A Sloth not in an Oak Tree In a poem I recently read (an excellent sonnet, I might add), a cute little Pacific Coast deer ended up sheltering under a tropical pine tree found only on a Pacific Island.
Not to worry, the confusion was quickly spotted and sorted out and a suitable tree substituted.
However, the incident did lead to the limerick below:
Arboreal Antitheses Limerick
When writing of trees, please stay calm,
or else you might spread much alarm;
for oaks aren't a place
where a sloth shows its face,
nor do bears climb a coconut palm.
Below are links to my short-listed story for the National newspaper and for a couple of stories that appeared on the Every Day Fiction site - where you can leave a comment and a rating if you so desire:
https://everydayfiction.com/exodus-mortis-by-paul-a-freeman/
http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/short-story-a-day-for-decisiveness
https://everydayfiction.com/respecting-the-dead-by-paul-a-freeman/
Happy writing!
Not to worry, the confusion was quickly spotted and sorted out and a suitable tree substituted.
However, the incident did lead to the limerick below:
Arboreal Antitheses Limerick
When writing of trees, please stay calm,
or else you might spread much alarm;
for oaks aren't a place
where a sloth shows its face,
nor do bears climb a coconut palm.
Below are links to my short-listed story for the National newspaper and for a couple of stories that appeared on the Every Day Fiction site - where you can leave a comment and a rating if you so desire:
https://everydayfiction.com/exodus-mortis-by-paul-a-freeman/
http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/short-story-a-day-for-decisiveness
https://everydayfiction.com/respecting-the-dead-by-paul-a-freeman/
Happy writing!
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