Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille Monday –
“Writing Down the Bones”. Our host, De Jackson,
asks us to create a poem using any form of
the word “bone”. Here is my quadrille.

Bony Moronie was skinny, we’re told.
Her bones rittle-rattled in winter’s harsh cold.
Napoleon Bonaparte stopped her one day;
“Mon cherie, won’t you eat, s’il vous plait?”
Bony shrugged with a grin, “Pfft! C’est la vie!
Smoking le bone, is just right for me!”
NAR©2026
44 Words
This is “Bony Moronie” by Larry Williams
Everything on The Elephant’s Trunk was created by me, unless otherwise indicated. Thank you for your consideration. NAR©2017-present.

Ha, very cute!
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Thanks very much, Rosemary.
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Excellent, Nancy! Clever Limerick, cool picture and rockin’ song!!
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Thanks, Lisa. So glad you enjoyed my post.
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Sassy Whimsey!
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Thank you, Liz! This was great fun! 😊
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haha! Oh, this song! Long ago but still sounds good! What an image, too. You and ChatGPT did well on this one.
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Haha! Well, I figured I could have written something dry as a bone or had fun with it. When given those options, I’m always going to go for fun! Thank you so much, Lois. So glad you enjoyed this one.
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Delightful, Nancy, the picture’s perfect too!
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Thanks so much, dear Keith! I had a great time working on this one! So glad you enjoyed it.
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So very, very clever! I love this! And the image is way cool.
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Thanks very much, De! This was such a fun prompt; I had a great time putting this together!
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Ha ha! Very good!
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Thanks so much, my dear D!
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You got down to the short and skinny of it in this story, Nancy very funny.
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I’m so glad you think so, Jim! I really had fun with this one. Thank you!
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Wow, I haven’t the song in donkeys years …
… You guessed it, another music video from, ‘Lunkum’
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This old Larry Williams song was the first one I thought of! Thank you for the new tunes, my friend; keep them coming! 🩵 🎶
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I’ve been listening to ‘Lunkum’ all evening, they’ve a great unique sound 🎶🌏
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The image is great and fits the story well. The song was a great kick start to my morning coffee!
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Thanks so much, Ernie! I really had fun with this one and I’m glad you enjoyed it. 😍
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Loved it! 🙏✌️
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Nicely written
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Thanks, dear friend! This was fun! 😊
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You’re most welcome
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I love this Nance and the song got my feet tapping this morning such a great song🙌
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I had so much fun with this, Ange! This golden oldie is definitely a toe tapper. Thank you! ❤️
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🙌🩷
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