taking up pen, preparing a page
sober, serious–really quite sage–
i wrestled a wriggle
a jiggly smudge–no more than a giggle
struggling to make it behave
ultimately, i was the slave
discovering, to my chagrin
taming a word is a terrible sin
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giggles and hits (20170227)
Wily suckers, ain’t they? LOVE this!
They are very wily!
Love this. (Giggle.)
Thanks! I’m glad.
I liked the idea of the sin in taming a word.
They’re not defenseless and they live their freedom.
It’s hard to tame them words. They just get wilder and wilder. Words should almost never be tamed. Thanks Crow
Thank you for dropping by, reading, and commenting. I appreciate it!
I can never tame words.. especially not th giggle ones.
They wiggle too much. Like trying to saddle a snake.
Haha, haha, oh my lord I relate to this.
😀
I love this (smiles) 😀
Thank you!
Words are like that as they wiggle from our memory banks before that elusive pen is found to write them down…
Kind regards
Anna :o]
Very true. Thanks for stopping by!
Yes, giggle was a hard one to master, but you did a sparkling job, and left us giggling!
Thanks! Glad I could make you smile!
Words and poems seem to do what they want sometimes! Well penned.
They do at that. Thanks very much!
Words are like little insects — never standing still and always in a hurry. Great imagery! Excellent quadrille. (I wrote my very first one on SMM).
~PR
Thank you! I really like the quadrille. This one was twice as long at the beginning. Lots and lots of slashing.
Very humorous! The struggle of taming words is a tricky process. I am but a vessel to their elusive ways, though I do try to crack the whip at times, to minimal avail. Best to wait until they are ready to make their entrance. Tempt them with a curious offering, like a hubble bubble. 🙂
Made me giggle 🙂
I’m glad. Thanks for stopping by and saying so.
Taming words is like trying to grab air but more difficult 😉
Ah, one cannot tame a word, the muse will have the final say
True in my experience too.
Can’t help it made me giggle 🙂 Loved it.
Thanks! Thanks for stopping by!