Mindful Poetry Contest (Trimeric): The Tale of...

The Tale of the Fuguepie Fiend

At the edge of the Cracklejack Woods,

near the shores of Icebrink Sea,

greet the lair of the Fuguepie Fiend

that grumpty, chewsy, mean thing.

Near the shores of Icebrink Sea,

strange shadows prowl in the forest

when the sun fades into the trees.

Greet the lair of the Fuguepie Fiend,

as he skulks and he snorts in the air

huddled high in those treetops so dark

That grumpty, chewsy, mean thing,

the horrid, the wretched, the foul,

the beast that none living has seen.

The Prompt:

A Trimeric

Follow these rules:

Today's prompt, use any and as many as you want of the following jabberwocky words: cracklejack, icebrink, fuguepie, chewsy (yes, spelled that way. You can have the word mean whatever you think it should mean)
Publish so that the date stamped is April 18th with only one stamp-date
Tag with MP2012
Publish to Mindful Poetry (and other groups as you wish)

Comments: 39

Angela A. Apr 18, 2012, 11:21am UTC

Wow, that was cool!

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A. F. Stewart Apr 18, 2012, 12:04pm UTC

Thank you, I'm pleased you liked the poem.

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Debbie W. Apr 18, 2012, 11:37am UTC

So very, very good!

A. F. Stewart Apr 18, 2012, 12:04pm UTC

Thank you.

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Virginia M. Apr 18, 2012, 12:26pm UTC

Oh! I love this! The challenge was very well met.

JOHN BECK Apr 18, 2012, 1:50pm UTC

I agree with Virginia. Top notch, Anita.

A. F. Stewart Apr 18, 2012, 2:36pm UTC

Thank you both.

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CL Mareydt Apr 18, 2012, 4:38pm UTC

Gives me shivers ... ;0

☀★¸¸.☆.¸¸ . ✶*¨*. ¸ .✫*¨*.¸¸.✶*¸¸.☆.¸¸ . ☀★☀★¸¸.☆.¸¸ . ✶*¨*.
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A. F. Stewart Apr 18, 2012, 4:57pm UTC

Thanks for reading.

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Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 18, 2012, 7:48pm UTC

Oo, no food at all in this one! Your photo sets the stage perfectly. This is where the cousins to The Wild Things live.

Now appearing next to the other trimerics at Mindful Poetry.

A. F. Stewart Apr 19, 2012, 9:04am UTC

The food connection never occured to me, I guess.

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Atticus *. Apr 18, 2012, 10:05pm UTC

I love the word "grumpty". This is so much fun to read Anita.

A. F. Stewart Apr 19, 2012, 8:20am UTC

That word started out as a typo, but it looked so cool I kept it.

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 19, 2012, 11:37am UTC

Yes, I enjoyed reading that word, too. Initially, I read it as grumpity, but on second run-through, noticed my error. Grumpty should BE a word!

A. F. Stewart Apr 19, 2012, 12:39pm UTC

I guess it's a good thing I have a tendency to press the wrong keys then.

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Granny Janny Apr 19, 2012, 12:45am UTC

Yay...you rhymed too! Love this take on the prompt.

A. F. Stewart Apr 19, 2012, 9:14am UTC

Thank you.

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Mustafa Demiri Apr 19, 2012, 1:36am UTC

How ominous!...Reminds me of the Gruffalo.

... Very well done.

A. F. Stewart Apr 19, 2012, 9:23am UTC

Thanks.

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 19, 2012, 11:37am UTC

Yes, the Gruffalo! I think so, too.

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Kerry Dexter Apr 19, 2012, 9:09am UTC

I can just hear a fugue playing too... for those who venture near unwarily, perhaps.

A. F. Stewart Apr 19, 2012, 10:00am UTC

You never know.

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Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 19, 2012, 11:44am UTC

I want to see this in a book, Anita. I do, I do! Until then, let this encourage you to find a publisher:

A. F. Stewart Apr 19, 2012, 12:19pm UTC

Actually it will be in a book, just as soon as I get some time to finish up my latest book of poetry, Reflections of Poetry. I plan to publish it as an ebook to Smashwords and possibly a print version.

A. F. Stewart Apr 19, 2012, 12:33pm UTC

And thank you for Poem of the Day.

william d. Apr 19, 2012, 1:07pm UTC

Congratulations! Well deserved!

A. F. Stewart Apr 19, 2012, 3:08pm UTC

Thanks William.

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Orbus Argentum Apr 19, 2012, 11:52pm UTC

I really like the back and forth rhythm of this. (maybe that's just me)
It feels like the Fuguepie Fiend is making his grumpty thumpting way towards us.
Very enjoyable