Early Bird Special
unlike the midnight special
there are no songs
to celebrate the early bird special
no IHOPian bard,
no poet laureate of the blue plate
no bargain basement Dylan
no cut price Cohen
to extol the digestive
and economic benefits
of getting an early start.
Inspired by the dVerse prompt to write a quadrille using the word “early”. Thanks to Kim for the prompt.
Bonus Haiku
dawn breaks, early shift
at the haiku factory
counting syllables.
Photo: Sunrise on Planet Cistern 2
Dylan, Cohen; some heavy hitters there. Maybe you’re the voice of morning. And the i hop reference has me looking for the pancake batter. Very nice and love the bonus haiku.
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ha! thank you, go easy on the pancakes!
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Good references to the early bards of free form poetry. I did not read the “bonus” haiku because that took it over the 44 word limit.
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Time to redress the balance, maybe? Nicely done.
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I like the play on ‘midnight special’, Jim,. and the two-for-one bonus haiku – as opposed to ‘bargain basement Dylan’ or ‘cut price Cohen’!
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Thank you, Kim! Hope you are having a good Autumn over there in Norfolk!
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bargain basement Dylan was brilliant! i re-read it and then caught on – very creative quadrille
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Thank you Gina, much appreciated.
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Nice praise to getting an early start.
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Thanks Frank!
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Thanks for including the bonus haiku. 🙂 Creative!
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Ha… love the thought of those poets on sale… no I agree there are no early bird special on songs.
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But I love those early bird specials!
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can’t beat them!!
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Well done…in your unique style.
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Thank you…much appreciated!
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Thought i was about to see a breakfast recipe, image looks, 🤤
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Nope no recipes, food for thought, maybe!
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Bravo! Recognized by the blogosphere for your delicious work. Well deserved!
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Thanks Suzanne, that’s very kind of you. Much appreciated. This post seems to be getting a lot more traffic than I usually get..just curious, when you say “recognised by the blogosphere” what do you mean? JIM
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The WordPress gods have posted you under the “Discover” banner which is followed by 24,000,000 (not kidding) WP bloggers. Here’s the link: https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/41325786/posts/2043909828
It’s quite an honor to be “Discovered.”
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Ha, thanks for the clarification, that explains it…I am not used to the attention, it will undoubtedly go to my head! 😊
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Very nicely and differently described!! Well done !
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Wow, pretty delightful!!! Well done!!!❣
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Wow. This is great!
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oh.. You left me speechless. Such unique style of writing
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I long for acceptance into the early bird special
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Is it story about bird.
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Some Restaurants in Canada and the US serve meals at a lower price between 5 pm and 7 pm, they call it the Early Bird Special.
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