Sloth and the Weasel – Answer to a Poetic challenge by Chris Mills via Natalie Frank's hub.
The Sloth
The challenge
by Shyron E Shenko
Our friend and fellow Hubber
Chris Mills (cam8510) wrote a poem
“The Boar and the Wolf”
Issued a challenge for us to write one
And try to not be aloof
I accept this challenge to write a whimsical nonsensical poem
Using a list of words that do not rhyme
Chris got the list of ten words
From another Hubber friend of yours and mine
So…with a hearty ‘Hi-Ho-Silver’
Let my poem begin
In a haze of Purple
With words in a group of ten
• Silver
• Purple,
• Month
• Ninth
• Pint
• Wolf
• Opus - onus
• Dangerous
• Marathon
• Discombobulate
In this sixth Month
As we sit down to sip from a bootleg pint
This fourteenth day not the Ninth
Beware the Wolf
it’s onus and written in the Opus
So… in this Marathon
Everyone get set to run
Try not to hesitate
Or you might Discombobulate
Sloth and the Weasel the Poem
©by Shyron E Shenko
The sly sluttish sloth whose fur was Silver
Who thought he could out live her
If he could just wed the rich weasel who was Purple
When she got dunked trying to slurp in the grape wine vat
Which made her words come out like a gurgle
He thought he could win her on the 1st day 9thMonth
And he wrote her an Opus
To declare he would grow in his Metamorphosis
Ah beware the wolf
Hiding in her office
The wolf would scoff they would dine on caviar with wine
The weasel’s suitors were all set to run
A very simple Marathon
To see her wedding come undone
The cantankerous raccoon became Dangerous
From too many hours in the sun
He said of the wine I’ll have a pint
Or it might be my ninth
In fact, who knows how much I’ve had
The sloth finally came through
He knew just what to do
Reading the Opus
Right next to a locust
Which made weasel swoon
From the name of the tune
And discombobulated her head
And soon the sloth and the weasel wed
The sloth was elated and finally sated
She is the only one that he dated
But, the sloth she berated
And now he wished he were dead
© 2018 Shyron E Shenko
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Comments
- AUTHOR
Thank you Doris for the comment. I am so sorry it took me so long to get back to you, I have had a lot of mishaps this past year.
Blessings my friend.
Shyron, that is so funny and so ingenious. My hat's off to you! Love it.
- AUTHOR
Peggy, thank you so much for the comments and compliment, I do appreciate you.
Blessings my dear friend.
Haha! This poem of yours not only used all of those assigned words by Chris but had me laughing at the end. Those last four lines were so funny.
- AUTHOR
Thank you Genna for the kind comments and compliment.
Blessings my friend.
- AUTHOR
Au fait, thank you so much for the compliments and comments.
Hope you are safe and cool. Blessings my friend.
- AUTHOR
Chitrangada, thank you for the compliment and comment.
You are welcome and a Blessed day to you also.
- AUTHOR
Devika, weasels make good pets if you can catch one, I am so happy this made you smile.
Blessings my friend.
- AUTHOR
Thank you Genna, for the compliment and comment, you are appreciated.
Blessings my friend.
This is great! What a wonderful response to Chris's challenges...this is a classic, Shyron.
I swear you can do anything when it comes to poetry and it always comes out just right. Good job bringing all those words that seemed to have nothing in common together in a great poem that made sense. That little weasel is a cutie too. :)
Hope all is well and that you're prepared to stay in where it's cool when the 100º temperatures arrive here this weekend and through next week.
Great response to the challenge!
Combining the above mentioned words in a poem seems quite difficult. But you did it beautifully.
Thanks for sharing and good day to you!
We have Weasels living close by and they are super fast. An interesting title. I like the way you made me smile.
- AUTHOR
Rinita, thank you so much for the comments. I appreciate you.
Blessings my friend
- AUTHOR
Peg, thank you for the comment and compliment, I hope all is well with you.
Blessings my friend
Great story, neatly woven for the challenge, though heartbreaking in the end, but that's life anyway.
Nicely done, Shyron. You really combined these difficult words into a humorous and enchanting poem.
- AUTHOR
Flourish, thank you for the compliment and comments. I could not write it with a happy ending today with everyone trying to rip me off everywhere I turned.
Blessings my friend
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Mike, thank you for the comment, yes I enjoyed putting this one together. I do hope that I brought a smile to everyone's.
Blessings my friend.
- AUTHOR
Flourish, thank you so much for reading and commenting on my article.
I do appreciate your thoughts.
Blessings my friend,
You definitely had my attention at sluttish sloth! Too bad it wasn’t a happy union. What a clever animal story here.
- AUTHOR
Ann, thank you for the comments. Glad you like my characters.
Blessings my friend
- AUTHOR
Maria, your comment that this made you smile, made me smile.
Bless you my beautiful friend.
- AUTHOR
John, thank you for the comment and the correction which is as good as done.
Blessings my friend.
Hi Shyron - You certainly had fun putting this one together. You sent out many a smile with this one.
Right up your alley, Shyron! Loved the whimsical and charming approach....great response to the challenge!
the challenge looked just that challenging.. but I think you did it.. I feel confident that your poem hit the spot.. awesome Shyron..:)
This is a charming and comic response; very entertaining, Shyron. I love the characters you've created and the story you weave around them.
Ann
A whimsical piece of writing - thanks for the morning smile, dear Shyron!
Hi Shyron, this was a funny response to Chris's challenger. I enjoyed The Sloth and the Weasel. *You have repeated the introduction and first part twice. You may like to rectify that :)
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