The a to z,
Or between for me,
Has surely been done.
Survive its run?
Look at you.
Writing came due.
Wasn't that grand?
Words in hand.
Fact or fiction.
Pics or depiction.
All were there,
With posts to spare.
Except the spammers.
Hit them with hammers.
Give a "Great Whack!"
After the smack.
What's that you ask?
The insecure task?
Yeah, I'm getting there.
No need to blare.
Well maybe there is.
Blare at such biz.
Give a go away.
Damn, still in the fray.
But you wrote a month long.
Is that really wrong?
Maybe wasn't a book.
But you wrote at your nook.
Learned a thing or two too.
If you went to many a zoo.
Not just a stick in the mud.
Hiding away like a C.H.U.D.
Writing and learning,
Even comment returning.
Wow, you got stuff done.
Like how that was spun?
And if you didn't do the a to z,
Or a between like little old me,
Then you still did something.
Sleeping is needed as well for words to spring.
Did you follow the cat? Something was still done where you're at. That insecurity can go take a hike. Sometimes better to get a spare than a strike. At least something was done and you learned and had some fun. Maybe met a new blogging mass. So stay secure like my little rhyming ass.
Experience spring, have a fling.
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ReplyDeleteThat's 7 in a row
DeleteStill there's no dough!
Hank
Good Morning Hank
Deletenumber 7 a good fate
but will tomorrow be eight
We'd all like dough
DeleteWith piles in a row
I'm a glutton for punisment,
ReplyDeleteJust completed my eighth A to Z.
Also written my ISWG post.
Now going to look at the sea.
Great verse Pat.
Yvonne.
Got them all
DeleteThere at your hall
Can You Say Go Away?
ReplyDeleteA to Z called it a day!
Fact or fiction
Easy to learn
Esteemed rights held sway
Hank
Rights come on through
DeleteAll shiny new
I enjoyed two full weeks away!
ReplyDeleteCannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers. Yup, I remember that crappy film.
Two weeks in the sun
DeleteWould be a nice run
I remember the sequel too
Sooooooooo bad the two
Sorry to say I didn't go on a writing spree
ReplyDeletetook a much needed rest at my sea
to the beach wiggling my toes in the surf
then to the mountains where wings unfurled
To the beach in the cold?
DeleteGeez, nothing to spy there that is umm bold lol
It was warm at the beach
Deletethe mountain was cold
but it made dreaming bold
A dream so bold
DeleteSomething to hold
We all have problems, yes we do
ReplyDeleteWhy not keep them at our zoo
If you get stuck in a big hiccup
Do like others and just buck up
Trudge on through
DeleteThey way it should be at each zoo
Well done with the A-Z. We were just lazy and didn't do it. What cat wants to worry about words and letters. Have a great day Pat.
ReplyDeleteYou still post every day
DeleteSo no need for it at your bay
I have never done an A-Z. Might get to it some time in the future. Maybe next year.
ReplyDeleteI just don't know how you guys can do so much!
Stay far far ahead
DeleteThen one can rest in bed
Oh, gosh, me and the A to Z failed big time. Just too much on my plate. Need to move it to a less busy month - is there such a thing? Spring time is just too busy a time, maybe, June - that's a quiet slow time, right??
ReplyDeleteProbably not. Oh well, it is what it is!
Back to work!
Have a great IWSG Day!
haha July is actually the slowest time in blog land
DeleteBut then people are traveling all over the land
Whack those spammers as if you were playing Whack-a-Mole.
ReplyDeleteGive them a hit
DeleteDon't put up with their umm shit
Last month didn't write much
ReplyDeleteGot a little out of touch.
Betty
Too busy in life
DeleteHopefully not a ton of strife
I remember accepting the challenge a few years ago. I still get tired thinking about how exhausting the month was. Congrats on finishing!
ReplyDeleteBeing ahead works out
DeleteWhen the a to z is about
I will not take A to Z challenge. I know myself very well - not gonna be able to finish it :-) I'd be napping instead!
ReplyDeleteA nap isn't bad
DeletePlenty of those need be had
I don't get done. That's part of my problem. Waa!!!
ReplyDeleteCrying along
DeleteNo La La Land song
No A-Z for me, enjoyed a quieter blogging month instead and some writing/editing.
ReplyDeleteWriting and editing is the way
DeleteGet more on display
I like you last comment about how it's sometimes better to make a spare than a strike. Well, I always loved to bowl a lot of strikes, but the spares were more challenging, and just as satisfying to convert. Anything but a split, which is what I did from the blogosphere for the month of April. The A-Z challenge is fun, and I enjoyed it the one time I participated, but I honestly don't know if I'll ever do it again. Devoting the month to writing works out really well for me. Then again, if I could do a RERUN of my first A-Z posts... HA!
