Polly Parrot Predicament
Polly's new parrot causes surprising relevations10 total reviews
Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell
Oh my word, that was so funny! I loved the ending, I could just imagine the happening, too. There was me thinking, Oh, a lovely children's poem... I don't think so!!! Brilliant and I'm sure it is going to do well in the contest. Good luck, my friend. :)) Sandra xx
reply by the author on 02-Feb-2025
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Oh my word, that was so funny! I loved the ending, I could just imagine the happening, too. There was me thinking, Oh, a lovely children's poem... I don't think so!!! Brilliant and I'm sure it is going to do well in the contest. Good luck, my friend. :)) Sandra xx
Comment Written 02-Feb-2025
reply by the author on 02-Feb-2025
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Dear Sandra
Thank you for your kind words. I had a lot of fun writing this; my mischievous side comes into play.
Take care, my friend and warm hugs.
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Comment from Chloe J Tully
Haha that was wonderfully written I liked the rhyming humour, what a cheeky parrot my dad has parrots that talk really well make me think of them and made me giggle good work 🙂
reply by the author on 02-Feb-2025
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Haha that was wonderfully written I liked the rhyming humour, what a cheeky parrot my dad has parrots that talk really well make me think of them and made me giggle good work 🙂
Comment Written 02-Feb-2025
reply by the author on 02-Feb-2025
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Hi Chloe
Thank you for your lovely review. I had a lot of fun writing this one!
Bless you Chloe and stay safe.
Comment from Tom Horonzy
Oh, oh, so the new squawker knew the dude with the awful perfume?
This was written as intended for the contest. Well done. Zaniness lives!
Two quibbles for me, which doesn't make it right, line four 'Beaky Blinders lies here.' is lies even needed? The other "shove him my bag" ... did you drop IN my bag?
reply by the author on 02-Feb-2025
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Oh, oh, so the new squawker knew the dude with the awful perfume?
This was written as intended for the contest. Well done. Zaniness lives!
Two quibbles for me, which doesn't make it right, line four 'Beaky Blinders lies here.' is lies even needed? The other "shove him my bag" ... did you drop IN my bag?
Comment Written 02-Feb-2025
reply by the author on 02-Feb-2025
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Hi Tom
Thank you for your splendid review.
Fair comment on both remarks.
Take care.
Comment from Cecilia A Heiskary
Peter,
What a cute little humor poem this is. It is well organized and flows nicely.
I bet old Denis what a little bit shocked and I'm sure the wife was mad as hell.
Great job,
Cecilia
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2025
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Peter,
What a cute little humor poem this is. It is well organized and flows nicely.
I bet old Denis what a little bit shocked and I'm sure the wife was mad as hell.
Great job,
Cecilia
Comment Written 01-Feb-2025
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2025
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Dear Cecilia
Thank you for your encouraging
and entertaining review and the generous six stars. I love writing poems like this as it suits my mischievous and playful sense of humour.
I bet Denis is in a LOT of trouble!
Take care, and bless you
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You're welcome and I bet he is.
Comment from Lana Marie
This is actually very funny! I love all your rhymes and how you strung this whole story together with a great
"You got caught" punchline at the end!
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2025
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This is actually very funny! I love all your rhymes and how you strung this whole story together with a great
"You got caught" punchline at the end!
Comment Written 31-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2025
Thank you for your encouraging review.
Bless you and stay safe
X
Comment from Alexandra Trovato
Peter, I must say, approaching a story about a parrot listed as having sexual content, is funny right there. But I read more. Ha Good rhyming and so funny!!! Oh Oh Dennis may end up in the backyard too, in the doghouse. No violence. I enjoyed reading this. We are competing but I think this will best mine.
Best wishes,
Alex. :))
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2025
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Peter, I must say, approaching a story about a parrot listed as having sexual content, is funny right there. But I read more. Ha Good rhyming and so funny!!! Oh Oh Dennis may end up in the backyard too, in the doghouse. No violence. I enjoyed reading this. We are competing but I think this will best mine.
Best wishes,
Alex. :))
Comment Written 31-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2025
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Hi Alexandra
Many thanks for your splendid and encouraging review. Parrot jokes are a very British thing (us Brits what are we like!)
Bless you Alex and stay safe.
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Oh ha ha I love British humor. You've had the funniest actors over the years that we enjoy in the US. I have enjoyed the show Kerping Up Appearances, and Monty Python, from young.
