Hello my dear friends.
I’m now at Day 25 of NaPoWriMo and feel like I am slowly clawing my way to victory (very slowly but never mind, I relish the challenge).
For today’s prompt, the idea is to write a warning label for yourself.
Let’s see how this one pans out 😉
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“Beware Of The Dancing Geek!” by David Ellis
Too hot to handle
Too cool for school
May contain fish’n’chips, sugar, cheese, quips and alcohol (not all at once)
But it’s probably a sound diagnosis to say that I’m mostly just nuts
A hazardous waste to others with no sense of humour
Risk of exposure to excessive amounts of silliness
Welcome side effects include cuddling pets
Good with children of all ages
Because wherever possible I refuse to be an adult
May cause drowsiness in high doses
Be prepared to stop, look and listen
to your exhausted funny bone
Consult your Doctor if symptoms persist
Don’t say that I didn’t warn you
Health and safety matters
We’re all just wild animals
Mind the gap,
the step,
the floor,
the ramp,
the ceiling
and your head
I’m dancing again
All these shades of shapes that I’m throwing
I really don’t know whether I’m coming or going
Just steer me clear of slippery surfaces
And wait patiently until I run out of steam at 3am in the morning
Then this road will now be closed for maintenance until further notice
(or possibly until breakfast if we’re talking pancakes – and it’s good to talk)
Still want more? Well, how about some other Day 25 entries from the NaPoWriMo poetry community. You know the drill by now, here are the links below, enjoy!
1. PEACOCK POETRY by Sam Allen – Message to The Time Thief
2. Ladyleemanila – V is for Vers Beaucoup
3. CREATIVELY UNDEAD MINDS – GloPoWriMo 25/30 [5 days in a week]
4. Scrambled, Not Fried – Do Not Take / Even As Directed
5. grapeling – it could be that – Kell / 24
6. THOUGHTS OF WORDS – Write
7. MY FEELINGS MY FREEDOM – NaPoWriMo Day 25: My assertions
8. Unassorted stories – Warning label
9. Oaks to Acorns – Made in USA
10. SMOKE WORDS EVERY DAY. – [139] The Last Word
11. Colonialist’s Blog – Make A-ware to B-ware!
12. My Author-itis – Warning Label
13. Jane Dougherty Writes – Birds and orchids
14. lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown – NaPoWriMo 2018, Day 25 – Warning: Fume-Free Area!!!!
15. method two madness – Calendars
16. The Eggcorn – Warning Label (NaPoWriMo, Day Twenty-Five)
17. PAUL SCRIBBLES – SLOW DAYS
18. palimpsestic possibilities – CAUTION:
19. barbaraturneywielandpoetess – WARNING! Signals
20. ORDINARY AVERAGE THOUGHTS – National Poetry Writing Month 2018, Day 25 – WARNING
21. LILLIAN THE HOME POET – Bane of Beauty
22. clayandbranches – NaPoWriMo, Day 25: Take This with a Pinch of Salt
23. CHARMED CHAOS – VOICE OF CAUTION
24. What Rhymes with Stanza? – Mirror rorriM
25. WHAT LIFE SAID TO ME – NaPoWriMo 2018: Day 25- Warning! Wake Up Girl! Before it’s too late.
26. Rhyme N Review – Cautionary Tale (NaPoWriMo)
27. Ileea (Swedish but Google Translate is your friend) – Aprillyrik dag 25 – Vårjordar
28. ORIENTATION::QUILTER – Day Twenty-five, NaPoWriMo
29. 2018 DAY 25 – WARNING LABEL – Flutterby’s NaPoWriMo
30. RIVRVLOGR – detritus in waves
31. Orangepeel – Poetry and Miscellany by Bruce Niedt – PAD Day 25: A Warning for My Poetry – Contraindications
32. Voyage des Mots – Delilah
33. Brittany’s Blog of Random Things – Day 25 NaPoWriMo: No Warning
34. MEXI MOVIE THE THIRD – Day 25: Do not
35. Experience Writing – V is for Vespertilian
36. MY OWN GARDEN OF VERSE – MEIN GARTEN DER GEDICHTE – NAPOWRIMO 25: PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS
37. Yesterday and today: Merril’s historical musings – Blue Marble, NaPoWriMo, Day 25
38. Gloria D. Gonsalves – NA/GLOPOWRIMO DAY 25: WARNING! PROTECT WHAT CANNOT CRY
39. Poetry by Hasen – Chocoholic Warning
40. Woody & Johnny – Barefoot
41. Rhyme and Reason – Poetry Meets Film Reviews – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
42. inktuition – NaPoWriMo 2018 day 25: remember to keep an open heart
43. SOUL STRUCTURED LINES – NAPOWRIMO POEM 25: OVERTHINKING THINKING THINGS OVER
44. Frank J. Tassone – HAIKAI POETRY MATTERS – A Vernaltide Warning of my Vices and Virtues: A #TankaTuesday (on a Wednesday) #TankaProse
45. Summer Blues – A Poetry Blog – How to Choose the Right Tree
46. Purple Mountain Poetry – DAY 25: HOW MUCH BETTER COULD YOU HAVE LIVED YOUR LIFE
47. kavyastream – Contents Might Cause Explosion
48. Tidbits by Shannon – the downhill slide
49. erbiage – Warning: vice ahead
50. The Great Unknown – NaPoWriMo 2018 Day 25: May Be Hazardous To Your Health
51. Poetic Pixels – The Eyes Have It
52. Real Momma Ramblings – Day twenty-five #NaPoWriMo
53. HOSKING’S BLOG – #NaPoWriMo 2018 Day Twenty-five
toofulltowrite (I've started so I'll finish) 
Just for want of an ‘R’ and you could have been Zorba!
I can contain fish’n’chips, sugar, cheese, quips and alcohol and nuts all at once!
(But it’s probably a sound diagnosis to say that this is just a piece of one-upmanship!)
You know it is scary how on the money you are with this, bearing in mind that I am part Greek. I should have called it Beware of the Dancing Greek instead of Geek (or maybe even Beware Of The Dancing Greek Geek). I’m also extremely impressed that you can cope with all of that stuff above at once, that takes a considerable amount of skill to balance all the flavours without feeling queasy, I salute you 😉
Was that compliment a gift? Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes! 🙂
Thanks!
This one made me giggle … good thing I wasn’t driving while reading or I would have gone into a ditch!
Lol it always tickles me pink when I make you giggle, it gives me assurance that I must be doing something right! And I’m glad you weren’t driving too, can’t have you lying in a ditch when there are still a few more poems left to round off the (rapidly disappearing in the distance) month 😉