“Whither” said my pal the Owl,
“Shall we two wend?” Whereto
I responded, cheek by jowl,
“Do you mean, friend, where to?”
Then the amiable fowl
Stated “Whither, where too!”
Adding but an extra vowel.
I consented thereto.
Nightly, when the wind does howl,
Owl, and I too, care to
Wrap our two heads in a towel –
One that we two share, too,
When the weather is too foul
Our two heads to bare to;
And “To-whit to-whoo,” sings Owl –
Notes so sweet, and fair too!
In a list
A contest entry
- Do You Know The Difference? by AliceinPoetryLand.
1200 points, ended March 16, 2008, 11 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Excellent. So pleased to see a beautiful trophy on this piece. Very very good. I think you are so creative and talented to write a wonder like this. Very entertaining. A joy to enjoy. ~Pamela
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It was fun, O Virtuously Rewarded One!
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Wonderfully penned! Absolutely stunning
Should 'our heads to bare to' possible be 'our heads too bare too'?
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No, the grammatical construction here, just using the operative words, is: "too foul to bare (our heads) to"
At least I think that's what you're asking me.
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Very amusing, so well penned. All the best in the contest with it
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Thanks, Lady D.
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Beautiful & witty
I felt lost in your friend owl's words
Brought a lovely smile to my face
Much luck in the contest
Knot
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I like to make people smile.
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As usual you are too talented for us meager mortals. Great fun and intricately (and accurately) penned.
Great job.
Ken
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Thank you, Ken.
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WOw Lol. Thanks for the help in distinguishing it...
Great job.
best wishes to you in this contest.
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It was composed in a fit of the giggles, Tory
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Clever.
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Ta!
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I feel like I've been excellenly schooled in the
two, too, to dilemma... which I needed to be since I have been found guilty of switching the to for too
and not realizing the difference, but NEVER the two for to or too.. so I guess one out of two isn't too bad?
Mairi, you shine so brilliant on this dark cloudy day
that I feel the warmth from a sun not there!
laurie
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Well thank you, Laurie.
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Bloody hell !!
too whit to what you too ?? OK you win the alliteration contest lol I thought " the ten to ten train tooted ten time through the tunnel" was clever but you take two tiers of cake. lol
Barry
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Well, Baz, if people will set these darn silly contests...
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LMAO Too funny! Very cleverly penned indeed. Love it and I think another tongue twister we have!Now I will to-whit, to-whoo all night!
Thanks so much for entering
Gaylene
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In her tutu and her cowl,
With her golden hair too,
Gaylene, on her nightly prowl,
Pulls the barn door there to.
She and I - when tomcats yowl -
We two, they too, dare to
Throw coins to the singing Owl,
Who says we're unfair to!
I couldn't resist it!
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Fibber! individual owls either to-whit or to-whoo!
Glad I can find something to criticise for a change!
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Look, clever clogs... YOU know that female owls go "To-whit" and males go "To-whoo", I know that female owls go "To-whit" and males go "To-whoo"... Can I help it if this particular Owl has gender indentity issues?
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