Hello Dear Readers! This weekend’s 33-word Trifecta Challenge is as follows:
The word lithium comes from the Greek word lithos, which means stone (http://chemistry.about.com/od/lithium/a/10-Lithium-Facts.htm). This weekend, we want you to give us a thirty-three response using the word stone as one of your thirty-three words. You can use any definition of the word that you’d like, but we are specifically looking for serious, well-conceived entries. This isn’t the weekend for light-hearted posts about the difficulty of posting before the linkz close, and we are not looking for hilarious commentary about your cats (THIS time). We want something serious and deep from you guys this weekend, because the sun is starting to shine a bit more, and we think we can handle it now. Take your time with it and give us your very best work.
Etched into a Stone
Carve thy bust
In injudicious stone?
Thou must?
Maketh not
A thing beheld
Upon thy
Wizened throne
The jamboree of C’est la vie
Of destiny unknown
Tis merely thine own hieroglyph
Etched into a stone
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Until next time . . . I love you
wow that’s incredibly good!!
Oh thank you so much Bucky!
Very nice. There is great rhythm in your structure. Somehow light and playful, though the theme is serious. Well done!
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Barbara thank you so much for your thoughtful comment. I don’t usually write this type of thing — I usually write humor — so I’m glad you saw that in it!! : )
Brilliance!
Deanabo!, wow — thank you!!
Serious,but still the inimitable Linda Vernon style.
Great entry!
Ah thanks Guap! What a nice thing to say!! I’m so glad you liked it.
( I left some comments on your blog but I think they went to spam!)
I have rescued them!!!!
Odd that they went there. They didn’t have your gravatar either…
Is this still the real Linda Vernon, or is there a pea-pod thing going on?
Ha. ha. this. is. the. real. linda. vernon. and. not. a. linda. vernon. bot. I. swear. to. you. cross. my. inner. mechanisms. hope. to. die.
(That’s weird how WP does that just out of nowhere sometimes. It was doing it about a year ago and I contacted WP and they fixed it but I don’t remember now who exactly I contacted . . . sigh.)
Fantastic -especially loved the last four lines,Linda:-)Well done(nothing new in that,is there?lol!)
Thank you so much Atreyee!!!
Thank you so much Atreyee!!!
🙂
Linda I have the vocabulary chosen – the old english, written so very well- thank you.
Thak you sooo much!! 😀
that was meant to read I love the vocab you have chosen… 😦 apologies
Ah!! Thank you so much for both your comments!! 🙂
I like the flow of this! The idea of a bust being a personal hieroglyph in stone is a truth I’d never really thought of before.
Lol Janna I gotta say I never really thought about it before the challenge either. 😀
Love the idea of ‘The jamboree of C’est la vie’. Great take on the prompt.
Thank you so munch Sarah Ann!
The jamboree line is top notch, Linda. I love seeing this from you. Great job.
Oh I am so glad you liked it!
The jamboree of C’est la vie — yes, lovely 🙂
Thank you kz!!
Something a little different from you, and yet still instantly recognizable as yours. Brilliant work (:
Oh what a nice compliment!! Thank you!!!
Oh what a nice compliment!! Thank you!!!
In the jamboree camp! Terrific poem.
Thanks kimm, wouldn’t mind going to jamboree camp!!