The Friday Fling Fights Cabin Fever!
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!
Welcome everyone to the Friday Fling Fete to Fracture Cabin Fever! Pull up your muse and a cabin, and unleash some feverishly fine poetry on the topic! If you would rather not use the tempo from the song, you are free to express your Cabin Fever solutions in any poetic way you like!
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Winter Blues
I’ve got the cabin winter blues
Wishing winter would go away
I know it’s gonna be awhile
I’ll have to find a way to pass the days.
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I’ll enjoy the warmth of the cozy fire
While sipping on some hot tea
With a good book to read
Or maybe watch a little tv.
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Sledding, skating, skiing and such
Can all be a lot of fun
Have to give it a whirl
Before winter is all done.
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The days are getting longer
Or at least it seems so
These winter blues will soon pass
As spring begins to show.
:love: :love: :love:
I tried…lol! 🙄
CABIN FEAVER
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Dark and lonely
Off the bearing road of life
There sits an old log cabin in the mist
It seems friendly
So I stop just to peek in
Homely it looked
So I decide to stay a while
Took a walk
Just to easy me mind
Fell in love
Whit the quietness of
This waz gonna be the place for me
Kick up my heels
Lean back and just relax
Reflex
That I did
Walked the woods
Got a ease with my self
Home sweet home I be liviin the life
Till lonesomeness set in then I waz lost
Lost within self
Cabin fever
I had
Yet it felt good just to be
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Written By: Bettie Davis ————————- © January o3 , 2o13
httpv://youtu.be/_pWPg2DXcHA
Never knew such cabin fever.
Never had such time to spare.
Tried to put my arms around it,
but that fever was too hard to bear.
I had the fever, stuck inside me,
it had a grip on me tight.
Fever, in the mornin’,
a fever even overnight.
Sun lit up the day time;
moon lit up the night.
I got lit up, both seemed the same
No more fever after I got tight.
No more fever after I got tight.
But next morning I was quite a sight.
A hangover that didn’t feel right.
Another fever.
If you’re smart you will avoid that plight.
Copyright January 3rd 2013 RGD
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UrpQTI6HTo
Cabin Fever Cabin Fever
mope a lot pine a lot sulk a lot
Cabin Fever Cabin Fever
Take a walk take a stroll take a hike
Go move it to a movie
Go to a groovy movie
Cabin Fever Cabin Fever
Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate
Cabin Fever Cabin Fever
Eat a lot drink a lot sleep a lot
Copyright January 3rd 2013 RGD
CABIN FEVER 3
WARNING: The following poem is for mature readers only. Parental discretion is advised.
Romeo loved Juliet
Juliet she loved him back.
When her daddy tried to stop them,
they nixed Cabin Fever with their pact.
Thou wretched fever, they don’t misseth,
distracted by flaming youth.
Two lovers on fire.
To say more would be uncouth.
Captain Smith and Pocahontas
Had a very mad affair.
In their cabin on the ship to England,
they seldom wore their underwear.
He gave her fever with his kisses.
Naked she was quite a sight.
Good thing she was his missus,
or a shipboard jury might indict.
Now you’ve listened to my story.
Here’s the point that I have made:
cabins were born to give you fever;
you might beat it if you can get laid.
Cabins cause fever when you’re stuck in one
Fever if the weather’s in churn.
After days of drizzle
there are times you wish that it would burn.
Copyright January 3rd 2013 RGD
Oh it is way past my bedtime I tried giggle
January Blues
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Cabin fever is back again
Singing January blues
Confined indoors on a cold day
The thought of springtime is what I would choose
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Adding some springtime inside my home
Will lift me out of the gloom
A bouquet of flowers
Works to liven up a room
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With yellow, pink, and green
Washes away blues
Inside my home on this cold day
Decorated in all springtime hues
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I start planning my springtime garden
That helps me get through winter
Of my cabin fever
easing a winter splinter
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Michelle R. King
1-4-12
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mine was an off the cuff quick one lol
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