She chose a lucky-charmed life,
chocolate chip tolls
in the gluten-free lane.
Driveway décor, night-time too,
rainbow arrow from street to door.
Somewhere-over-the always nearby.
Merry she is, poppin’ about,
never in knots, no-sayer not.
Upside-up, never down-side down.
Lover of music, coda in place
3/4 time is far too slow.
Give her 6/8 and she rushes the gait.
Zingin’ along on her hubby’s zither
strummin’ those dum do-diddley-dos.
She rocks-a-hill billy rockin’ toon
never the deja-vu blues.
Paul hosts dVerse today, the cyber pub for poets. He’s asking us to mix up our language a bit….forget the grammarian rules. So, read the title aloud. This poem is about Ms. Ima, as in I’m A. And her last name is Character 🙂 I really had fun with this one. How many of the allusions can you catch here? Toll-House chocolate chips, a cereal choice, a famous Julie Andrews movie and a famous Judy Garland song, a number of musical references RE music notation, and a country musical instrument. And yep, that’s me in the photo. A number of years ago goofing around with my grand kids. So I guess you could say, I’m a character too!
lillian the home poet 
Great!!!
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Little darling, you make me smile!! ❤
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LOL! Joyous.
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This is charming!
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Delightfully doo-lally lilly.
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So cheerful and charming, poem and photo, Lill!
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Ha.. what a joy to hear you… I think i need to have some fun like you.
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A real character you are- happy words- so positive!
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Excellent vibes, man, Excellent vibes. 😎😎😎😎😎
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WA! LOVE the picture! I’m a fan of allusion, so I was totally taken in by every line.
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Yura Character… Ima Mazed! Wonderfully done. Didn’t need the explanations… but I used to be a movie-holic. Still ama toll-houseaholic. Send cookies… just not via the internet.
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Oh joyful. Love her!
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Yup, charming….😀
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Fun-tastic! I so enjoyed the word play.
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Love wordplay and this one is just excellent. Thank you.
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