Ok, remember when I did this…

Well I’m still up for the challenge.

Last time, Ingenious Rose and Mya challenged me.

And these were the results….

1. Ingenious Rose I have a challenge for your poetry blogging. Here is an opening line for you:

‘Slush, mush, there’s rain outside.’

The rest is up to you.

Hope you are up for it.

Well, I tried…

Slush, mush there’s rain outside
I fell in a puddle and injured my pride
My pants were all sodden
My hair was all wet
I trod on a goldfish
We may need a vet…

Jo Beaufoix 26/06/07

2. Miss Mya
Another cat related ode please! Auto-biographical today, I’m afraid… See what you can do with this,

Oh yuck, there’s a mouse’s giblets

 

Not A -mew-sed…

Oh yuck there’s a mouses giblets
I meant to put them in the fridge
Now they’re going to be all dry and crusty.
Instead of their usual squidge.

And where did I leave all those fish scales?
I had hoped to mosaic my bath
It’s so hard keeping up with the neigbours
When your owner keeps thwarting your path.

 

(JB July 26th 07)

And I wrote this when I challenged Emily at Two Write Hands to write a poem about catnip…

Sometimes my cat nips.
He isn’t really cruel
It’s just he yearns for catnip
Although it makes him drool

 

It makes him go all bendy,
And wriggle on his tum.
Apparently this is because it pleasantly stimulates his pheromonic receptors…
But he just thinks it’s yum.

Below is another poem I wrote about a year ago for a book which Napoleon Fantastic and I are now hoping to find a publisher for.

It’s called ‘Peoms for Punky Pets’.

I thought it might also appeal to Mya as she has the lovely Edwina Scissorhands, and we now have Jen’s Zoe and Chloe added to the mix.

A Cat’s Lament…

Pray think when you name your new kitten
Of what may occur in the yard
For naming your little cat Fluffy
Makes other cats think he’s not hard.

So when he comes in looking tattered
With whiskers all wonky and bent
All ragged and battered with fur that’s all matted
It’s your fault you git, so relent.

Do not call your Siamese Fifi
It’ll give those mean moggies a buzz
And by God if you call your cat Tiddles
Then don’t be surprised if he does

By Petal, a rather large one eyed Tom

(JB December 2006)

So anyway, I wondered if any of you fancied challenging me again??

This has nothing to do with me lacking blog fodder tonight I promise.

It’s more about me having some fun and challenging the old gray matter .

All I want from you is a theme/idea, or a line.

I’ll do the rest…

It may not be good, but hell, it might be fun.

One more thing.

I have no idea why the spacings gone all weird in this post.
It doesn’t look like this when it’s in edit form….

Ah well.