Cinnabar Stripes

by Chrissy710

There once was a Zebra quite bright
His stripes were Vermillion and white;
The herd Pernickety
Xenophobic and finicky
His look Neo-Classical not right.

This Zebra stood out in the pack
With red pigment colour; not black
His classical style
Could be from the phyle
A first of his kind, a throw-back.

This caused a great fear to the herd
His colour was really absurd,
Not Zebra; of course
He must be a horse,
Cause his stripes were really quite blurred.

His mother said "stop all this fuss"!
Accept he is different, not suss
Not from Jurrasic
Nor Neo-Classic
He really is just one of us.

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Wordsmith - PM contest writing prompt entry

Writing Prompt
Hi all - up for a challenge? As with AW Brooks & Dean's recent contests, PM me for a list of five unique words that you must incorporate (or their variants)into your rhymed poem, after you enter the contest. Please list your original words in the authors notes - NO need to highlight in the poem but do so if you wish.

This will not be for the faint-hearted. I aim to make this as challenging as possible!

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This is my entry for the this interesting, but challenging contest

The 5 words I had to incorporate into this poem were
Pernickety : Fussy. particular, sharp and picky attention to detail
Neo Classical: 17th & 18th Century, Western movememt in decorative arts from the culture of ancient Greece and Rome
Xenophobic : Fear of that perceived to be foreign or strange
Vermillion: A red pigment colour from the reaction of mercury and sulphur. Grinding the mineral Cinnabar produces a bright red powder known as Vermillion
Zebra: An African Equina( horse family) black and white stripes each unique to each individual animal.

Also used the words
Phyle : A tribe in ancient athenians (Greek)

I used a limerick style format as this seemed to fit my thoughts and 'creative style' LOL

Thanks to z by surjartwork I was thrilled to have found this image AFTER I had written this poem. I couldn't believe it when I came across this.

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Cinnabar Stripes

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