Egg
Acrostic contest entry19 total reviews
Comment from Jacqueline M Franklin
Hi Gretchen,
Indeed, gooey mess is right.
My maternal grandparents used to raise chickens and sell eggs. I remember my grandma sitting in the basement with her little sanding tool, cleaning and sanding the eggs for market. Every once in a while an egg would break in the ole hand. Eeeeewwww!
Really good poem. Good luck in the contest.
Cheers & Blessings
Keep Smilin'... Jax
reply by the author on 24-Aug-2014
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Hi Gretchen,
Indeed, gooey mess is right.
My maternal grandparents used to raise chickens and sell eggs. I remember my grandma sitting in the basement with her little sanding tool, cleaning and sanding the eggs for market. Every once in a while an egg would break in the ole hand. Eeeeewwww!
Really good poem. Good luck in the contest.
Cheers & Blessings
Keep Smilin'... Jax
Comment Written 21-Aug-2014
reply by the author on 24-Aug-2014
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I always wondered if eggs came out looking as perfect as they do in the grocery store. Now I know. Thank you for the great review. Gretchen
Comment from TAB_that's me
Hey great job with this prompt. I hadn't even seen the prompt yet. Looks kind of hard to do but you did great. Good luck to you.
Teresa
reply by the author on 24-Aug-2014
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Hey great job with this prompt. I hadn't even seen the prompt yet. Looks kind of hard to do but you did great. Good luck to you.
Teresa
Comment Written 21-Aug-2014
reply by the author on 24-Aug-2014
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Thank you for the great review. Gretchen
Comment from Bill Schott
This is probably the perfect example of the 5-7-5 acrostic. Elaborate seems like it fits okay. I'm sure this is the final new poem style creation we'll see.
reply by the author on 24-Aug-2014
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This is probably the perfect example of the 5-7-5 acrostic. Elaborate seems like it fits okay. I'm sure this is the final new poem style creation we'll see.
Comment Written 21-Aug-2014
reply by the author on 24-Aug-2014
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Those creative poets are always finding new twists with which to challenge themselves. Thanks for the wonderful review. Gretchen
Comment from rrabinow
Wonderfully written poem that you entered into this contest. I like the line goes rolling off the table, as an egg easily rolls. Best if luck.
reply by the author on 24-Aug-2014
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Wonderfully written poem that you entered into this contest. I like the line goes rolling off the table, as an egg easily rolls. Best if luck.
Comment Written 21-Aug-2014
reply by the author on 24-Aug-2014
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Thank you so much for the wonderful review. Gretchen
Comment from Jay Squires
As if a 5-7-5 wasn't hard enough ... why not make it an acrostic. You pulled it off, though. Suggestion: when an egg rolls off the table, don't try to rescue it with your foot!
Good luck!
reply by the author on 24-Aug-2014
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As if a 5-7-5 wasn't hard enough ... why not make it an acrostic. You pulled it off, though. Suggestion: when an egg rolls off the table, don't try to rescue it with your foot!
Good luck!
Comment Written 21-Aug-2014
reply by the author on 24-Aug-2014
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Thanks for the wisdom, but I'll bet Pele' could do it. LOL. Thank you for the wonderful review. Gretchen
Comment from kiwijenny
Eggs-actly ....this poem was gooey good.....
I guess they were all shell shocked......
I wonder if the egg was a yolk-el
Sorry ...I pun.
God bless
reply by the author on 24-Aug-2014
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Eggs-actly ....this poem was gooey good.....
I guess they were all shell shocked......
I wonder if the egg was a yolk-el
Sorry ...I pun.
God bless
Comment Written 21-Aug-2014
reply by the author on 24-Aug-2014
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I love a pun, you are a master at it. Thank you for the very engaging review. Gretchen
Comment from Misrael
Very good description of what happens to a raw egg when it falls on the floor. Especially when it has to be so short. Good read and keep up the good work.
reply by the author on 21-Aug-2014
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Very good description of what happens to a raw egg when it falls on the floor. Especially when it has to be so short. Good read and keep up the good work.
Comment Written 21-Aug-2014
reply by the author on 21-Aug-2014
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Thank you for the wonderful review. Gretchen
Comment from Sankey
This is great! What a return after just reading your story about jack ha! Well done. I need to think about some of these myself. Thamks for the idea. No spags.
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reply by the author on 21-Aug-2014
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This is great! What a return after just reading your story about jack ha! Well done. I need to think about some of these myself. Thamks for the idea. No spags.
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Comment Written 21-Aug-2014
reply by the author on 21-Aug-2014
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Go to Createspace.com. They can help you self publish. A ligetimat publisher won't ask you to front money. Got to watch out for those guys. Anyhow, thanks for the great review. Gretchen
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Thanks for the hint will do a search on them too to make sure. I am so upset I nearly got taken in I am more disappointed as I found the ??publisher through an Ad on FS! But I realise we are all different. Glad I was able to read some comments about others experiences with the particular publisher.
Thanks again.
Comment from Spiritual Echo
Very clever, but I'm not sure the syllable amount is correct, pretty sure gooey is two. But there is a haiku syllable counter, if you google it, you can check all your words.
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reply by the author on 21-Aug-2014
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Very clever, but I'm not sure the syllable amount is correct, pretty sure gooey is two. But there is a haiku syllable counter, if you google it, you can check all your words.
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Comment Written 21-Aug-2014
reply by the author on 21-Aug-2014
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I got very confused. I did a 5/7/7. Went back and changed the last line to ... Gooey mess on floor. Thanks so much for catching it. Gretchen