I trust when the monsters appear
They’ll be friendly and want to calm fear
And I trust that I, too,
On this trail I move through
Will not frighten the ones who come near.
Linked to Saturday’s Image Write #9 hosted by Bekkie Sanchez. The image is a picture of the Fool Card in the Tarot. The original artist of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck first published in 1910 was Pamela Colman Smith.
Linked also to imaginary garden with real toads who have the fool card as part of their prompt to start a month of writing one poem a day hosted by Brendan MacOdrum.
A lovely little verse Frank!
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Thanks, Peter! Looking at your blog I see Nicola has a new six word story challenge. I keep forgetting what day of the week it is.
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I have to check my watch or laptop, quite often many times a day!
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off to a great start Frank! Concise quip
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Thanks! I figure might be able to write a limerick a day.
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I like the sense of maintaining balance in this poem.
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I usually worry about monsters scaring me forgetting how much I probably scare them as well. Thanks, Kerry!
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A wonderful fool’s errand! Monsters who calm fears…. Irony, as a great friend of mine says often, trumps all. (And she’s not being political when she says it!)
Great poem to ruminate over through the day!
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Thanks, Charley! It could be those monsters just want me to get closer.
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I’ll await word!
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I love your friendly monsters… we need those on April’s journey
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The best monsters are the friendly ones. Thanks, Björn!
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What a lovely limerick! It makes me feel happy (and you’ve raised the form to new heights). A great start to the journey.
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Thanks, Rosemary! Limericks (or haiku) are short enough to write one a day.
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Nice structure – the pivot in that center line. Nice!
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There is a pivot in the middle. Usually we are afraid of monsters (or others) and forget that fear goes both ways. Thanks!
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I so enjoyed this! Smiles.
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Thank you, Sherry!
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I enjoy the two sides of the coin here: the potential for monsters who are fearful and those who are not.
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I think it is just like with us who encounter others. I don’t want to scare off any friendly monster. Thank you!
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Nice idea…Monsters that do not scare…or get scared.
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It kind of makes me think all the fun’s taken out of being a monster. Thanks, Paul!
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Love the idea of friendly monsters 🙂 Beautifully penned.
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Thank you, Sanaa! I wonder if the monsters might get bored being so good.
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I liked how the poem made me think outside the box to see monsters in a new light.
In a way, it reminded me of Joseph Campbell’s observation that “the gods you deny become demons.” The monsters you do not befriend become fearsome? Seems to be something to that.
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You make a good point. I think Campbell is right about that. We each have to come to terms with whatever demons we fear the most. Thanks!
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I like.
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Thank you, Cara!
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Thank you, Frank, for informative author note, and reminding us, things aren’t always what they appear to be.
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Thanks, Therisa! Now all we have to do is write 29 more poems in the next 29 days.
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You be friendly, I’ll be friendly. Let’s not be us scaring folk away.
Nice, circular. Thank you.
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That’s it. Sometimes we worry too much about monsters (or others) scaring us and not enough about whether we scare others. Thanks, Jim!
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a fine limerick to start the journey ~
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Thank you! And checking your site reminded me to get busy on those 30 poems.
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Fine advice for the occasional Chimera.
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Thanks, Brendan!
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A nice simple verse. I also shared on my new blog
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Thank you! I am glad you liked it!
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Awesome job, Frank! I adored your Limerick! I just hope I can do as well. I had no idea the Toads had the same prompt until Sunday (today.) I went biking yesterday (a perfect day) I went 30 miles and want to bike again today so I best get going.
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Thanks, Bekkie! I found out that the Toads prompt was the same just after posting and so updated it with a link. I guess April Fools and the Fool Card are a natural fit. Thanks for the prompt!
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Thanks for writing! You are such a dear.
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Ah, yes, to want them to come near, but… could they be alarmed? Hah.
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I suppose some of them are not trustworthy should they try to get too close whether they get scared or not. Thanks, Marian!
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I love what the speaker tells us about the subject, about himself, and about the nature of monsters–each of us can be someone else’s boogeyman, under the right (or wrong) circumstances. One can only hope for the best when the time comes.
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That’s it! Each of us can be someone else’s monster and we just have to not do that. Thank you, Magaly!
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Balance… we need it. Monsters, may we not stir them or become them.
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Balance is good advice. Thank you!
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I like the perspective from both sides ~ This form is my weakest as I have not written a limerick, ha ~ Good luck for April ~
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Thank you! One of the nice things about NaPoWriMo is that one can see the blogs of people one would not normally see all in one place.
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Great little April Fool’s ditty! ☺
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Thank you!
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Wow that was good! I liked the way you used the tarot card for inspiration!!
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Thank you! The Tarot deck is good for inspiration. I am glad Bekkie picked that card as the image prompt.
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