Can You Tell A Story In…

It’s Thursday once again and that means five-word story time. Your new word this week is:

POETRY

So can you tell a story in five words using the word POETRY in it somewhere?

Your word last week was SACRIFICE. Here are your SACRIFICED stories:

Keith Channing:

Electoral Commission compromised — democracy sacrificed.

Sacrifice? Don’t get me started!

What more can we sacrifice?

Ruth Scribbles:

Sacrifice for children is common.

Do not sacrifice your integrity.

Sacrifice for praise is futile.

Christine Mallaband-Brown:

Sacrifice a tomato to Burgershop.

My sacrifice, stop eating icecream.

He said sacrifice your money!

The town mayor sacrificed dolls?!

I had nothing to sacrifice…

Kim Smith:

Noble is a willing sacrifice.

Trent’s World:

He sacrificed love for power.

5 word limit sacrifices detail…

Val Fish:

The Crucifixion; Jesus’s ultimate sacrifice.

Lance Greenfield:

Sacrificed, despite loyalty. That hurts!

Snake sacrifices shed snakeskin suit.

True success requires serious sacrifice.

Sacrifice made Elton John rich.

Sacrifice your sack of rice.

Linking People 2003:

Uncle Sam, sacrificing citizens euphorically.

Hiding in bunker, sacrificing citizens.

NATO sacrificing arms for comedian.

Toddler democratically elected, sacrificing citizens.

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33 responses to “Can You Tell A Story In…”

  1. I write short poetry verses.
    Vague poetry is not enjoyable.
    I don’t enjoy snobby poetry.
    I prefer to write poetry.
    I don’t enjoy reading poetry.

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    1. I love the second and third ones!

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  2. Poetry can rhyme well sometime
    Sounds of poetry are interesting
    Words create poetic poetry poems
    The poetry of steam trains?
    Wordsworth and Coleridge- Romantic poetry?
    One man’s poetry, another’s doggerel

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    1. Try and say the third one when you’re drunk 😂

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      1. Oo I will have to get drunk!

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  3. Non-rhyming poetry is pretty prose
    Poetry needs metre and rhyme

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    1. I like the alliteration in that first one.

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  4. His debauchery crushed their poetry.

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    1. That’s another strong one, Terveen. Thank you.

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      1. Thank you so much, Esther. 🙂

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  5. No poetry for me today.

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    1. That’s a shame, Trent 😂

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      1. I love poetry in action 😉

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    Mimi Horne

    Poetry is music to me.

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    1. Hi Mimi. Great to see you on here. Thank you for this 😊

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  7. I took a poetry class.
    I like poetry that rhymes.
    Songs and poetry are similar.

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    1. Great! Thanks, Kim.

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  8. Perfect poetry prefers perfect punctuation
    Free form poetry is creative fun
    Classically structured poetry requires discipline
    Lance dancing: poetry in motion!
    My poetry is usually emotional
    Limericks make poetry such fun

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    1. Oh, that fourth one is priceless!

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      1. And so far from the truth. Unless you are prepared to take free form to the extreme.

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  9. EDC Writing/Believing Sight Unseen Avatar
    EDC Writing/Believing Sight Unseen

    Poetry… rhythm of found souls.

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      1. EDC Writing/Believing Sight Unseen Avatar
        EDC Writing/Believing Sight Unseen

        Thank you Esther – it’s very nice to be doing a five word thingy again.

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  10. Five
    Words
    is
    Too
    Much

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  11. 😉 I totally suck at poetry, but thanks for the challenge… 🙏🏻

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  12. SexagenarianScribbler Avatar
    SexagenarianScribbler

    Poetry doesn’t have to rhyme…
    Poetry; it’s all Greek to me…
    Limericks; poetry at it’s lewdest?

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    1. Thanks, Val. Love the second one – very good!

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  13. Boris said, “No office poetry!”

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