Suddendeath poetry challenge, Flaky
By Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
Centralia, Missouri
January 7, 2017 8:36am CST
Welcome to this weekend’s Suddendeath poetry challenge, Flaky! 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: flake, odd, goofy, peculiar, wacky.
My entry is always, below:
Things that are peculiar are often more interesting,
for they don't conform to rules made by the boring.
Odd is their bread and butter for life,
the thing they go off for exploring.
Goofy they may seem as they trundle along,
but song and soul to the world they are actually pouring.
For variety is the spice that makes the world stop tasting flat,
the odd snowflakes are those who by their creative souring
wacky to some but wondrous if one really sees
the wonder of the world and the color they are restoring.
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14 responses
@sallypup (58169)
• Centralia, Washington
7 Jan 17
She whirls in the uptake of warm air
glass flakes welded to copper
not at all equipped to be handled by a goofy child
the heart's warm then cooler peculiarly brilliant hues
glorying in its odd beauty
riding its wacky Alice In Wonderland rivulet
I smile as January soldiers on.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
8 Jan 17
@sallypup I wondered if you meant your window piece, very nice!!!
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@JamesHxstatic (29293)
• Eugene, Oregon
7 Jan 17
@sallypup The poem and photo go together very well.
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@Jessilaurn (15)
• United States
7 Jan 17
"The Magic Prison"
I will die in here
In this close-fitting prison
I will find my end
The sun beats down hot
The prison's skin sheds flakes
Of old latex paint
I start to feel odd
Dehydration takes its toll
Peculiar thoughts rise
They wanted Goofy
A wacky friend for children
In this magic place
But there's little pay
And the heat is just too much
I will die in here
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
7 Jan 17
ode to working at disney, grim! lol, loved the odd take on the words. approp.
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
7 Jan 17
flake, odd, goofy, peculiar, wacky.
I remember a time when we used to goof around a lot.
You were odd, peculiar, and wacky.
I was young and silly.
We sure did mess around a lot.
Then, they told me you are flakey.
The sort that preys on innocent minds and naivety.
That sent me running for hills,
To this day, you still give me the chills.
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
7 Jan 17
@JamesHxstatic indeed, the older I get the more I remember my childhood and less I remember the day before yesterday hahahaha
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@JamesHxstatic (29293)
• Eugene, Oregon
7 Jan 17
Ahh those old memories can sometimes grab us. Very good!
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@JamesHxstatic (29293)
• Eugene, Oregon
7 Jan 17
@Drosophila Hmmm, that is what my wife says about me!
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
8 Jan 17
flat and the same would be pretty boring! and honestly, those I follow on here (and myself) are all special snowflakes, hehehe
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@sallypup (58169)
• Centralia, Washington
8 Jan 17
@Jessicalynnt You did manage to sneak that in nicely. You snowflake, you!
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@JamesHxstatic (29293)
• Eugene, Oregon
7 Jan 17
Yours and the one about "Magic Prison are excellent!
Reflections
While snowflakes fall in a mad windy whirl
I think of the goofy among us, those wacky
ones who see things askew
most think are straight.
It is those odd ones who bring smiles
when they stitch together laughter
from the peculiar tweets and snorts
of those who fail to see the clown
in their own mirror.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
8 Jan 17
oh nice, both winter, and another side use of the words, loved it! Yeah, J did a great job with hers too.
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@JamesHxstatic (29293)
• Eugene, Oregon
8 Jan 17
@Jessicalynnt Thank you! I am enjoying this weekly prompt. It has got me writing and thinking about poetry again. I hope it grows.
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@JudyEv (326222)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jan 17
I wish I could enter this under an alias.
I have this odd, peculiar feeling
I think I may flake out
I don't know what has caused it
But it's bad there is no doubt
I'm goofy in the head
And my brain is out of whack
I think I'll take an aspirin
And then I'll hit the sack.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
10 Jan 17
ppppfft, no alias needed, hehehe, I loved it!
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
10 Jan 17
@JudyEv pfft, I know better, most of the time lol, than to drink and read mylot!
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@JudyEv (326222)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jan 17
@Jessicalynnt Didn't spray coffee all over your screen? (she asks hopefully). 
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@GardenGerty (157675)
• United States
8 Jan 17
I have not done one of these in a long while, I will have to see what I can come up with.
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@lyanhnan (151)
• Thrissur, India
15 Jan 17
@Jessicalynnt thank you very much for your encouraging words
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
14 Jan 17
oh now this was quite lovely! Very lovely use of the words.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
8 Jan 17
lovely work, using words that should be my middle names, - seriously the offbeat is what makes life more interesting
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
8 Jan 17
right? I felt the need to remind that differences and uniqueness are what make the world interesting. And leave it so someone could write another winter poem if they wanted, lol
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@Jackalyn (7559)
• Oxford, England
8 Jan 17
@Jessicalynnt Not yet as it is Sunday. I went to preach at the detention centre.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
8 Jan 17
And did you write one? Dont forget to come back and link it at least so we all can find it!
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
8 Jan 17
thanks! I felt the need to remind that differences and uniqueness are what make the world interesting. And leave it so someone could write another winter poem if they wanted, it was on my mind seeing how messy it is outside still
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
10 Jan 17
@just4him I saw, and I loved it!!!!!
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@just4him (307356)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
9 Jan 17
@Jessicalynnt If it's a winter poem you want, I'll see what I can do.
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
7 Jan 17
Bravo to you. I cannot do that. My creative brain is completely whacked!
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