Picture of Rumpelstiltskin; Bing Images
To read the fairy tale of Rumpelstiltskin, click here.
Lillian, I took up your challenge for a Rumpelstiltskin Clerihew!
You’re a cad, Rumpelstiltskin
though you offer your services to spin,
and a young girl trusts that you’re good
karma caught up with you just as it should!
Try your hand at a new form called the Clerihew over at dVerse Poets!
Posted by Bodhirose on September 15, 2016
https://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2016/09/15/rumpelstiltskin-a-clerihew/
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Bob Ellal
/ September 15, 2016I like that. Well done. Lot of Rumplestiltskins out there. Need their just desserts.
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Bodhirose
/ September 15, 2016Thank you very much…I so appreciate that. And how right you are!
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Truedessa
/ September 15, 2016Such a cad, watch out for karma
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Bodhirose
/ September 16, 2016Can’t escape your naughty deeds, right?
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Kathy Reed
/ September 15, 2016;0
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rosemawrites
/ September 15, 2016fierce and still lovely write, Bodhirose! Thank you for introducing me to a new form. 🙂
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Bodhirose
/ September 15, 2016Glad you enjoyed my view of that little troll man, Rosema! I so appreciate your visit.
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rosemawrites
/ September 15, 2016it is my pleasure, Gayle. 🙂
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Ω
/ September 15, 2016Hee hee. Too cute. 🙂
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Bodhirose
/ September 16, 2016I appreciate that…thank you!
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Linda Kruschke
/ September 15, 2016What a great choice of subjects.
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Bodhirose
/ September 16, 2016Thanks, Linda.
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Candy
/ September 15, 2016good one! 🙂
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Bodhirose
/ September 16, 2016Thanks, Candy! :~)
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ladynyo
/ September 16, 2016I’m staying away from this form, but your cheroot is a scream!
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Imelda
/ September 16, 2016Good for him! 😊
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Mish
/ September 16, 2016Oh yes!! You nailed it. Love how you rose to Lillian’s challenge. 🙂
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Bodhirose
/ September 16, 2016Thank you, Mish…I really enjoyed this form! 🙂
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kim881
/ September 16, 2016He got his come-uppance, got his stilty skin rumpled!
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Bodhirose
/ September 16, 2016Yeah he did! 🙂
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg)
/ September 16, 2016Great comeuppance, also love the ability to rhyme with Rumpelstiltskin
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Bodhirose
/ September 16, 2016Ha…thanks, Bjorn!
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whimsygizmo
/ September 16, 2016Ohhhhh. Did not think of writing about a fictional character. I might have been a lot better at this, had I thought of that. I LOVE this.
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Bodhirose
/ September 16, 2016I saw that others had used them and thought, why not? Thank you, De!
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Sherry Marr
/ September 16, 2016LOL, glad karma caught up with him.
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Bodhirose
/ September 16, 2016It did, Sherry…he was a stinker! 🙂
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Dr. Crystal Howe
/ September 16, 2016LOL so it did, caught up with him for sure! A great prompt, though I think fictional characters make more interesting Clerihews than real people. Oops did I say that? 😮
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Bodhirose
/ September 16, 2016I think it’s fine if you want to use fictional characters. Have fun with it! Thanks for coming by, Crystal.
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Victoria C. Slotto
/ September 16, 2016Fun. I like that you used a fictional character. I sneaked one in.
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Bodhirose
/ September 17, 2016I think those fictional characters made for some really fun Clerihew. So glad you could make it, Victoria.
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kaykuala (@hankkaykuala)
/ September 16, 2016It offers a lesson that one must be reasonable or be torn apart in the ground! Great adaptation Gayle!
Hank
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Bodhirose
/ September 17, 2016Right, Hank, well put!
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SilverGardenia
/ September 16, 2016That sums up the fairy tale well!
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Bodhirose
/ September 17, 2016Thanks! It’s hard to whittle down much information to four lines though.
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Renee Espriu
/ September 16, 2016Have been enjoying your Clerihews! Well done. Sent you an email when you have time. Keep up the good posts! 🙂
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Bodhirose
/ September 17, 2016Hi Renee, glad you enjoyed the Clerihew. I briefly scanned my emails this morning and saw one from you and will get to it soon. My brother had been here for two weeks and some of my free time was spent with him. Emails piled up! 🙂 Thank you!
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Renee Espriu
/ September 17, 2016Enjoy the visit!
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freyathewriter
/ September 17, 2016Yes, he deserved what he got!
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Bodhirose
/ September 17, 2016He sure did! 🙂
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lillian
/ September 17, 2016ooooh savoring my morning cup with lots of giggles this morning! SOOOO glad you did this one! Well done! Maybe we should put together a book of fractured fairy tale clerihews! 🙂 LOL
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Bodhirose
/ September 17, 2016Haha…a book of fractured fairy tale Clerihew sounds really fun, Lillian!
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Bryan Ens
/ September 17, 2016A challenging name, but you did well with it!
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Bodhirose
/ September 17, 2016I remembered that story from my girlhood. That name is a tongue-twister!
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sarahsouthwest
/ September 19, 2016love it!
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