Wednesday #limerick: fragrant, jostle, remnant

Each Wednesday, I compose a limerick using the words from Three Word Wednesday. Today's words are: fragrant, jostle, remnant.

An uncovered remnant, white lace;
My old life, brought close my face.
Her fragrant perfume
Can an old love exhume,
And jostle what I've tried to erase.

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24 comments:

  1. Poignant and sad..but I am also glad her fragrance is there..still in the world in some way..Jae

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    1. We can't run away from the things we carry with us.

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  2. Surely you weren't being sentimental! A sentimental limerick! Quite a change.

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  3. Phew, I guess the past is always trying to change the future.

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  4. Love this! I didn't even realize it was a limerick, that's how good it is!

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  5. This is just sweet. Hope that word isn't to corny. I liked it very much. Sometimes this kind of "jostle" really startles us :-) Nicely done.

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  6. Love the conjured image of lace and scent of perfume - very evocative. Have a small quibble with the crowded scansion of the last line, but nice work overall.

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    1. Thanks! Others have heard a hiccup in that last line, too, something which escaped me when I wrote it this morning. Must reconsider.

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  7. well done, use of the words, form and thoughts.

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  8. your limericks never fail to amaze me in how ell written they are. You are a master of your craft.

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    1. No, not a master, but I keep plugging away at it. I'm glad you liked it, S!

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  9. We both wrote of lost love today!

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  10. Love the image! As Kim Nelson also wrote, we wrote about a lingering fragrance left by a loved one, and one who is lost (or saved????)

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