Since his answer was oddly haiku-like (see below, with liberties taken),
The wall cups your voice
in its palm and flings it back,
as an echo, to you
I've decided his prize shall be haiku! I provide three herewith, of varying degrees of artistic malodorousness, and I
I see that smile.
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Want thoughts to ponder?
Just Vogt early, Vogt often;
always more to read!
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If you fancy some
jellied marrow, bile pudding,
ask Josh's big friend
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A Cheshire wordsmith,
he appears just once a day
but leaves us his smile
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11 comments:
My, my... a rash of writing-related dares breaks out across the blogosphere. Can I resist? Of course not. Josh... don't take this personally. Seriously.
My contribution:
Josh's soft eyes shine
Casting sunlight on my life
So sad, the brief blink
PS - I enjoy your blog!
Josh in his photo
he looks so respectable
I refuse to believe
I can't count. One syllable too many in the last line.
Kate Moss:
*waves* Hi and welcome! Thanks so much for participating; what a lovely haiku! I hope Josh blushes furiously. :-D
McKoala:
Our art cannot be constrained by syllable counts!! We spit upon syllable counts in disdain, for we are artistes.
(Please join me in a haughty sniff now, everyone.)
*sniff*
The smile comes to me
Inspired by all of the
Unexpected fun.
#1
I can't write haiku
It means counting syllables
But worth it for Josh
#2
Both lizards and Josh
Hidden in many places
Are scales and talent
#3
Sorry only Josh
Will get that second haiku
I see that smile too
*waves* Hello and welcome!
Hmm... That last name... Any relation to Mr. Haiku-du-Jour himself? Do tell us about those hidden scales!
Ha. Hello, mom. Yes, the lizard is quite the inside joke.
She's the first generation writer in the family, and also has quite thoroughly beaten me to the press.
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They say mothers don't make good editors, but mine is the exception.
She's the first generation writer in the family, and also has quite thoroughly beaten me to the press.
Well, she perhaps had an unfair head start.
Ahem . . .
Head start or not, Josh is gaining on me in the writing world. Besides, I'm firmly ensconced in non-fiction (Sorry, the voices just don't talk to me) and Josh prefers to revel in fiction.
Enjoying the blog.
And the lizard reference. I've written about that too. It's being considered for publication. If accepted, I'll let y'all know--and then the secret will be out.
Until then, the mystery continues.
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