Fauxku Choo Choo (the play's the thing)

[nibbed]

Just wait & watch,
Flip Stick,
the mosquito
starves in the marsh

they say flamingos rest
on one foot to conserve heat
truth be known
it narrows an alligator's target

[just mercedes]

Just wait & watch,
Flip Stick,
the mosquito
starves in the marsh

they say flamingos rest
on one foot to conserve heat
truth be known
it narrows an alligator's target

I guess you don't know the rules. Your first stanza should be the last stanza of the last post. THEN your next stanza uses three words from that, etc etc

Abridged Fauxku Choo Choo guidelines:

1. Any TINY poem of 1 to 4 lines (or a 5 line limerick) - does not have to be haiku-like.
2. Poem includes 2 significant words from the preceding one. 
        (Tense and plurality may be changed, homonyms are allowed.)
3. Poem reflects some aspect of the previous poem (encouraged but not obligatory).

also:
4. Copy last poem and repeat it above your poem in your post.
5. It's OK to play with yourself. (Post replies to you own poem.)
6. If the previous poem doesn't fit the guidelines: 
        Either mention this politely, or continue on as if nothing happened, 
        or use the poem before it, or strike off on your own. (See guideline 3 above.)
7. It's OK to add TINY extraneous (or not) notes. 
 8. Ray can do whatever he wants as he is the One True God (of FauxkChoo u Ch

[Leanne]

they say flamingos rest
on one foot to conserve heat
truth be known
it narrows an alligator's target

Flaming gods
make pink flamingos
and conservatives make them targets

[nibbed]

Just wait & watch,
Flip Stick,
the mosquito
starves in the marsh

they say flamingos rest
on one foot to conserve heat
truth be known
it narrows an alligator's target

I guess you don't know the rules. Your first stanza should be the last stanza of the last post. THEN your next stanza uses three words from that, etc etc

Abridged Fauxku Choo Choo guidelines:

1. Any TINY poem of 1 to 4 lines (or a 5 line limerick) - does not have to be haiku-like.
2. Poem includes 2 significant words from the preceding one. 
        (Tense and plurality may be changed, homonyms are allowed.)
3. Poem reflects some aspect of the previous poem (encouraged but not obligatory).

also:
4. Copy last poem and repeat it above your poem in your post.
5. It's OK to play with yourself. (Post replies to you own poem.)
6. If the previous poem doesn't fit the guidelines: 
        Either mention this politely, or continue on as if nothing happened, 
        or use the poem before it, or strike off on your own. (See guideline 3 above.)
7. It's OK to add TINY extraneous (or not) notes. 
 8. Ray can do whatever he wants as he is the One True God (of FauxkChoo u Ch

oops, yikes. I may have known, at one time.
but forgot.
Sorry. I will try and be even more careful
to reread rules before posting. I thought
I had it...

[just mercedes]

Just wait & watch,
Flip Stick,
the mosquito
starves in the marsh

they say flamingos rest
on one foot to conserve heat
truth be known
it narrows an alligator's target

I guess you don't know the rules. Your first stanza should be the last stanza of the last post. THEN your next stanza uses three words from that, etc etc

Abridged Fauxku Choo Choo guidelines:

1. Any TINY poem of 1 to 4 lines (or a 5 line limerick) - does not have to be haiku-like.
2. Poem includes 2 significant words from the preceding one. 
        (Tense and plurality may be changed, homonyms are allowed.)
3. Poem reflects some aspect of the previous poem (encouraged but not obligatory).

also:
4. Copy last poem and repeat it above your poem in your post.
5. It's OK to play with yourself. (Post replies to you own poem.)
6. If the previous poem doesn't fit the guidelines: 
        Either mention this politely, or continue on as if nothing happened, 
        or use the poem before it, or strike off on your own. (See guideline 3 above.)
7. It's OK to add TINY extraneous (or not) notes. 
 8. Ray can do whatever he wants as he is the One True God (of FauxkChoo u Ch

oops, yikes. I may have known, at one time.
but forgot.
Sorry. I will try and be even more careful
to reread rules before posting. I thought
I had it...

No probs - Leanne picked it up, you're good to go!

[just mercedes]

Flaming gods
make pink flamingos
and conservatives make them targets

Flamingo flameurs
target conservatives -
disco inferno

[rayheinrich]

    Flamingo flameurs
    target conservatives -
    disco inferno
   
    flamenco liberals
    foxtrot conservatives -
    flamingos contemplate
    one wing flapping

[ellajam]

flamenco liberals
foxtrot conservatives -
flamingos contemplate
one wing flapping

flapping
headless chicken
liberal stops somewhere
contemplate an end

[Achebe]

flapping
headless chicken
liberal stops somewhere
contemplate an end

Chicken Sichuan style
with liberal seasoning
delightful to contemplate

[RiverNotch]

Chicken Sichuan style
with liberal seasoning
delightful to contemplate

McDonald's chicken nuggets
in special Sichuan sauce:
paradise

[ellajam]

McDonald's chicken nuggets
in special Sichuan sauce:
paradise

slow roasted chicken
garden herbs
bird of paradise

[RiverNotch]

slow roasted chicken
garden herbs
bird of paradise

well i just ate to burst my stomach and now, reading this, i'm hungry again

[nibbed]

slow roasted chicken
garden herbs
bird of paradise


rolling thunder
misty fronds
garden paradise

[rayheinrich]

        rolling thunder
        misty fronds
        garden paradise
       

        The fog rolls in on little cat feet,
        as i'm frying up a batch of fern fronds.
        Out my window sits the harbor...
        paradise.
       

partially stolen from:

    Fog   -   Carl Sandburg

The fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.

[just mercedes]

partially stolen from:

    Fog   -   Carl Sandburg

The fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.

I always thought Sandberg stole that from T S Eliot anyway - from Prufrock

The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes, 
The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes, 
Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening, 
Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains, 
Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys, 
Slipped by the terrace, made a sudden leap, 
And seeing that it was a soft October night, 
Curled once about the house, and fell asleep. 

---

The fog rolls in on little cat feet,
as i'm frying up a batch of fern fronds.
Out my window sits the harbor...
paradise.


The world rolls along
on the curl of the koru*.
Every window here
opens on paradise.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koru*

[ellajam]

The world rolls along
on the curl of the koru*.
Every window here
opens on paradise.

fritillaria bells open
over uncurling fern
guardian of cat paradise

[Leanne]

fritillaria bells open
over uncurling fern
guardian of cat paradise

guardian bells toll
but heedless,
we open the way to Paradise

[just mercedes]

guardian bells toll
but heedless,
we open the way to Paradise

you must pay the toll
to the ferryman, guardian
of the way to Paradise

[ellajam]

you must pay the toll
to the ferryman, guardian
of the way to Paradise

the toll's been paid -
the bartender grins
while the ferryman
steers towards Paradise

[rayheinrich]

    the toll's been paid -
    the bartender grins
    while the ferryman
    steers towards Paradise
   

    the cat steers towards the tuna salad
    on little cat paws
    i push the cat out the door with my foot
    paradise lost
   


    Eliot / Frost - fog

    Prufrock and Fog were published around the same time, so I don't think either one
    had an affect on the other. All sorts of quiet things get compared to others.  
    I bet the Greeks beat Eliot and Frost to it and ancient religious texts beat the Greeks.


     a church mouse
    quiet as fog
    sits looking
    over the harbor
   
    on silent haunches
    a cat grabs it and eats it
   
    then somewhere
    a pin drops