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Friday, September 14, 2012

A Word with Laurie...bottleneck

One of the most unusual challenges I've met up with at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads writing group is today's word provided by poet Laurie Kolp. Bottleneck. Whodathunkit? Not I. But it could be fun.


The photo above is of "bottleneck gourds" and was provided by Laurie as one of a series of inspirational photographs to help us write a bottleneck poem. They look like butternut squashes whose growth was impeded by wide, tight rubber bands, don't they? Poor things.
However, the Wikimedia photo below inspired me to write a haiku based, I must admit, on ancient personal experience.


much fun with bottles
often leads to too much fun
starting with necking

18 comments:

Laurie Kolp said...

Hahaha... love it, Kay. Thanks for taking part!

Susie Clevenger said...

Love it...it could be spin the bottle or drinking...either way it can lead to trouble. lol

Lolamouse said...

Oh my, yes! When we were young, we actually drank our wine out of a box, though (high class folks that we were! Boones Farm Strawberry, if I remember correctly!)

Sreeja said...

ha ha ha.....great write....

Ella said...

Kay, this is brilliant!
I love it...you are so fun~

kaykuala said...

Yes, it may tear away, unleash itself from the bottleneck and lead to things good mothers warn before. Nice write Kay!


Hank

Mary said...

Necking can definitely lead somewhere......perhaps to bottlenecked indeed. LOL.

Kerry O'Connor said...

Ha! That's very cute. Made me think how much I miss those days, when 'necking' seemed deliciously naughty.

Janine Bollée said...

Cheeky!

Unknown said...

So funny! This could be a note on the back of Boone's Farm... or colored condoms!

Linnea said...

Funny! Who would have thought that bottle necks could be so photogenic and inspirational!

Hannah said...

SO true!! Well captured, Kay!!

Susan said...

ROFL, truly!

Kay said...

This is very clever and a LOT of fun.

Scarlet said...

Of course...what else...smiles ~ Fun write ~

Scriptor Senex said...

Wonderful! Those were the days. Don't you just love the word 'necking' - so many happy memories in one little word.

jabblog said...

Wonderful!

Anonymous said...

Hahaha! Very clever!