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Fetch me a Fertle
Published: 2008-03-09 16:16:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 5087; Favourites: 159; Downloads: 56
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Fetch me a FertleGo fetch me a Fertle, my beamish boy
That scuttle upon the moonlit sands
The neap tide calls them out tonight
To swim the seas to far off lands
Go fetch me a Fertle, darling child
‘Tis a strange, alluring little creature
Whose pearly shell upon its back
Is considered its most charming feature
But tread you carefully as you go
They’re quick to startle, fast to flee
And should they hear your heavy step
Will scurry fast towards the sea
Take with you a lidded box
Lined with feathers deep inside
And if you chance to capture one
Place it in and let it hide
And as you bring it back to me
Sing a gentle lullaby
To calm its swiftly beating heart
For Fertles are so quick to cry
And once their Fertle tears do fall
They carry on until a time
When all you’ll have inside your box
Is nothing but a pool of brine
So sing a song to make it stay
And settle to captivity
Don’t let the Fertle melt away
Oh, bring a Fertle back to me
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Comments: 48
Oh wow 8D
I feel like I want to recite this in class or something like that <3
And it makes me think deeply about a lot of fantastic things I like in children's poems :3
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You have such a lovely writing style! I'd love to see more work from you in the future.
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It's like Lewis Carroll meets Emily Dickison (?)! I like it!
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I am freaking speechless.
<3 loved it. LOVED IT. it's unique and gentle. it's awesome.
[oh and it's its, not "it's" on line 19. 
i still loved it btw. keep up the good work
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Haha the first time i saw furtle the first thing i thought was...WTF??!! Hehe very lewis carrol ish! Niceee
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it's a lot like the jaberwokk by the guy who wrote through the looking glass
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Lovely piece, very smooth, very interesting. My only 'complaint' is at S5 L3 (to calm it’s swiftly beating heart), where the correct form is its.
Otherwise, I like this.
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Ooh you're right!!! My English teacher will be turning in her grave! ... hahaha, yes it was that long ago since I had an Engish lesson (perhaps that can be my excuse) *slaps myself for not paying more attention in class*
I'm not going to edit the poem .... I perversely feel like leaving it with this flaw.
But thank you for pointing it out and the other comments. :hugs:
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Such a charmingly beautiful poem. The different layers of meaning are interesting to think about. I can definitely see myself reciting this to a future child. ^^
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You are amazing...If I asked nicely, would you look at a poem I wrote called 'Together Apart' and tell me what you think? Please?
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Another one who reads the works of Louis Carroll yes??
I like the parallelism that this poem draws with Jabberwocky.
great stuff
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What a cute little poem - I'm left wondering just what a Fertle might look like!
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Ha! ... that's the beauty of the spoken word - you must take part in the story/poem yourself and do the creating in your head. It's an art-form that needs audience participation!
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very nice, tho i thought a couple of the rhymes missed the mark, enjoyable none the less.
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for some reason it reminds me of the jabberwocky
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Congratulations on your DD! When I found this piece it really made me smile, and I had to show it to a GD!
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I am deeply honoured Beccalicious - thank you so much.
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trust me, after spending an entire month going through spoken word and reporting everything that wasn't spoken word, it was nice to find something in the right category!
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well deserved dd really. I have no literature in my favs becazuse I don´ttake thee time here on da but this ones really moved me .. creative gentle and kind
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I love it when slinkers made those videos of ur poems! u and ur chilld are very talented
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so this is slinkers mum u 2 make a good team with ur awse poems am his awse drawin ur rly good 2gether ^-^
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Your rythem (I give up on the spelling) is so much fun!
After reading your explanation I'm more confused. ;D (I thought it was some sort of creature, but it appears that the truth is more humorus.)
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Hehe can't wait to make something of it too.
Though if he does mind... It would be cool to have a ghost like that haunting you.
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Gorgeous poem. You get cookies for "beamish boy".
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I like it! it's a very cute poem, and very prettily written^^
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thats lovely, i wish my poems made as much sense.
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Whoa, this is really great - in a disturbing kind of way...I like the rhyme scheme!
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Oh that's adorable!!
I love your rhyme and the poem's cute.
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Hehehe. I love your poems so much. You really ought to get them down in a book somewhere, before I do it for you.
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Would that be a threat my dear ScampiCub!!!
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beamish means smiling. 
and you did very very VERY well with carroll's style.
bravo.
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Oh this is so lovely. <3 I love your poetry, it has a kind of charming ring to it. This has a kind of happy mood to it, I love it.
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i really like this one it makes me want to go to the beach.Mabye I'll find a fertle lol
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