Poetry ~ Cabbage After Christmas

Huge thanks to Esther for her encouragement and her wonderful prompts!  Here is the link to her Limerick challenge–the prompt word is SCREAM:  https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/04/13/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-279/

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A blessed old-gal was living her dream

soup pot simmered while poem stitched straight seam

’till one day took fright

after wee-hours’ write:

she heard sudden wild seagull scream!

~ Cale

I had to google, because I’d never-ever heard a seagull scream (different from their normal cries)–and this particular rooftop visitor sounded like it was in pain, screaming for a full day outside my window…(apparently it can be a mating “issue”).

Photo:

one of my prized possessions found in a thrift store–I keep it out where I can see it daily and laugh at Life’s absurdities!  (everyone who’s ever visited covets it, so it’s in my as-yet-unsigned Will for “Somebody”)