Put your petal to the medal,
now you’ve tasted two worms.
You are a fettle of fine fella,
bleached with geeky-clean squirms.
A wolf in cheap clothing,
you’ve tuttered your boast.
The very pineapple of politeness,
the wiggest binner at the parading toast.
Shared with dVerse Quadrille – petal. My mind works in odd ways sometimes. Just say ‘no’ to autumn poems this year!

This pun-ishment constitutes cruelty to language learners! lol & jk–some of them probably enjoy it as much as I did
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Malaprops to all those spooners who went before! 🙏
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Clever, I liked very much!!!
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Thanks 🙏
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Curiouser and curiouser – said Alice! I too avoided an autumnal take on this prompt…
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Hooray! 🙏
How do you know when it is autumn? A poet will tell you!
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Such fun…. loved it
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I had fun writing it too. Thanks Björn 🙏
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Fun fun fun!!! Great word play😊
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Thanks Lillian 🙏
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This is brilliant. Love it, my friend.
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Cheers Charlie 🙏
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You welcome, friend. 🙂
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Oh, what fun! I love it.
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Thanks 🙏
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Fun poem! I could tell you enjoyed creating it.
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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Thanks Yvette 🙏
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Very clever, and fun to read!
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Thank you 🙏
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Great fun, Shaun!
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Thanks Punam 🙏
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You are welcome.
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Love the wolf in ‘cheap clothing’ Shaun so funny 😃
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Thank you 🙏
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Who is chuckling more? Us readers and the writer?!?!?!
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🤣
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Love this playing with words and language! Very enjoyable and the rhythm was spot on!!
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Thanks Val 🙏
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A great example of using humor and quirky language to soften criticism. A beautiful piece of critique.
‘…the wiggest binner at the parading toast.’ Indeed.
Outstanding play of words.
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Thanks Indira 🙏
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My pleasure, Shaun.
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Very clever plays on words- the two pieces you offered work nicely together too!
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Thanks Violet 🙏
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Shaun, this one feels joyfully off-kilter — the wordplay practically wriggles. Really fun piece.
~David
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Cheers David 🙏 The first line popped into my head immediately from this prompt and all the rest fell into place quickly behind.
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🤗
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