Ode To Church Ladies
Church ladies having a rummage sale9 total reviews
Comment from Joan E.
I'm still catching up from my trip and realized I missed this one. Congratulations on having it appropriately acknowledged by winning the contest! I am sure that many of our "ladies" could relate to this message! I enjoyed your 5-7-7 form and your clever title. Kudos- Joan
reply by the author on 02-Oct-2011
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I'm still catching up from my trip and realized I missed this one. Congratulations on having it appropriately acknowledged by winning the contest! I am sure that many of our "ladies" could relate to this message! I enjoyed your 5-7-7 form and your clever title. Kudos- Joan
Comment Written 02-Oct-2011
reply by the author on 02-Oct-2011
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Thank you Joan for your review and welcome back from your trip.
This one was fun to write. Take care of yourself. Bill
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And obviously fun to read! Many thanks for the welcome back- Joan
Comment from Justin Chopin
Great job with the poetry Cedar and the joke about the church ladies bringing their useless things which would include their husbands was very funny and very clever. I could actually see a plethora of old women coming to this church with their husbands in shopping carts ready to sell them off . Well done.
reply by the author on 18-Jul-2011
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Great job with the poetry Cedar and the joke about the church ladies bringing their useless things which would include their husbands was very funny and very clever. I could actually see a plethora of old women coming to this church with their husbands in shopping carts ready to sell them off . Well done.
Comment Written 16-Jul-2011
reply by the author on 18-Jul-2011
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Thanks for the review, I appreciate it. That one was fun to write, everybody seemed to enjoy it. Have a great day/Bill
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you're welcome.
Comment from Gert sherwood
Okay Cedar I can see why you got first prize
Great play on words ( I just wonder how some husband felt when they read--
gather up your useless things
and bring your husbands
Gert
reply by the author on 12-Jul-2011
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Okay Cedar I can see why you got first prize
Great play on words ( I just wonder how some husband felt when they read--
gather up your useless things
and bring your husbands
Gert
Comment Written 12-Jul-2011
reply by the author on 12-Jul-2011
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Hey, thanks Gert. This one was fun to write, glad you enjoyed it. I've been out of circulation for awhile, just taking a break. Thanks again my friend and have a nice day. Cedar/Bill
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You are welcome Bill
Gert
Comment from adewpearl
You've put one of those church bloopers that makes the rounds of the internet into good 5/7/5 form. Congratulations on your contest win. Brooke
reply by the author on 19-May-2011
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You've put one of those church bloopers that makes the rounds of the internet into good 5/7/5 form. Congratulations on your contest win. Brooke
Comment Written 19-May-2011
reply by the author on 19-May-2011
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Thanks Brooke. My wife is a Sunday school teacher and we were talking about this one. So, I changed the words around to comply with the rules and I did add a few of my own. Have a great day. Bill
Comment from Carolyn Hilliard
This little play with odes, haiku, and useless hubbies. Chuckle and giggle. Absolutely loved reading it. I don't have the last anymore.
reply by the author on 19-May-2011
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This little play with odes, haiku, and useless hubbies. Chuckle and giggle. Absolutely loved reading it. I don't have the last anymore.
Comment Written 18-May-2011
reply by the author on 19-May-2011
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Thanks Carolyn for your review. I'm glad you got a chuckle from it. You said you don't have the last anymore, it's never to late.
Comment from rosah
you got my vote with this enchanting little cutie! great job, and the artwork is so very fitting! kudos to you, and best of luck!!!!!!!
reply by the author on 18-May-2011
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you got my vote with this enchanting little cutie! great job, and the artwork is so very fitting! kudos to you, and best of luck!!!!!!!
Comment Written 18-May-2011
reply by the author on 18-May-2011
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Thank you my friend for your wonderful comments. This one was fun writing. Take care and have a wonderful day.
Comment from Connie C
I got a real chuckle out of this one. I guess it's implying that husbands
are among those "useless" things. Thanks for sharing and giving me a
little laugh. Best of luck to you in the contest. Connie
reply by the author on 18-May-2011
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I got a real chuckle out of this one. I guess it's implying that husbands
are among those "useless" things. Thanks for sharing and giving me a
little laugh. Best of luck to you in the contest. Connie
Comment Written 17-May-2011
reply by the author on 18-May-2011
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Thanks Connie for your review. I'm glad it made you laugh.
Laughter is good for you, according to the experts, it relieves stress. Have a great day my friend.
Comment from Adama
This one caused me to give a little chuckle. I like what you have captured here and I wish you all the best in the contest.
reply by the author on 18-May-2011
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This one caused me to give a little chuckle. I like what you have captured here and I wish you all the best in the contest.
Comment Written 17-May-2011
reply by the author on 18-May-2011
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Thank you my friend for your review. I'm glad it made you laugh.
Have a great day.
Comment from DIS-illusioned
--Hello! Bear in mind that this is not one of those write about anything haiku, but the traditional, typical one.
Normally, haiku center on some aspect of physical nature. Yours here is on church ladies.
The ideal haiku for this contest would be in praise (hence, ode) to some aspect of environmental nature.
You did meet the 5-7-5 syllable count requirement. Good luck.
reply by the author on 18-May-2011
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--Hello! Bear in mind that this is not one of those write about anything haiku, but the traditional, typical one.
Normally, haiku center on some aspect of physical nature. Yours here is on church ladies.
The ideal haiku for this contest would be in praise (hence, ode) to some aspect of environmental nature.
You did meet the 5-7-5 syllable count requirement. Good luck.
Comment Written 17-May-2011
reply by the author on 18-May-2011
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Thanks for your review. HOWEVER, this IS one of those write about anything haiku's. PLEASE check the contest entries, there are entries about the following things: people with drinking problems, cupcakes, coffee, champagne, electricity, the Bible, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, etc. Please review the contest entries
and I request a clarification of your rating once you have had an oppotunity to do this. Thank you and have a great day.
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Just because others are doing the wrong thing doesn't mean you should join them.
For the umpteenth time I checked the contest prompt requirements and it simply said write a HAIKU that is an ODE, no extra notes.
For those who know what a haiku and ode are, it means a haiku of praise. And since haiku CENTER on the theme of physical / environmental NATURE, it means write a poem of PRAISE on NATURE.
If it were a write about anything haiku (a quite unusual haiku) it would clearly have specified this. Without this, the traditonal / typical haiku is meant.
Thank you.
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In response to your first statement, I'm 65 years old and do not need anyone telling me what I should or should not do, regardless of what the subject is. Secondly, the original set of rules stated the topic was open or else 10 or 15 writers would not have done so. Thirdly, I know what a Ode Haiku is, I need no explanation of the forms of poetry. Fourthly, this entry was ahead in the voting booth a few minutes ago, so evidently the contestants and voters knew the rules. Also, your statement "for the umpteenth time" sounded a little insulting to me.