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One misty moisty morning
The mist was most prevailing
And then it started storming
On that misty moisty morning
It came up without a warning
hailstones began to hailing
And I missed the morning mailing
On that misty moisty morn
Though I mostly miss the morning mail
That morn I felt mostly forlorn
I had to catch the mail that morn
But by 10 minutes I was trailing
So I began to flailing
Down the lane my feet were sailing
But the mailman was ailing
And hadn’t made his morning mail
So on that misty moisty morning
In a storm that had no warning
When I should have been emailing
My mail and me got mostly soaked
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rob kistner © 2010
Such fun to read. The prompt begged for this kind of treatment.
Thank you Maureen, I just couldn’t help myself… 😉
…rob
I agree, the prompt called for this kind of response. Glad you found it. Just fun to read.
Elizabeth
Thank you ElizaBeth, glad you enjoyed this — it’s my little streak of madness that occasionally rears its head… 😉
…rob
I loved the quirky rhyme scheme, so the final un-rhymed line was a surprise which alleviated any ‘tweeness’ that could have proved anti-climactic at the end. Did you read my villanelle on a similar theme? http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com/2010/09/09/villanelle-for-thursday-poets-rally/
Thank you Viv, and now I am hearing the Twilight Zone theme playing, anticipating Rod Serling’s voice… that is uncanny we both hit on late mailmen — although the pieces are quite different! What is Thursday poet rally?
…rob
Love your whimsy.
Thank you Tilly…
…rob
Great whimsy!
nowhere island
It was fun Gautami…
…rob
This post lends itself to whimsy – so grateful you went there so fully.
LOVE this word combination:
>> Though I mostly miss the morning mail
>> That morn I felt mostly forlorn
>> I had to catch the mail that morn
>> But by 10 minutes I was trailing
Glad this resonated for you Julie… 😉
That was a fun stanza to write — it’s rhythm, once you key into it, is very jazz-like…
…rob
loved that. I just got done recording our fog this evening, but didn’t have fun with it–I should have!
Gloria
Your photos were enchanting Gloria…
…rob
I love me some whimsey! Well-done fun.
I’m very much enjoying your blog, as well as some others that were introduced to me today via the Island. Thank you, Rob, for this opportunity, and for visiting Walt Wojtanik and me “Across the Lake.”
I’m glad Marie… 😉 …and I enjoyed my visit.
…rob