THIS SIDE OF TUESDAY
See how she kiskadees
In conversation with him.
Why can't she just say I,
Like everyone else.
There she goes again,
See how she kiskadees:
Mother will make it dear,
Leave the ingredients here.
So she bakes them cookies,
Her little cricket team will be happy;
See how she kiskadees,
Mumbling praises to herself.
"Ms Baker," she whispers,
These chocolate chips,
Are surely the best, this side of Tuesday.
See how she kiskadees?
© gillena cox 2023
#Note: The kiskadee is a bird which sings out its name: kis ka dee, kis ka dee.
I am using kiskadeeing as a verb to mean using one's name instead of saying I. How this works.
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I’ve loved it when you’ve written about kiskadees before, Gillena, it’s such a wonderfully onomatopoeic name for a bird – and it echoes the sound it makes. I love this poem, the title and the repetition.
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It does work! I like it. It has the perfect sound for what you mean.
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Having spent January and February in Bermuda for five years....I LOVE the kiskadee birds. It's amazing how the sound they make really sounds like "kiss-ka-dee"....I'd heard about them and was a bit suspicious it was people taking poetic license in their descriptions but nope....those beautifully bright yellow birds really do say "kisskadee"!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Lillian
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Thanks for this beautifully playful poem, Gillena :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Carys
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Oh, that's very clever! I love it. Why do some people do that? I'll always think of it as kiskadee-ing now.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Sarah
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It worked GREAT!! Your prime line for the Quantern Form poem, "See how she kiskadees" is a Winner!!
ReplyDeletep.s. I wrote one of those on May 27 for the next to last Sunday Muse, using "When oceans rise cities flood" and then changed it a bit (that is permissible for the forn) for the next three verses.
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Thanks for your appreciation Jim
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You are welcome. I had very few visitors as I had the wrong URL posted for over a day. If you care to read my post, I myself like it a lot, it is here,
Deletehttp://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/2023/05/gambling-poem-for-dverse.html.
Thanks for the link
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Excellent response to the prompt, Gillena! I like the bird word but think it odd when people refer to themselves in third person or by name!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Lynn
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What a wonderful word! (and bird)
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Kerfe
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This is absolutely delightful, Gillena!! ❤️❤️❤️
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Sanaa
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Very nicely done!
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