Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#433 where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
60 words using the word ‘flibbertigibbet’.
Here’s where this very fun prompt took me.
A little Flibbertigibbet, quick as a blink,
zipped through the garden, then paused to think.
Climbed up a stem and bounced on a flower,
giggled a secret, hour after hour.
I chased it with joy, through sunlight and gleam,
That sweet Flibbertigibbet, a whimsical dream.
A rustle of mischief, a skip, jump and hop,
its laughter overflowing, unable to stop.
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60 Words
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The Elephant's Trunk 
nice adventure!
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Thanks, Dylan. Glad you enjoyed it.
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Great poem from a funny word! So weird, this song goes through my head randomly all the time, but I haven’t heard it in years, thanks for sharing this one Nancy!
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Thanks, Tiffany, It’s a rare song so I’m very pleased you remembered it!
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Adorable! And most certainly a new song for me.
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Thanks! Syd was one of the founders of Floyd so I couldn’t pass that one up.
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Very nice! One of my favorite words!
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Thanks, D! It was a new one for me!
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My grandmother used it all the time! Usually directed at me!
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Beautiful poem Nancy
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Grazie, cara ….. and a new word for me!
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Thanks 🙏🏼
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What a sweet and cheerful poem. It conveys pure magic and playfulness, like a breath of childhood in the garden.
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Thank you for a very lovely comment, Lincol.
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