ReplyDeleteYep, can be more challenging indeed
DeleteThose splits suck when they take seed
But they can be beat too
Could be repeat queen at your zoo
I did survive the A to Z. Whoopee!
ReplyDeleteIt was easier when I didn't do it, you see.
What glee!
Yay me!
Sit back and watch
DeleteThrow back some scotch
Yes, that was fun and so is hammering the spammers!
ReplyDeleteHit them in the head
DeleteHoping they drop dead
Congrats on surviving A to Z! It would sure be nice if we could hit spammers with hammers.
ReplyDeleteHit fingers and toes
DeleteGiving them woes
good job. I just tried to stay current on reading and commenting on you valiant a to z folks. I succeeded!
ReplyDeleteGot the win
DeleteThere at your bin
Repeat Queen?
ReplyDeleteDoes that mean
I can rerun snowflakes from the past
And get of the internet real fast???
Get off the internet
DeleteMy best proofreading
Unfortunately after hitting Send or Publish...
That is when it usually comes
DeleteI bet you could fool many chums
This reads like one them Reflective post! And it rhymes. Did you notice that?
ReplyDeleteI noticed the rhyme
DeleteBut reflective chime?
Even written a year before it was done?
Hmmm backwards reflective run
I didn't do the A-Z
ReplyDeletethat mess just wasn't for me
maybe next year I'll give it a try
depends what's happening with my beautiful eye(s).
FYI, I made the big move away from Blogger and can be found at:
Elsie Amata
Back to the eye
DeleteThe s gave a try
But it didn't stick
The cat knew it some slick
And a blog that is new?
Have two now like my zoo?
Is the Big Write?/Is it all to do with might?/I think I'll just lie down/Too much talk of grammar and noun. :-)
ReplyDeleteGreetings from London.
Grammar can talk
DeleteCan get up and walk
I didn't participate in the A to Z this year, and you probably recall my blog post explaining why. But at least I was able to keep up with all the A to Z folks who I regularly follow, even if I didn't comment on every single post.
ReplyDeleteYeah, this year it was rather lacking
DeleteFrom when the list was packing
I followed you
ReplyDeleteand cheered you on too
and when you were through
I shouted yah hoo
And away we go
DeleteOn with the show
I think you made so well Pat, really you have patience to make every day something different!
ReplyDeleteWhen I stay ahead
DeletePatience with ease as things pop into my head
Congrats on finishing! That takes skill!
ReplyDelete~Jess
Skill to be ahead
DeletePutting them to bed
Your posts for the A to Z were lots of fun.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading every one.
I might have missed one or two.
But I still say hooray for you.
A miss here and there
DeleteWon't pull out anyone's hair
writers write just for fun
ReplyDeleteme I run under the gun
deadlines here, deadlines new
not making much progress at my review zoo
Well as long as things align
DeleteAnd you don't drop dead from a deadline lol
I never doubted that you would finish the A to Z Challenge, Pat! In fact, I'm sure that you finished the series at least a year ago. I have to go back and read the last few ~ had some connectivity issues at my hotel, but I'm back in business now. Take care, my rhyming friend!
ReplyDeleteNo toilet connect any more
DeleteThat must be a win for your shore
Not me, not me!! I have two planned posts this month and feeling like its a lot, lol.
ReplyDeletelol got them done
DeleteWith your run
No A to Z for me. I am just too lazy. I wouldn't keep up with it every day. I am impressed with those who can at their bay.
ReplyDeleteLazy wins out
DeleteWhen ahead you're done about
Number one!
ReplyDeleteNot quite
DeleteAt any site
I was one of those proverbial sticks in the mud and did not take part in the A-Z this year.
ReplyDeleteWas the mud cool at least
DeleteOn mud pie did you feast?
Skipped the A-Z this year, after remembering all the work and time involved last year...
ReplyDeleteTalking about spring, we just flew from the West to the East Coast in the US and are now seeing spring evolve again in blossoms and flowers. Two springs this year. If only it would get warmer! Liesbet @ Roaming About – A Life Less Ordinary (May co-host)
Two for one
DeleteThat is a fine run
I didn't do A to Z this year but I still had a busy April.
ReplyDeleteAwesome that you got through it!
Busy works indeed
DeleteAs long as good busy took seed
We had a cat named C.H.U.D.
ReplyDeleteOur family named him
It stood for Caesar Horace Ulysses Dandy
He probably would've preferred Jim!
haha one big long arse name
DeleteCould have brought fame