Homework e/e 29/8/11. Flying High.

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Homework e/e 29/8/11. Flying High.

Post by Neville Briggs » Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:03 pm

FLYING HIGH.

O little mozzie flying high
I've fixed you with my murderous eye.
Your whining unrelaxed my sleep
and now I find I have to keep
on scratching like a chimpanzee
to ease some itchy lumps on me.
I've got this can of misty spray,
it's sure to blow your mind away.
It's Tetramethrin; sounds much worse
than CO2 pollution,
and carbon tax won't save you from
the ole Pea Beu solution.
So little mozzie, flying high
you sucked my blood; for that..you die !
Last edited by Neville Briggs on Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:47 am, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: Homework e/e 29/8/11. Flying High.

Post by mummsie » Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:44 pm

Got a real BUZZZZ out of that one Neville, well done.
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Re: Homework e/e 29/8/11. Flying High.

Post by Heather » Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:35 pm

Good one Neville. Made me chuckle. Are the mozzies out already?

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Re: Homework e/e 29/8/11. Flying High.

Post by Bob Pacey » Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:01 pm

Was going well until the CO2 pollution line
Nev seems out of place ?????

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Re: Homework e/e 29/8/11. Flying High.

Post by worddancer » Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:43 pm

I know how you feel Nev,
Mozzies die, I don't cry.
I might cough and sputter from the spray,
But I can't smother, covered does me no good
while they play and stay
waiting for my precious Blood
It's never to late; just do it
I'll set pen to paper
Write now, not later
And post it so others may view it


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Re: Homework e/e 29/8/11. Flying High.

Post by Bob Pacey » Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:05 pm

Never get bothered by Mozzies. The secret is to eat at least two Vegemite sandwiches every day !!!

Now some will just say take Vitamin B but it just does not work the same.

And if one should happen to get a feed at least they go away happy.


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Re: Homework e/e 29/8/11. Flying High.

Post by worddancer » Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:31 pm

Oh No they don't Bob, they keep coming back for more and the ones in Port Broughton SA are so big and black you have to carry a riding crop to give them a sting!

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Re: Homework e/e 29/8/11. Flying High.

Post by Maureen K Clifford » Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:33 am

Good fun write Neville - have to confess they don't bother me much and I eat vegemite so there might be truth in that perhaps The plug in mozzie zapper things seem to work as well.

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Re: Homework e/e 29/8/11. Flying High.

Post by Neville Briggs » Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:45 am

Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply and give feedback.
No mozzies out yet Heather, but the magpies are swooping. I tossed up between doing this exercise " flying high ", on mozzies or magpies.

There's no requirement that every foot of a poem must follow the same metre. It may or it may not, according to the expression required. It depends on whether it is designed or a mistake, hopefully the difference is apparent. Anyway I altered it to make a more even metre throughout, see how that reads.
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Re: Homework e/e 29/8/11. Flying High.

Post by Heather » Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:25 am

Marty you are sounding just like Neville! :lol:

We only have friendly Magpies here Neville and have never had any problem with them.

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