19 Aug 2010

Prank




Two legs surfaced on an idle lake
Made the sleepy leisure hunters abruptly anxious
A weird hat in the vicinity
Added fire to the intensity
Until a pretty girl rose like a dolphin 


Image and prompt courtesy :  Visit magpietales  to check out fellow writers interesting pieces of writing. 

23 comments:

Tess Kincaid said...

I adore the evocative image of the girl rising like a dolphin. The faucet does look like a strange hat! Beautiful, quirky piece. I like it. A lot!

Nithin RS said...

Glad that you liked this limerick.This is certainly an encouragement to write more. :)

Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hall said...

lovely imagination,
adorable Magpie!

Anonymous said...

I LOVE the unexpected!!

Helen said...

Totally unique and a clever interpretation of Willow's photo!

Nithin RS said...

Jingle,Dana and Helen,thanks to all of you for reading :)your comments gives confidence to write. have a nice day.

Carrie Van Horn said...

Nithin I love this...the imagery is awesome. :-)

Nithin RS said...

Thanks. This imagery is the prompt for this poetry.

Kathe W. said...

Love this limerick! Very fun twist on the photo

Nithin RS said...

Thanks Kathew.

Angie Muresan said...

I am so pleased it has a happy ending.

Marilyn & Jeff said...

I like it, your words for this photo are so original. L love these words 'a pretty girl rose like a dolphin, beautiful imagery.

Nithin RS said...

Thanks Angie and Marilyn. Glad that you liked that line. I wondered how it will look when i wrote it. image courtesey: magpietales.

Stafford Ray said...

Damn! I missed her emergence. All I saw was the hat and feet, neither all that pretty!

Nithin RS said...

Stafford Ray ... lol :P well, you try to see her emergence in one of your sweet dreams :D thanks for reading. :)

Tumblewords: said...

Oh, what an image this is!

Nithin RS said...

Yeah , i felt the same..when i first saw it..magpie tales have great choice of pics.

thanks for reading :)

Claudia said...

..a pretty girl rose like a dolphin…evocative imagery with a playful feeling..nice

my magpie is here

Brian Miller said...

ha. nice play... a rather surreal magpie...like the imagery though. very nice.

my magpie

signed...bkm said...

nice read with a happy ending...my kind of read...bkm

Nithin RS said...

Claudia, Brian and Signed, thanks alot for reading. :)

Anonymous said...

The mystery you created was too good! And the, the fiiiine end.. Serves those hunters right! :)

Well played, Nithin!

Nithin RS said...

Kavisionz, thanks for your compliment. :)