Smith and Pocahontas
Had a very mad affair
When her daddy tried to kill him
She said, “Daddy oh don’t you dare”

He gives me fever with his kisses
Fever when he holds me tight
Fever, I’m his missus
And daddy won’t you treat him right?

Now you’ve listened to my story
Here’s the point that I have made
Chicks were born to give you fever
Be it Fahrenheit or Centigrade

They give you fever when we kiss them
Fever if you live and learn
Fever till you sizzle
Oh what a lovely way to burn

What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
And what a lovely way to burn

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7_k_0dKknA

If you’d rather not do your poem with any resemblence to the layout of this song, which of course was not about CABIN Fever at all but a different sort of fever, just do it your own preferred way.

This week the Friday Fling Feverishly sings a poetic song about beating Cabin Fever!

Be sure to save time to read and comment warmly about your fellow Pals’ poetic formulations about conquering cranial heatwaves in the hacienda. Then go find a cabin to get feverish in or leave yours to relieve it this weekend!

Fickle Finger of Fate Award for December 28th

Congratulations Barbara!