Three Word Wednesday requires participants
to use the three words of the week in a composition.
The words this week were careful, hug and mistake.
I got a bit excited and did a second submission.
Excited also by thoughts of passionate hugs
I made a mistake and left 'mistake' out.
So does that mean it's really in. By omission?
I liked the work so I change the title.
Excited also by thoughts of passionate hugs
I made a mistake and left 'mistake' out.
So does that mean it's really in. By omission?
I liked the work so I change the title.
A Mistake.
A careful hug is a doleful thing,
Cold as a witch's kiss;
It neither excites nor consoles,
Where is the joy in this?
Give in to the passions held within!
Controlled embraces will not get you thanked:
They’re like sitting, unpushed, on a swing.
Or being politely spanked.
Ooops. Mistake fell out in the editing step. Poo. I'll fix that tomorrow too. (sigh)
ReplyDeleteOnly three words to use and you miss one??
DeleteThere's nothing like a big hearty hug.
ReplyDeleteA hug should be full of love and feelings :-)
ReplyDeleteAnd here was I thinking that a spinster's kiss was a hopeful and enthusiastic thing.
ReplyDeleteMade it 'a witch's kiss'.
DeleteI would argue the point about "cold as a spinster's kiss"...because said spinster may not get many kisses (and I don't mean to sound presumptuous)...the spinster's kisses could possibly be full of heat, lust...and all that stuff!
ReplyDeleteAnd sometimes you have to give a careful hug if the recipient has an injury of some sort! You don't want to hurt them further...but a careful hug would be welcomed.
Okay...I know...I'm pedantic! I really do understand the meaning of your poem! :)
Made it 'a witch's kiss'.
DeleteYes...I think that's better...it suits. :)
DeleteI do not like the idea of you kissing spinsters. It discriminates against married women!
ReplyDeleteI'm a secular kisser. And a scientist who supports research and empirical evidence. Ladies, please line up to the left, no jostling...
DeleteSecular? I thought you had a catholic taste in kissees?
DeleteMethodist, I would have thought.
ReplyDeleteSystematic.
DeleteYes, having come back here to check - this would have been unfair to spinsters. Now it is so inaccurate re witches as to be ridiculous. Maybe a Puritan's kiss? (They being notorious killjoys.)
ReplyDeleteThe Goddess of the Witches says: 'All acts of love and pleasure are my rituals.'
Careful hugs? No thanks. I'd rather do without!
ReplyDeleteThis double Aran bearhug is probably just for extra warmth.
ReplyDelete"politely spanked" - haha! :D
ReplyDeleteA hug should be hearty, or one shouldn't bother calling it a hug!
unpushed on a swing or politely spanked... LOVE this!
ReplyDeleteI'm someone who doesn't much like to be touched. It may be because I come from a very staid, proper-hug kind of family.
ReplyDeleteOkay, this is an instance where the comments are as much fun as the poem. Cackle. (Oops, did I just tip my hand?)
ReplyDeleteI like this a lot. You say so much, so easily.
ReplyDeleteWell, Cos, I come from a don't-let-go hugging family. As far as spinsters, witches, librarians, centenarians, and your sister, I'd have to say the coldest kiss is from one of my aunts. They were both married; neither had children, and they were "cold as charity," as my dad used to say.
ReplyDeleteThis is a fun thread. You sure got us riled up! Thanks, Cos. Amy http://sharplittlepencil.com/2013/03/18/life-cycling/
Careful hugs are like insincere hugs, aren't they? "You may hug me now, young man, but don't crush my corsage or wrinkle my dress."
ReplyDeleteWell done.
I love the idea of making a mistake by leaving out the word mistake. Wonderful.
K