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Poem: "Flatter Than a Grass Mat"

Oct 01, 2013 12:40

This is the freebie for the October 1, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from Anthony Barrette. See the sequel " What He-She Said."

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jenny_evergreen October 1 2013, 17:58:14 UTC

Love it!

Thank you! ysabetwordsmith October 2 2013, 01:26:31 UTC

I'm happy to hear that.

technoshaman October 1 2013, 20:29:07 UTC

HEE! MEEP MEEP!!!! Road Runner was always my favourite trickster from the time I was a wee bairn...

Rabbit too flattened himself and slipped into this new world, affecting a Brooklyn/Bronx accent and manners, and, strangely, adopted an insect's nickname... and learnt to walk like the two-legs.

"Nyeahhhhhhh, what's up, Doc?"

I used to not like trickster figures.... or thought I didn't... turns out I loved them all along. :)

*laugh* ysabetwordsmith October 2 2013, 01:27:49 UTC

This actually plays into another poem about Bugs Bunny.

paka October 1 2013, 20:55:03 UTC

Man, I hate those damn cartoons. Okay, except for the scenary. That's some damn fine cartoon scenary right there.

Background artist extraordinaire my_partner_doug October 1 2013, 21:43:32 UTC

That was all the work of Maurice Noble:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Noble-Approach-Maurice-Animation/dp/1452102945

Re: Background artist extraordinaire paka October 1 2013, 23:14:57 UTC

Oh wow, that's awesome. And the guy started out doing things like The Old Mill and Bambi for Disney, and did the backgrounds for What's Opera Doc, and I never would've known the name... thanks! That is too cool for words!

Re: Background artist extraordinaire ysabetwordsmith October 1 2013, 23:21:24 UTC

I'm happy to see my audience exploring fun stuff like this.

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sylvaine57 October 18 2013, 09:33:11 UTC

Ha, this is great! I like the continuing theme of being squashed & squeezing himself flatter than a grass mat. Also, laughing at yourself. :) I never much liked those cartoons as a kid, but with this reading on Wile E. Coyote I can appreciate them more!

Thank you! ysabetwordsmith October 19 2013, 06:41:28 UTC

>> Ha, this is great! <<

Yay!

>> I like the continuing theme of being squashed & squeezing himself flatter than a grass mat. Also, laughing at yourself. :) <<

Those things are so very Coyote.

>> I never much liked those cartoons as a kid, but with this reading on Wile E. Coyote I can appreciate them more! <<

I'm glad I could increase your enjoyment of some of my favorite (in both versions) tales. There are more parallels than just what I mentioned -- not to mention the time a live coyote got hit by a car and survived nearly uninjured after riding for hundreds of miles in the grille. I figure Coyote was involved in that too.