Monday 21 April 2014

The best laid plans…

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We expected a crowd to be forming,
With balloon sellers, cops, people swarming.
But down came the sleet,
We all got wet feet,
At the rally against global warming.

Thank you Tess for another thought provoking prompt.

Coal: Nature’s Hazardous Waste Dump.

23 comments:

  1. Wonderful poem, except for a missing t!

    And being a Taylor, that's important to me.

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    1. I give in, where is the missing 't'?
      As a tea drinker, a missed t is a disaster!

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  2. The missing t is on the end of wet feet. *smile* But even so, I enjoyed this one with its irony and play even in the midst of the seriousness.

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    1. Thank you. It is amazing that I could look at that a hundred times and not see it. :-)

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  3. Great limerick again, Stafford. Maybe icy sleet counts as "warm" in Finland?

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  4. My screen shows the mysterious 't' at the end of 'feet' to be there, but it seems it is missing on others! Very strange... maybe it is a line length problem. Anyway, there is nothing I can do about that, I guess. :-(

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    1. Funny isn't it? I read that a hundred times and could not see it! Thanks, M'aam, all fixed now. X

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    2. I, Mr. Ray am a stellar editor ....

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    3. I, Mr. Ray am a stellar editor ....

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  5. I have to agree with Jinksy about the irony of the poem..nice work..

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    1. Ah! You're here too, Truedessa Dear?
      Making me want to cheer :)

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  6. You play your words cleverly Stafford....oh how I have missed your wonderful humor....sorry to be such a stranger....life like poop seems to happen....love your new profile pic! :-)

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  7. Whilever acid rain is still falling, up feont there oughta be a man in purple !

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  8. I had planned to go camping at your shore
    But then came the wind and I was no more

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  9. I have come to expect a smile when I visit...I was not disappointed...

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  10. PS...fun to see you on Facebook, Ford...

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  11. I can't tell the globe is warming here, either...

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    1. Yes, I agree. Global Warming is a bit like blood pressure. We need an expert to diagnose it, but ignorance will not prevent it from killing us.

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