Dramatis persona*

helenhead Helen Chick

I've always wanted a bumper sticker that said "I'm a female, LDS/Mormon, Scout leading, geocaching, piano-playing, bicycling, mathematics educator with a PhD in maths ... and I VOTE"!

I think this makes me a minority group of cardinality 1!

* Since there's only one of me and "personae" is plural (I think), I've gone with dramatis persona.
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20. Fortitude [100 poems challenge]

 

20.          Fortitude

It was labelled nutritious
And it looked quite delicious
And he sure wanted something delectable.
He took one bite and chewed it
But before long he rued it
Because unpleasant tastes were detectable.

With a grimace, and gagging —
And an appetite flagging —
He continued to chomp with great fortitude;
What he’d so hoped to savour
Had a horrible flavour
Clearly proving ‘twas not what he thought he chewed.

8, 9 May 2013

 

Comments: This poem exists solely because I found a rhyme for “fortitude”. That may not be a good enough reason. [It also helps if you realise that it has a di-di-DUM rhythm at the beginning of each line, right from the word go.]

Themes to come: 21. Vacation; 22. Nature; 23. Cat; 24. No Time; 25. Trouble Lurking

Explanation about the 100 poems challenge here.

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