Homework we 28th May

[Wendy Seddon]

This ditty came out in a 2 hour rush on my drive back from work Friday.
Had to remember it to write it down!

No doubt in the minds of those present,
“An affair of the heart,” they all said.
While there on the pretty striped loveseat,
Pierre and Candida lay dead!

To mark a whole year since they married,
a year of most wonderful bliss,
Pierre gave a chain and a locket,
Candida – a passionate kiss.

‘Twas Love at first sight for the Villa,
though nothing about it was grand,
with foresight and clever designing
it would be the dream home they had planned.

Their favourite room was the parlour,
Where pale roses papered the walls.
They matched with the couches and curtains
And ran along carpeted halls.

The only aside from the grandeur,
from opulent floral brocade;
was the blue and red patterned loveseat,
by her mother’s hand lovingly made.

The butler was woken at midnight,
he heard a creak on the stair.
He thought he would see upon looking,
Old Granny with sleepwalking stare.

The hallway in fact was quite empty,
No butler v sleepwalker spar.
But when he glanced out of the window,
Saw the gate to the villa ajar!

Not the gate out the front for the carriage,
The one ‘round the back for the trade.
The last one the butler remembered
Was the man with the floral brocade.

They found him curled in the curtains,
Bloodied scissors....asked him why?
He said mixing bold stripes with soft florals,
Surely meant that they had to die!

[Catherine Lee]

Oh Wendy, this is great!...And this came to you during a two hour rush back from work?...Ah, I wish! Ideas just don't seem to come to me from out of the blue when I'm out and about as much as they used to !

Anyway, I really enjoyed reading this delightful poem today. To focus on the home decor mix was most original, and of course I love the way you've ended it!

[Wendy Seddon]

Thanks Catherine,

A lot of nonsensical ditties run through my head on my 2 hour drive there
and my two hour drive back! They often follow the rhythm of the tyres on the road!

It'also a great time to wrestle out those hard to find connecting words
and phrases for longer pieces.

[Shelley Hansen]

Wendy, I just love it too!

It started off so tragically, I had visions of a Romeo and Juliet situation ... then so quickly it turned to mock-Agatha Christie!! Just love a twisted ending.

Well done, and so original!

Cheers
Shelley

[Wendy Seddon]

Thanks Shelley,

Yes I am happy with a twist.
Sorry that's meant to read...happy, with a twist!mum

[Terry]

I reckon you have a blood thirst streak about you Wendy, I also liked the twist at the end.

Cheers
Terry

[Maureen K Clifford]

The twist in the tail is a pearler Personally I have been guilty of using florals and regency stripes together and think they work fine - perhaps he was a bit too pedantic. I love how you have used the prompts in this Wendy, very clever

[Wendy Seddon]

Blood thirsty? Not me....blah, blah blee blah!