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An alphabetical poem/story

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NanKate Tue 15-Apr-14 14:40:21

As you seem to have enjoyed the Limerick thread and produced some great ones, I thought it would be time for something a bit different which I found on www.kathimitchell.com/poemtypes.html which is full of good ideas. I thought we would start with this type and then move onto something harder.

ALPHABET:
Each line begins with the letters of the alphabet in order.

An example - A young girl was busy working on her project for school
But suddenly she had a question.
Could this be her lucky day?
Deciding to find out, she
Entered her backyard and
Found hundreds of green shamrocks waiting for her.

NanKate Fri 18-Apr-14 19:15:34

Arriving on the shore nearby is the earlier rowing boat and Duffy hopes he will be reunited with his owner, he really needs to dump Sir G ASAP.

Ana Fri 18-Apr-14 19:17:47

(what happened to Y? confused)

AlieOxon Fri 18-Apr-14 19:20:25

Y not?

papaoscar Fri 18-Apr-14 20:03:27

But Y, asks Duffy, is that old plane over there. Look, its marked G-ASAP, it must be British. Hooray! We can escape from all these dreadful writers. Can anybody fly it?

Ana Fri 18-Apr-14 20:07:34

"Can do!" exclaimed Duffy (of course hmm) and so their safety was assured - or was it?

NanKate Fri 18-Apr-14 20:12:33

(Ana my fault for leaving out Y, put it down to me having a glass of sparkling as it's Easter, well that's my excuse)

Ana Fri 18-Apr-14 20:26:30

(Any old excuse will do, eh, NanKate? tbugrin)

janerowena Fri 18-Apr-14 20:31:40

Duffy decided that he was happy to go to Xanadu as long as Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich were nowhere in sight. Or within earshot.

Ana Fri 18-Apr-14 20:36:48

(tbugrin)

AlieOxon Fri 18-Apr-14 21:17:58

"Entertainment by: the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band !"

Cressida Fri 18-Apr-14 21:19:24

"Everyone this way" shouted Duffy, hoping that Xavier would follow in case he was needed for the X lines.

AlieOxon Fri 18-Apr-14 21:21:12

Frankly, I don't give a damn which!

Ana Fri 18-Apr-14 21:32:15

Goodness me, these old bands are causing a bit of contention here, said Duffy, and proceeded to dump the lot of them overboard!

NanKate Fri 18-Apr-14 21:57:56

Harpers Bizarre (and yes that is the spelling) were playing softly in the background whilst Duffy considered what is next move should be.

Getting back to old Blighty might be the answer. So which way is Blighty ? hmm

NanKate Fri 18-Apr-14 22:00:12

(What HIS next move should be) it must be the sparkling again !

Ana Fri 18-Apr-14 22:04:22

It's bound to be either backwards or forwards, and as it's easier to go forwards we'll go that way, said the First Mate (who had also been on the sparkling and couldn't really give a damn which way they went, he was enjoying himself!)

Ana Fri 18-Apr-14 22:07:07

(I've retrospectively inserted the missing 'I' which you missed out, NanKate wink)

Ana Fri 18-Apr-14 22:09:16

(No - I got that wrong, sorry! blush And that's without the benefit of sparkliness...)

papaoscar Sat 19-Apr-14 05:40:32

Jumping Jeosphat, thought poor old Duffy, they've left me behind again. Wait for me!

NanKate Sat 19-Apr-14 06:46:01

Karma fell over Duffy as he realised that it was now time to go travelling, not to some piddling island full of Komods, but to places of interest that he often looked at on Sir G's IPad.

The Taj Mahal it would be. He had to be careful though as he knew cat was a delicacy in those parts.

NanKate Sat 19-Apr-14 06:48:20

(Komodos) it's not me this IPad has a mind of its own. I think it is set to predictive text. confused

Nelliemoser Sat 19-Apr-14 09:24:43

Leaving the wretched Komodo dragons and Ugli fruit behind, a thankful Duffy set off for the Taj Mahal, to seek new adventures. Good luck Duffy!

soop Sat 19-Apr-14 12:20:01

"My goodness", he sighed as he prowled around the Taj Mahal..."this place looks rather grand. I must try to look important so that I'm invited in for a tasty curry..."

janerowena Sat 19-Apr-14 12:28:27

Naïve as he was, it had never entered his head that potentially he would be the main ingredient in aforementioned curry.

papaoscar Sat 19-Apr-14 14:41:21

"Oh, my goodness" Duffy thought when he/she looked at the Curry House menu and noticed top of the list was Kitty Vindaloo "Better get out of this fast!" Hailing a passing elephant taxi he whispered urgently "Here's a comado dragon sandwich, Jumbo, get me to the airport pronto and I'll give you two of these!"