Maybe - A Cinquain - WWE

your wonders with word  always amazes me,,,  love your truimph,,,

as always...... you are outstanding

Lovely poem. Thanks for sharing

brilliant

neat picture thanks for sharing

great cinquain Elsie...puts me in the mood.

You're always so clever with these short little treasures...you always manage to say so much with so few words!

Excellent, Elsie.  Sounds like Sir Walter Raleigh.

Mystery man! Cool! My mind instantly divided into make-me-want-to-swoon and Ted Bundy. Either way, he's got the right move to convince most women to find out more. Good writing in so few words. Amazing! Thanks.

wow, what fun you had with the WWE prompt from Susan. Really liked this...

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adorable,  sounds like the start of a great story

Elsie,  I think I used more words to provide the prompt for this in the first place!  Well done!  You conveyed another time era by your word choice alone, rather than needing to *tell* us the time period.  I really marvel at this.  

One more comment:  I believe your fourth line has one too many syllables, plus it is the only line that takes me out of the place and mood that you've set up.  I bet you've worked it to death already, though because the entire poem is a sharp piece of work clearly indicating that you've spent some time on it.

lol Susan, if I had been more careful I would have counted over as two syllables, I think I have fixed that using o're .  Thank you for pointing that out to me. I appreciate it very much.

Wow! Seriously didn't think this could get any better, but the "o're" really worked! Kudos!

Excellent Elsie. What a story you tell with just a few words!

I'm not too proud to say I just don't understand this poem. Okay, you can call me a hayseed, make me sit in the corner wearing a dunce hat or have the Flying Nun slap me on the wrist with a ruler because it would be okay if Sally came by for a spot of The Evil Addiction. Yes, I would sing I'm A Little Teapot, if so requested, but as to this poem, I do not know the slang or circumstance to fit the words and I don't think you're taliking about painting toenails.

Kinda frightened me, picturing the Flying Nun stopping by for a some "Evil Addiction" (and frightens me more that I understand all the references, too), but you can recognize this from memories, too. Think black and white movies, men with top hats and cloaks in a French city with equally elegantly dressed women, a small puddle along the gutter of a cobblestoned street, and the man swishing his cloak off to cover the puddle for the woman. Now, seriously - didn't this poem do justice to that scene more so than my Hollywood version of it? lol

All your references give me hope that I'm not the only one with a vast store of knowledge based on many decades of watching TV. lol

The Evil Addiction = TEA.

William, I would never call you a hayseed, this is for a prompt from Susan which gave us certain things and words to use, I went back in time to supposedly when Men were gallant, as Sir Walter Raleigh and this kind of pertains to that with much artistic license, it's okay if you don't understand it, and no I am not painting toenails, lol.  Thanks so much for comment.

Sir Walter puffed too much.

In the 70's, young women were insulted by gallantry but older women were insulted if they were not treated with chivalry.  It was a difficult time for both genders.

I remember John, I was one of the "older" women who couldn't understand why we would want anything changed, I liked being taken care of and put up there on a pedestal by my husband, it was better than being "equal" any day.  I know it was hard for men too, especially those of the same age.

I like it! Such clever use of words to meet the criteria.

Thanks Natalie, I apprecite your commenting, have been so busy with family in the past couple of months not getting around like I should, guess it is good in some ways, but miss the amount of free time I had, things will change I am sure, I may be not so happy when they do, Billy getting ready to move to California in August, I will miss him so much.

Oh wow! Brilliant!

Thank you Sheila

I can tell Sheila was watching many Guinness beer commercials.

I'm trying so hard to be politically correct.

Lovely cinquain Elsie. I like how sly wink refers to Bonjour. typically french!

Thank you Atticus, appreciate your commenting.

Very good Elsie, always enjoy your works.