A FORTY~NINER ~ Refers to anyone who participated in the 1849 California Gold Rush ! Most of them did NOT strike it rich ! It refers to someone like MIM who has *Good Prospects* but hits a snag ! The poem has a Diamond Shape (another elusive commodity) because of the syllable pattern 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 (which adds up to 49) In the example the Poem is composed from monosyllabic words capitalised to enhance the Diamond Shape of the Poem ~ why not try one ! Love Angela & Brian 💛💛💛
MIM
DOES NOT
WANT TO GO
TO WORK COS HER
BOSS IS MAD AND SEES
NO GOOD IN MIM AND SAYS
ALL THE WORK SHE DOES IS POOR
MIM ~ SHE*S IN A REAL FIX
COS HER BOSS IS THE
SON ~ OF THE MAN
WHO OWNS FIRM
WHERE MIM
WORKS !
Thanks for visiting ~ have you found yourself in a
similar situation ? Comments please !
Love Angela & Brian 💛💛💛
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Author:
ANGELA & BRIAN (Pseudonym) (
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- Category: Reflection
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Comments3
I was a 49er of course, being very old! Was you too? I was in the Boer Wars too.
*Staggers back in amazement*. You've just posted 10 qualities that our previous Manageress didn't have! Not a sausage out of that lot. We had better though, before then.
I liked the film and soundtrack, informative write, thank you for keeping alive a useful 'nugget' of USA heritage,
now I know why the American football team is called SF 49ers
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