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WOODMOUSE49 Tue 12-Nov-19 13:56:35

I’m starting a new thread about poetry. I’ve taken Gemini1789 rhyme idea which I liked.

Each post will be to create 3 lines of poetry. The first line you will be given.

My starter:
- Midway upon the journey of my life
- I met my lover and became a wife
- Many hours were spent out walking
(the first two lines rhyme then importantly the last doesn't)

So the next person - Take the last line and writes two more
- Many hours were spent out walking
- Stopping for lunches and doing nothing but talking
- Days turned into years

Next person takes that last line and writes two more:
- Days turned into years
- And my laughter turned to tears
- We had to say “Goodbye”

RULES
Take the last person's last line
You write another line to rhyme
Then write another line that does not rhyme.
No rhythm necessary.
- 3 lines in total are needed before you post.

The game now starts with the next person taking that last line: "We had to say, "Goodbye"

Pantglas2 Wed 08-Jan-20 20:50:08

Or maybe a farmer with lands far and wide
With lovely big farmhouse in which to reside

We can keep hens and bossy old rooster

crazyH Wed 08-Jan-20 21:46:26

Or maybe a farmer with lands far and wide
And sheep and cattle and horses to ride.

But wait........I'll have to get up at dawn

Doodle Wed 08-Jan-20 22:34:23

But wait....I’ll have to get up at dawn
Ride a tractor and harvest the corn

Fresh eggs for breakfast and lovely warm bread

52bright Thu 09-Jan-20 00:43:55

Fresh eggs for breakfast and lovely warm bread
It sounds really great...no more to be said

I'll get some tools and dungarees too

Gemini1789 Thu 09-Jan-20 01:13:48

Fresh eggs for breakfast and lovely warm bread
It sounds really great...no more to be said

I'll get some tools and dungarees too
And something to scrape the mud off my shoe

Milking a cow will be a good trick

henetha Thu 09-Jan-20 10:48:33

Milking a cow will be a good trick
And whisking it up to make cream so thick.

I can spread it with jam upon new bread

threexnanny Thu 09-Jan-20 17:38:18

I can spread it with jam upon new bread
and maybe an egg once the chickens have been feed

Not sure I'm cut out for the farming life

Doodle Thu 09-Jan-20 20:31:18

Not sure I’m cut out for the farming life
Or even to be a farmers wife

Perhaps I’ll look at other options

mrswoo Thu 09-Jan-20 21:45:29

Perhaps I’ll look at other options
I could work in a chemists and mix concoctions

I think I’d like to stir them up

Doodle Thu 09-Jan-20 22:37:32

I think I’d like to stir them up
Mix a potion in a coffee cup

A remedy for gout or flu

Pantglas2 Fri 10-Jan-20 06:52:58

A remedy for gout or flu
I really need to think it through

Might invent a magic potion

Joelsnan Fri 10-Jan-20 07:01:11

Might invent a magic potion
A fragrant cream or soothing lotion

Rub it in three times a day

henetha Fri 10-Jan-20 11:01:56

Rub it in three times a day
And all your troubles fly away.

But will the doctor prescribe it for me

Joelsnan Fri 10-Jan-20 14:35:09

But will the doctor prescribe it for me
Think I’ll invite him and ask him over tea

Wouldn’t want a private prescription

Pantglas2 Fri 10-Jan-20 14:42:35

Wouldn’t want a private prescription
Trying to decipher my Doctor’s encryption

Who knows what I’ll be imbibing

Doodle Fri 10-Jan-20 14:45:12

Who knows what I’ll be imbibing
Up the walls I might be climbing

A potion that might make me fly

threexnanny Fri 10-Jan-20 16:31:16

A potion that might make me fly
Up I would go, right up in the sky

I could sit on a branch and sing with the birds

Doodle Fri 10-Jan-20 21:56:01

I could sit on a branch and sing with the birds
Listen to chirping and find the right words

I think I’d be better back on the ground

52bright Sat 11-Jan-20 01:23:31

I think I'd be better back on the ground
I'll give it some thought and not make a sound

I need to find a new way of living

JessK Sat 11-Jan-20 10:01:07

I need to find a new way of living
Gone is the taking in with the giving

Let me be more charitable

henetha Sat 11-Jan-20 10:29:42

Let me be more charitable
And kinder too, not horrible.

Live and let live is the answer

Pantglas2 Sat 11-Jan-20 10:40:10

Live and let live is the answer
Try and be a life enhancer

Rather than be seen as a spoiler

BradfordLass72 Sat 11-Jan-20 15:20:43

Rather than be seen as a spoiler
I'm really a kindly old broiler

Gemini1789 Sat 11-Jan-20 17:43:31

Rather than be seen as a spoiler
I'm really a kindly old broiler

My gift to you , (BL ,) is the line you forgot
So no one thinks you have lost the plot

You always say something that’s kind

henetha Sun 12-Jan-20 12:12:27

You always say something that’s kind
And not horrid words which blind

Do as you would be done by, is a good phrase

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