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Dear People,

Such was the response to the last 10 word challenge that I am putting up another one, on the proviso that Jacquii's muse partakes, whether she likes it or not. That is, I mean, without protest and claims to be AWOL.

So here we go :

amuse kinetic quill sophisticated grouse

unkind feverish railroad comfort quality

You may use "forms" of these words, ie Quill could be quills, but not squillions !

Love
Alan

Humph, now I need to go away and compose ...

GAME

Have you observed
the kinetic qualities
of grouse ?

The sophisticated swoops,
every quill quivering,
the feverish manoeuvers

of the cock who intends
to railroad the hen
into his comfortable domesticity?

We could spend hours
amusing ourselves with comparisons,
but that would be too unkind.

Have you observed
the kinetic qualities
of us ?

Alan McAlpine Douglas

Challenge words : kinetic quality grouse sophisticated
quill feverish railroad comfort amuse unkind

my answer to alan's chalenge

Sophisticated Angel

dare I amuse you,
this brass-band player,
are those wings for show?
they certainly glow with the halo,

your kinetic qualities aren't what
attracted me, its how you sit and amass,
complicate your task well you get the jist,

Sophisticated angel,
you handed me this quill,
and I started out simple,
but now creating fills my will,

Your one drop of heaven,
one mess of a glorious mind,
the quality of your body,
makes other angels to you unkind,

So I'll play a song inspired by the railroad,
that generations forgot,
I find comfort in your mind,
making sense to senses of nostalgia,

A feverish grouse is in need of your aid,
and you question helping people as we question,
why we're made,

So I'll play a song of faith that heals,
but its uniqueness hopefully won't complicate you further.

Sophisticated Isis did feverishly search
for Osiris, her brother, lover and comforter
kinetic souls calling each other in passion, as
Set did amuse himself by decapitating his brother
with a razor sharp quill…..jealous and unkind
he scattered the body across many railroads
in fourteen pieces, picked apart by grouse
no quality life for Set…underworld of hell well met.



Nomad

Said the unkind sophisticated grouse
To the amusement of a feverish mouse
The quill has a motion kinetic
And quality sort of pathetic
But there is comfort in railroading your spouse.


Trying to get all those qords into a one-verse limerick...

Dear Erik,

Thank you for entering - you make an interesting philosophical point with your words.

Love
Alan
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DearTherese,

Hmmm - I'm guessing that this is all historical or at least mythological ? And that Set is a person ? I know a little about the Egyptians, but not much.

Well done for getting your tight message across within the confines of the words.

Love
Alan
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Dear Amzy,

You too manage to use all the words well within a strict format, very well done !

Love
Alan

kinetic quality grouse sophisticated
quill feverish railroad comfort amuse unkind

The unkind sophisticated grouse,
amused himself with feverishly passing the quill,
back and forth, back and forth, across the railroad track.
A kinetic quality of sound ensued which offered him no comfort.

Nomad

WOW YAWL - very nice pieces - always nice to see the different perspectives the poet takes on, whilst using the same words to create with.

I shall endeavor a write:

Memories of Sophistocated Lady

Amused am I when the feverish grouse
smiles, tips hat, winks and bows
To the quality of my unkind joie d' vivre,
My sublime wobble-like-it's-hot-ness,
My poetic, kinetic and unsympathetic
hip-sway.

Yeah... sometimes I sway sweetly, singin',
lingering soft melody behind like stormy Monday's.
Only with quill in hand. Sophistocated ink-dippin.
Duke Ellington wrote a song for me. One day
I'll write back.

Perhaps when the railroad stops workin',
For I've no need of the caravan here.

Dear Therese,

I do so like it that you keep coming back with more - and such different viewpoints, one has to keep checking that it really is the same set of words.

Love
Alan
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Dear Jacquii,

Er, um, WOWOWOWOW ! Loved it, esp this thought :

Duke Ellington wrote a song for me. One day
I'll write back.


How sophisticated can you get, lol. You can park your Caravan on my lawn anytime, hon !

Love
Alan