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Monday, November 27, 2023

A Nice Trip

The sign there in the country store gave Paul, the shopper, pause,
BEWARE OF DOG! In bright red ink, then pointed to the cause…
A sleepy hound there on the floor, who didn’t look a threat,
In fact, he looked as comfortable as a sleepy dog could get.
So Paul, he looked down at the dog, then back up to the sign,
“This cannot be the dog!” he said. “Cause he looks so…benign!”
“Oh, that is him,” the storekeep said. “Don’t let yourself be fooled,
“You drop your guard with this one and you bet you will be schooled!"
“Before I hung the sign,” he said, “There was a lot of hurt.
“And so I thought to warn you folks and all your pain avert!”
Then Paul, he watched that hounddog for a moment, maybe two,
Then shook his head again and said, “What damage could he do?”
“Waaal, I’ll tell you,” said the man. “I know he don’t have much for zip…
“But before I put that sign up, almost everybody tripped!” 

Photo Credit: Karen of bakinginatornado.com
Cause Mondays do get knocked a lot,
With poetry, we all besought
To try to make the week begin
With gentle thoughts,
Perhaps a grin?
So KarenCharlotteMimi, me
Have crafted poems for you to see.
And now you’ve read what we have wrought…
Did we help?
Or did we not?



Next week in all their styles and hues,
We all will be discussing SHOES!!










Thinking of joining us for Poetry Monday?
We'd love to welcome you!
Topics for the next few weeks (with a huge thank-you to Mimi, who comes up with so many of them!)
A Pet's Life (November 27) Today!
Shoes (December 4)
Winter (December 11)
Cookies (December 18)
Christmas/Hanukkah/Holidays (Dec. 25)
The Future (January 1 My last Poetry Monday)

5 comments:

  1. Laughing! I'm always tripping over Libby so understand the "hazard!"

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  2. Back in 2015, I took a falls prevention course and the #1 cause of people in my class having fallen was tripping over their dog. Truth!

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  3. Heeheehee! Yes, I can imagine they would trip. He lives the life of Riley.

    Even after you quit Poetry Monday, would you be offended if I went ahead and did a Monday poem anyway? It's a habit and I do enjoy it.

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  4. A danger to the visitors indeed.
    Only today I found out that you're ending this fun, and I feel sad.
    Like Messymimi I find this a nice habit even if I've been slacking recently, and like her I do not feel like giving it up.

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