Sunday, 24 May 2015

Collective Nouns

I was catching up with reading some of the blogs I follow when I came across this writing challenge on The Contemplative Cat - compose a story, poem, piece of prose that contains six set words. I was so taken with her short story written for the challenge that I decided to pop over to this week's originator of the words -  Elephant's Child  http://myjustsostory.blogspot.com

I am all for trying new things so here is my contribution in the form of a poem entitled Collective Nouns? . I would so welcome any feedback - the underlined words are those that were on the list :)

Collective nouns?

I know that a carillon is a group of bells
But is a bent a set of walking sticks?
An abracadabra a book of spells?
Is a glower a collection of eyebrows?
A nuisance - a profusion of cats?
And a smiling more than one rainbow?

Am I close with any of that?

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13 comments:

  1. Click24 May 2015 at 03:04

    I like this. I think that a group of rainbows should definitely be called a smiling. :-)

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    1. SENCO Cat Herder24 May 2015 at 23:16

      Well I know the sight of one rainbow always brings a smile to my face :)

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  2. Fil24 May 2015 at 05:58

    I love the eyebrows - a glower - fab :)

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    1. SENCO Cat Herder24 May 2015 at 23:17

      It seemed to make sense to me in my mind's eye :)

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  3. Elephant's Child24 May 2015 at 12:54

    Wonderful. In my experience a collection of cats is frequently a chaos, when it isn't a slumber. More than one rainbow is definitely a smiling. Perhaps a grinning.

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    1. SENCO Cat Herder24 May 2015 at 23:27

      Ha ha - yes I think you're right about chaos and slumber too - but my lot can be a bit of a nuisance when I'm out trying to get my garden done! Thank you for doing this challenge - it's been fun to take part :)

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  4. lyndagrace24 May 2015 at 16:41

    You are more than close. Very clever :)

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    1. SENCO Cat Herder24 May 2015 at 23:28

      Thank you - that means a lot coming from you :)

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  5. Kezzie25 May 2015 at 14:00

    This is brilliant! What was the original link for that challenge please!?
    x

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    1. SENCO Cat Herder25 May 2015 at 22:23

      Thank you, Kezzie - hope you have a go too :)

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  6. Kezzie25 May 2015 at 14:04

    Oh found it! Sorry!x

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  7. River25 May 2015 at 21:42

    An excellent use for the words!
    a glower of eyebrows sounds like it could be right. I've certainly seen my share of glowering eyebrows.
    Sadly, a collection of cats is called a clowder, but I think nuisance works just as well.

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    1. SENCO Cat Herder25 May 2015 at 22:22

      Hello, River - thank you for taking time to visit my blog and leave a comment. I so liked your story for this challenge :)

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