Thursday, June 23, 2011

Friday Flash 55 ~ Some Observations




Some Observations
on the Natural Sciences


Tigers
sleep best when fed,
with other
tigers in their bed.

Fish
that fly
try but can’t
stay in the sky.

Bats
avoid ships,
and look like mice
with wings and lips.
 
Dinosaurs?
Just bones
we use for
 monster clones

All of these
I understand.
The one I can’t,
it's name is man.


June 2011 




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24 comments:

  1. Monkey ManJune 23, 2011 at 6:51 PM

    Who can?

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  2. FireblossomJune 23, 2011 at 7:01 PM

    Ha! I love it.

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  3. StrangerJune 23, 2011 at 7:17 PM

    I have the same problem!
    LOL.
    Great 55.

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  4. MargaretJune 23, 2011 at 7:18 PM

    ... I sleep better fed with someone in my bed too! Does that mean I'm a tiger? :)

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  5. flaubertJune 23, 2011 at 7:31 PM

    The strangest of them all, Joy. Good one.

    Pamela

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  6. G-ManJune 23, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    Joy Darwin....
    Pleased to meet you.
    Hedgie, Not silly but Whimsical!
    A huge difference.
    Loved your 55 My Friend.
    (Especially the ones that I only have to read once to understand because of my Non-Poetic mind.)
    Thanks for playing, and have a Kick Ass Week-End

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  7. hedgewitchJune 23, 2011 at 8:30 PM

    Thanks all.
    @G-Man--I'm always thinkin of ya, Galen. Sparing your mind the strain so you can concentrate on the culinary expertise needed for whatever large mammal you will no doubt spend the weekend grilling or making into jerky.

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  8. Brian MillerJune 23, 2011 at 8:31 PM

    so what are you trying to say? i can tell you everything you need to know...figuring us out is easy...its the fairer sex that...well the manual would be too heavy to turn the page...haha

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  9. Enchanted OakJune 23, 2011 at 8:32 PM

    I adore the photo and your poem is a pleasure.

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  10. Alice AudreyJune 23, 2011 at 9:19 PM

    You'd think that would be the easiest, too.

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  11. MorningAJJune 24, 2011 at 1:03 AM

    That tiger photo is lovely! I've stopped trying to understand Man. Exellent 55.

    My 55 are here

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  12. Steve IsaakJune 24, 2011 at 2:52 AM

    Love this.

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  13. annell4June 24, 2011 at 5:07 AM

    Very nice post. I like your observations.

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  14. the walking manJune 24, 2011 at 6:09 AM

    Me neither. Seems to be getting harder by the hour to define that creature.

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  15. BrendanJune 24, 2011 at 8:12 AM

    Men are best reserved for the unnatural science, like jerkology and neuro-discombobulogy. Amen and ahem. - Brendan

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  16. ayalaJune 24, 2011 at 11:03 AM

    Ha, so clever :) love it!

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  17. AnonymousJune 24, 2011 at 12:51 PM

    What a fun 55... so true about bats, I'm odd as I think they are fascinating ~

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  18. ClaudiaJune 24, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    i just love this...i adore poets with a sense of humor...and you for sure have..

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  19. KavitaJune 24, 2011 at 3:18 PM

    hahaha.. EXCELLENT observations, Joy...
    And as for your perplexity, I'm with ya on that, my friend... *sigh*

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  20. BelindaJune 24, 2011 at 3:31 PM

    Damn right. I don't even think they make sense to themselves. Excellent obeservations and I just love that pic.

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  21. Maude LynnJune 24, 2011 at 4:25 PM

    This is so clever! I love it!

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  22. Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis HallJune 25, 2011 at 2:26 AM

    cool 55.

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  23. Vinay Leo R.June 25, 2011 at 3:44 AM

    Hehehe! Clever.. who can understand man anyways! Nice one!

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  24. RuthJune 25, 2011 at 4:20 AM

    My dear, you are as good as Blake!

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"We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, out of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry." ~William Butler Yeats

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