giggles and hits (20170227)

Posted on February 27, 2017February 27, 2017 by crow

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

——

for
dVerse ~ Poets Pub
Quadrille #27: giggle

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30 thoughts on “giggles and hits (20170227)”

whimsygizmo February 27, 20173:48 pm

Wily suckers, ain’t they? LOVE this!
1. crow February 27, 20175:02 pm
  
  They are very wily!
merrildsmith February 27, 20174:27 pm

Love this. (Giggle.)
1. crow February 27, 20175:02 pm
  
  Thanks! I’m glad.
frankhubeny February 27, 20175:25 pm

I liked the idea of the sin in taming a word.
1. crow February 27, 20175:42 pm
  
  They’re not defenseless and they live their freedom.
Waltermarks February 27, 20175:35 pm

It’s hard to tame them words. They just get wilder and wilder. Words should almost never be tamed. Thanks Crow
1. crow February 27, 20175:43 pm
  
  Thank you for dropping by, reading, and commenting. I appreciate it!
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) February 27, 20179:20 pm

I can never tame words.. especially not th giggle ones.
1. crow February 27, 20179:25 pm
  
  They wiggle too much. Like trying to saddle a snake.
jac forsyth February 28, 20171:10 am

Haha, haha, oh my lord I relate to this.
1. crow February 28, 20176:06 am
  
  😀
sanaarizvi February 28, 20174:35 am

I love this (smiles) 😀
1. crow February 28, 20176:06 am
  
  Thank you!
hypercryptical February 28, 20175:18 am

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]
1. crow February 28, 20176:08 am
  
  Very true. Thanks for stopping by!
Bev February 28, 20176:47 am

Yes, giggle was a hard one to master, but you did a sparkling job, and left us giggling!
1. crow February 28, 20177:58 am
  
  Thanks! Glad I could make you smile!
Jennifer Wagner February 28, 20175:35 pm

Words and poems seem to do what they want sometimes! Well penned.
1. crow February 28, 20175:50 pm
  
  They do at that. Thanks very much!
Dead Donovan March 1, 20172:53 am

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
1. crow March 1, 20176:12 am
  
  Thank you! I really like the quadrille. This one was twice as long at the beginning. Lots and lots of slashing.
Olga March 1, 20173:02 pm

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. 🙂
susanmehr March 2, 201712:55 am

Made me giggle 🙂
1. crow March 2, 20176:04 am
  
  I’m glad. Thanks for stopping by and saying so.
paul scribbles March 2, 20178:35 am

Taming words is like trying to grab air but more difficult 😉
Truedessa March 4, 201710:20 am

Ah, one cannot tame a word, the muse will have the final say
1. crow March 4, 20173:18 pm
  
  True in my experience too.
susanmehr March 6, 20171:26 pm

Can’t help it made me giggle 🙂 Loved it.
1. crow March 6, 20173:37 pm
  
  Thanks! Thanks for stopping by!