Carpmas Year 12: Day Seven
Saturday, December 21st, 2019![](https://www.carpmas.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-21-at-6.09.03-AM-716x1024.png)
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I like Poetry Day to be collaborative so I encouraged contributions (collected under a Facebook status post) – asking for words that rhymed with “carp”.
My composition, using all the words – but in an un-even rhyming pattern (ironic – because I’m weird like that) is pictured below.
And a contribution from the lovely Michelle:
From Charmaine – With apologies to the late T.S. Elliot:
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Here is a Haiku submission from fellow Carpmas pioneer, Michelle:
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From Cory:
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From Leanne:
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From Cory again:
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Cory’s gibe at my fear of the solstice/eclipse combination:
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From Sarah (who lives in Pisek, Czech Republic – land of Carpy-Christmas!):
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Cory saves his best work ’til last:
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And from Darling Ricky, driving home from Mammoth Mountain
(it’s okay – his brother was at the wheel):
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