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Dear Friends,

Here are 10 words for you to use in a poem. Each word can be modified, ie leaf could be used as leaves, but a word cannot be "included" as part of a longer word that it has no assocoiation with, ie band could NOT be used as abandonment !

For those who have not done this before, don't try to use all the words at once - just make upany line with 2 or 3 - then see if you can add a 2nd line with another 1 or 2, and so on - you may well find that as you squeeze out your sentences, that some idea towards which to aim will formulate, and then you can go back over the poem to refine it in that direction.

When you do that, you might change away from a set word completely, so I always add a * to the set words to avoid that. Also, it helps those reading to spot them easily.

Here are your ten words :

peace combine rubbish alternative resource
pear positive comeuppance quick quiet

Good luck, and if you are too shy to post any attempts, PM them to me and I will offer guidance.

Love
Alan

The Verdict


Quiet was the room as she reached for the paper next to the pear.
Awaiting the verdict, the outcome was positive and clear.
With combined resources, and the defense team's rubbish;
Add testimony and evidence, no alternative, the jurors must punish.
The sentence would be harsh with quick comeuppance.


V3

tehehhee - Must've been watching MSNBC a little earlier V --- Nice write - I may even try putting some lines down a little later!

Thanx for the share

Jacquii.

Awwwww! Someone talks of redemption for a destiny long-fought, hard-sought!
Nice challenge answer MS N!

Jacquii.

Dear V and Therese,

Now THIS is why I lovethese 10 word challenges.

When setting the words, I never have the slightest idea WHERE they will lead a poet's muse - cuz the answers are so varied and covering such a wide area of human (or beyond) experience !

Ladies, I compliment you both for excellent creativity. V, I like the thought, and also very much how tightly you wrote - how FEW other words you needed to gobble up the 10 words and make a meaningful statement and poem.

Th, love the thought too, sounds like long-suffering patience of a parent has just had it's revenge !

Well done to both of you.

Now, as for the rest, these recalcitrant other poets lurking in the shadows with a half-formed idea .... we are watching you, come on, fess up, you have a poem wafting around there somewhere !

Love
Alan

I would have an entire idea - but my Muse is on vacation

Jacquii.

nomadicrhymer

Dear Therese,

You're on a roll, perhaps even a rubbish pile ! (No aspersions intended) Excellent use of the words to tell another precise story.

I'm glad you did another, that is always an option, no limit to a poet's creativity.

Love
Alan