She’s a wily one
-der, all curled up crescent
like a soon-hiding moon.
She swoons at sea,
sirened only by salt. (But she
can barely swim and gets con
-fused.)
Eyes closed, we clack.
For our own
(sanity)
sake, we eat cake.
And are not a-mused.
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It’s Quadrille Monday over at dverse, and I’m hosting. Come play!
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Nice one, Clever she!!!
Happy New Year
much love…
Thank you so much, Gillena. Happy New Year!
I absolutely love, love this 😀 especially; “She swoons at sea, sirened only by salt.”💝💝
Thanks, Sanaa! 🙂
Beautifully done, and I must say, very cleverly, too. Enjoyed it very much.
Thank you!
You had me at “one-der”, De. Great response to a provocative prompt. And thanks for hosting!
Thank you, Ron. Loves me some hyphens. 😉
You’re the host with the most. Clever quadrille.
Thanks so much, Susan.
For some reason I feel like guzzling spicy tea with the cake. I like the wordplay in this.
Nice! Sounds delish!
Eyes closed, we clack.
For our own (sanity)
sake, we eat cake.
For the fondest of moments together we are ever willing to make sacrifices (that’s how Hank reads this,,De!)
Hank
Thanks, Hank. 🙂
Clever word play, as always. Nicely done.
Thank you so much.
Ooh, a sake, sushi, and cake date! Let’s have one of those! And surely “salt” means seaside margaritas. 🙂 A girls’ beach-weekend getaway…
Yessssss.
Let them eat cake, brilliant musings. I like her lack of bouyancy. Much amused by your quadrille.
Thank you!
You’re welcome. 😀
Clever word play – one-der love it….
Thanks, Truedessa!
Love your ending… we run our mouth, but swallow what we hear as truth! Well done.
Thank you, Dwight!
You are welcome!
Love it, love the sounds and flow. And yep, she’s a wily one all right.
She is, indeed. Thank you!
I adore the punny wordplay in this, the breaks, the flow, and especially the digital seat. Thanks for an amusing poem and prompt.
Thanks so much! My pleasure.
Beautiful! I loved the use of the phrase “The soon hiding moon” here. 🙂
Thank you!
You had me at
That was inspired, De.
❤
David
Thanks, David. 🙂
Excellent wordplay! So enjoyed it, De.
Thank you!
My pleasure.
Oh, I laughed out loud. This is exactly what I’ve been doing for the last, what 16 hours or so? Absolutely determined for the [PROMPT:muse] to strike. But she has her own I (deas).
She does, indeed! Thanks, Xan.
She is a wily one indeed De, made me smile too.
Thank you!
Pleasure De
Interesting wordplay, it took a few reads for it to sink into my brain (blame a lack of sleep) but once it did I really enjoyed it.
Ha! Love that. Thanks, Carol. Sometimes my muse speaks in code. 😉
Oh, Tricky (Dickie) one! I like it 🙂
Thank you, Jane.
Oh my! GMTA! I used for my title what you used for your finish. I really enjoyed the wordplay in this; it is simply fun to read!
Love it! Loved yours.
Very witty and wry, and I love that first stanza–tho it’s a toss-up, because I love the last one, too.
Thank you!
Cake! is that the way to woe the wily muse?
Mine, anyway. She also likes wine. 😉
Mine like dictionaries 🙂
Ooooo. Mine also likes weird books, like a plant guide from the early 1900s. And wordle lists. 😉
be amused– This is wonderful. Love it. thanks.
“She’s a wily one
-der”
Your wordplay is ALWAYS AMAZING! Late to the reading….will be catching up this weekend….San Diego sun is too tempting!