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Hi Alex
Bless you and many thanks for your review. If you like British humour then try Fawlty Towers and Not Going Out.
Take care
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You're welcome.
Thank you, Peter!
We'll definitely try to watch those.
Blessings,
Alex :)
Comment from Jesse James Doty
You placed a warning for sexual content but not one for violence. I wasn't prepared to read how Polly the parrot was killed in cold blood. I take offense to this. Next time please warn the readers of the violent content in your story.
Jesse
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2025
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You placed a warning for sexual content but not one for violence. I wasn't prepared to read how Polly the parrot was killed in cold blood. I take offense to this. Next time please warn the readers of the violent content in your story.
Jesse
Comment Written 31-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2025
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Hi Jesse.
Many thanks for your review. I'm not sure how Beaky died, but it was probably due to old age!
Take care
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Burying a bird in the first paragraph implies death by violence. I didn't want to read about a dead bird.
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Hi Jesse.
Many thanks for your review. I'm not sure how Beaky died, but it was probably due to old age!
Take care
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Hi Jesse
I am unsure why you would assume that Beaky was killed in ‘cold blood. ‘
Recently, a magpie visited my garden and was unable to take flight. He hid behind the water for about 5 days, and during this period, I gave him food and water, and I would talk to him. One morning, I came out, and he was dead, and I was very sad; I buried him in my garden.
If you found a dead bird in your garden, what would you do? Some folk would probably sling it in the bin.
There is no suggestion in my poem that Beaky was killed in “cold blood.
In your first review, I thought you were joking; clearly, you were not.
Kind regards
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I apologize. I should not have used such a blatant term as cold blood.
Please forgive me.
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No worries Jesse.
Take care and stay safe.
Regards
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Thanks. You too.
Comment from patcelaw
This is a delightful story and your punch at the end was marvelous. You do have quite a sense of humor and I wish you the very best in the humor contest. May you have a wonderful day and may God bless you. Patricia.
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2025
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This is a delightful story and your punch at the end was marvelous. You do have quite a sense of humor and I wish you the very best in the humor contest. May you have a wonderful day and may God bless you. Patricia.
Comment Written 31-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2025
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Dear Patricia
Many thanks for your splendid review. I have a very playful and mischievous sense of humour, as my three sisters will no doubt confirm.
Bless you and stay safe.
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
I love the humour here with this parrot having been trained in a brothel! Your punch line is quite mild to what I was expecting, I enjoyed your lovely poem Peter, my Grandma had a budgie and she taught it to swear, when I used to visit, it told me to (bugger off) ha ha ha, love Dolly x x x
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2025
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I love the humour here with this parrot having been trained in a brothel! Your punch line is quite mild to what I was expecting, I enjoyed your lovely poem Peter, my Grandma had a budgie and she taught it to swear, when I used to visit, it told me to (bugger off) ha ha ha, love Dolly x x x
Comment Written 31-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2025
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Hi Dolly
I like the sound of your Grandma just up my playful street.
Thanks for your review, Dolly.
God bless, and stay safe.
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Hi Dolly
I like the sound of your Grandma just up my playful street.
Thanks for your review, Dolly.
God bless, and stay safe.
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She was an amazing woman, my Mother and her never did get on. My Mother was a snob and she thought my Grandma was beneath her. The truth is that it was the other way around, love Dolly x x x
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Such is life, Dolly, such is life and the vagaries of human nature.
Neither of my parents came to my wedding because they did not like my wife and said that the marriage would not last. I do not know if they regretted that decision because they are both deceased, and the irony is that I miss them both very much.
By the way, my then girlfriend and I met in October 1967, and we have overcome many storms and are still together. (There must be a poem in there somewhere!)
Take care, Dolly, and bless you.
Peter
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Thank you for sharing this with me Peter and people are entitled to their opinions but by sticking to their guns, they miss out on life and the lovely people in it, love Dolly x x x
Comment from royowen
Heh heh, don't you just love parrot stories? I've often wondered whether we teach parrots to talk, or they make their minds up what they will declare? Beautifully written post, hilarious, blessings Roy
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2025
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Heh heh, don't you just love parrot stories? I've often wondered whether we teach parrots to talk, or they make their minds up what they will declare? Beautifully written post, hilarious, blessings Roy
Comment Written 31-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2025
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Many thanks for your splendid review. I love a good parrot joke!
Thanks care, Roy,
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Good job,
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Take care Roy.
Bless you
