Thursday, June 4, 2026

Poetry Thursday

  


Once again Angel Sammys and and Teddys Pawetatonc have challenged us to write a poem about the picture below.  Please to Enjoy


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Jack and jill

Went up a hill

For the thrill

Of living in a grist mill


Jill asked aloud what was grist

And he silenced her with a kiss

Saying he bought it for a tryst

In this he did persist


But he wanted to live on high

In a mill that touched the sky

Because he worked at the neighborhood fish fry

And his guilt would not allow him to witness another fish die


Jack and Jill lived on a hill for many a season

Coming down was nothing he would listen to reason

But the government began to commit climate treason

And it rained look when it was supposed to be freezing


The water began to rise

And Jack woke up Jill with his cries

That the fish would be the reason he dies

Overcome with carp and baked into a fish pie


Jill thought jack was just a fright

It was too late when she worried he was right

And that night 

The fish destroyed b mill using all their might


Scientists are warning the oceans are rising

But it is the fish doing the conspiraing

To get revenge on man by galvanizing 

And letting men be the one who look appetizin

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16 comments:

  1. That's a lot of tumbling after!

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  2. WOW.......now that's a poem!!!!

    Hugs, Teddy and Mom Pam

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  3. It's time for Jill to seek out a divorce lawyer ...

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  4. Climate changed already and the seas are arisin'. Great poem.

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  5. Wow, Jack and Jill took a seriously wild turn! Forget falling down and breaking crowns—worrying about vengeful carp destroying a mill using all their might is a way bigger problem. I love the dark humor and the incredibly clever rhymes in this one, Ruby.

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  6. Another great poem by you. XO

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  7. You have an amazing imagination!

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  8. Ruby Rose
    Another epic tell of which you excel
    hugs cecilia

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  9. That sure took a strange twist. Maybe you could make it into a horror movie...call Mr. King.

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  10. We love your spin on this classic. Tigris, Styx and Lanie too!

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  11. Charlee: "Wait, so, are we having fish for dinner, or are the fish having us ... ?"

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