The Friday Fling March(Har)es Into March!
Friday Fling #221 for March 1st 2013
Tonight we’re kicking off our A-musing March theme with a hop skip and jump by the character from Alice in Wonderland, the March Hare. You may remember him from the unbirthday tea party scene in the story. And just like the March Hare, we want to get just a bit goofy and silly.
The suggested format is any one of three already familiar to you which lend themselves well to amusing poetry.
1. Ukiah, a format invented by CPC founder Lady “Cheryl” Death in 2007, basically a Haiku with a 7-5-7 syllable count instead of 5-7-5, and a totally open topic option (Haikus are supposed to be only about nature).
2. Limerick, a five line poem in AABBA rhyme and roughly 9-9-6-6-9 syllable count with a punchline ending.
3. Clerihew, which was an option last week in our George Washington challenge, a four line poem in AABB in which a person is made fun of using their name in the first line.
This week the Friday Fling begins March with Hare-raising humor!
Be sure to read and comment amusingly on your fellow Pals’ perpetrations. Then go enjoy an amusing first weekend in March, y’hare!
Fickle Finger of Fate Award for February 22nd
Congratulations Bettie!
Welcome everyone to the Friday Fling’s March on March! Pull up a Limerick, Clerihew or Ukiah and reveal what creative urge is stimulated by March and its Hare! Or Hair, or whatever Marchy thing grabs your muse in an a-MUSEing way.
A HARE IN MARCH
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There waz this rabbit who live in a tree
Who waz horrible bored by the bees
When he sits they would buzzzz
Then he relize what they does
It waz done regular by the bees
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Written By: Bettie Davis ——————- © February 26 , 2o13
Ohhhh I do not know much about Alice and Wonderland..
RUMTEALICIOUS
At the Mad Hatter’s Tea party
All were ordered to drink hearty
The March Hare got tipsy
as a drunken gypsy,
His cup read “tea by Bacardi”
Limerick Copyright February 28th 2013 RGD
HAIR RAISING HARE
The March Hare looked the worse for wear
in a gray version which did not square
with anything written by Lewis Carroll.
This March Hare appeared quite feral.
Clerihew Copyright February 28th 2013 RGD
Congratulations on the Fickle Finger award, Bettie! :love:
Grumpy Old Hare
~~~
There once was a grumpy,bad old hare
With negative thoughts that raised some hair
He said “we will skip spring”
And the birds will not sing
But he was wrong when I smelled spring air
~~~
Michelle R. King
3-1-13
Hoping this PicNPoem doesn’t post too big. With the way Photobucket has been, it’s hard to know until it posts.
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My heart joyfully skips beats
as robins return
with their twitterings and tweets.
(c) barbara kausteklis 3-1-13
(photo and words)
And looking forward to the March Madness of college basketball . . . .
March Madness always has me
hop, skip and jumping
and bouncing like basketballs.
(c) barbara kausteklis 3-1-13