Caterpillar

a speed write for 10 word contest 2 years ago on another site

I FALL into SILENCE
as I glance upon these rules.
Yet my thoughts SPRING into LIFE,
and maybe. I won't have to go
back to school.

Now to get down to the NITTY-GRITTY
of taking on this task!
Shall I write,of an on coming cold
winter,predicted by the Black-Woolly-Bear
CATERPILLAR crawling from the grass?

I'm not to EXERT my mental processes
To give this write much thought.
But rather speed things up
So what you see is what you got.

It's not my proper PROVINCE in
which I like to work~I rather
take my time.
And spin a YARN.
A timely tale,one with
Reason and Rhyme.

Perhaps then I could save it
with other poems I wrote
You Know,
A little speedy KEEPSAKE note

Well,the CATERPILLAR tracked
away in SILENCE on this crispy
FALL day.
SPRING is gone,and
LIFE goes on
What else can I say?

Reviews

[Jimmy Greenie]

Weird, yet appropriate..."Quick contest". It seems, however, that you, like the other person, wrote this last year, whereas the point of the contest was for you to quickly sling something together overnight...a little note for next time. Still, I'll accept it, but next time...consider the rules...Sorry. Great poem though, all the same. !

[Salvatore Buttaci]

Congratulations on winning the Five-Minute contest!

[Anima Inspired]

Quite a good write! This would have been a tough one for me, as I'm not usually one to use structure or form, but you have managed to take on this little task with grace, beauty and brevity! I love the images in this, the way that the poets voice comes across so freely and clearly. This was clever...very nicely done!

[Norma J. Jessee]

Fran you are Brilliant, If I were given 10 words to make a poem with, I swear it would drive me crazy to come up with a poem that made any sense. Sure I might be able to write something that had some rhyme in it but I dare-say it would be void of any meaning. yet here you have come up with a brilliant poem that makes all the sense in the world with those words.And to top that, It was a speed write. You are amazing my friend. Simply amazing.

[holly]

Cute as a bug in a rug! Cuter, actually, since I don't care for bugs in my rugs. Good work, Fran!

[Sharon Miller Bolander]

I think you said it very well, Fran. I'm sending you an extra caterpillar so that your little guy won't be lonesome. :-) Sharon

[Jessica Fox]

What a cute flirty poem, yes I said flirty....in a way it is flirty, well to me it is ^_^