Suddendeath poetry Challenge: pets!
By Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
Centralia, Missouri
July 9, 2016 7:29am CST
Welcome to this weekend’s Suddendeath poetry challenge, pets! Anyways, rules are as follows, write a poem in any style using the five words that I give you. Write it in one sitting or in under an hour (only to quash your inner editor, rules are loose there). Add it here, OR link in a comment so we can enjoy each other’s poems. The words can be in any plurality or tense. Today’s words are cat, dog, fish, turtle, snake.
My entry is below: -------------------------------------------------------
Who owns the cat?
Scar and most cats would laugh if you asked that.
The cat owns you.
He thought everyone knew.
As for the ever faithful dog,
He knows that his epilogue,
Will read faithful till the end
Always there for his human friend.
Do the fish even notice those outside their bowl?
Or are we just faces that on their walls do roll?
Some do find them soothing to view
Endlessly swimming around in the blue.
Turtles for some like Uncle Joe
Tend to be fun even while slow.
To some that doesn’t sound like a pet,
I haven’t made up my mind as of yet.
Snakes are ones that people love or they hate
With their dietary needs and their odd slithering gate.
Feeding them live things, would bother some tis true
So perhaps not the pet for me or for you.
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8 responses
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
11 Jul 16
@just4him well sometimes I throw in a bonus 6th word, suppose I should have done that here lol!
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@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
9 Jul 16
@Jessicalynnt I never noticed, yet that would have made six instead of five.
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@sallypup (57836)
• Centralia, Washington
10 Jul 16
She said to the young pup,
I must mention to you dear one, I must,
that at times a cat might fish
and by that I mean to say, wiggling snake like
not a turtle motion, nay
but quick, so quick with the claw
and meant for your sweet nose
so nosey are you, as you scent
must smell it out, you say
and here I am, finger raised,
though you must be a dog in its day,
stop and desist now.
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
10 Jul 16
That was excellent and i can't top that.
even though i myself own a cat.
His name is Banjo
Named for an Aussie poet true and blue
around our house birds are few.
he plays with the dogs and gives us all cheek
Sometimes a monster, or smoochy and meek.
Terrible i know, blush.
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@sofssu (23662)
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9 Jul 16
Here is my response to the challenge
A pet I need, a cat would be nice,
However, to me he isn't the right size.
A turtle would be better,
But he would cause a clutter,
A snake is not for me,
He'd slither and he'll flee.
A colorful fish could brighten my day,
But he is too dumb for a pet I'd say.
A dog is the best for my mindset,
Happy and lively, he is my best bet yet!
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
9 Jul 16
Loved it, I'd have cats birds, fish, dogs, and other pers,at the same time if I had the time and money
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
9 Jul 16
I've lost a few beloved kitties myself
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@SHOHANA (16094)
• Bangladesh
9 Jul 16
@Jessicalynnt that would be more painful, i can feel somehow.
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@chrisandmark (606)
• United Kingdom
9 Jul 16
A fantastic poem, I consider myself a half decent writer but can't write poetry without making myself sound ridiculous...
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
10 Jul 16
The mountain stream snakes down to the river
Where swim the fishes and turtles forever.
By its banks,I wish some moments to bide
But its raining cats and dogs outside
And the cold and wet would make me shiver.
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