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The Tale of Miss Jenny Prime

(just a bit of fun with rhyme)





The Tale of Miss Jenny Prime





Let me tell you the story of Miss Jenny Prime


who spent all of her days making everything rhyme.


It was thought she’d outgrow this strange childhood spell,


but her fetish just grew and made her parents’ life hell.


 


When Miss Prime was a baby, still sporting a bib,


each night she was cuddled, then placed in a crib


by her doting young parents, who thought it quite funny


to give her a pet name, “Sleep tight  Hunny Bunny.”


 


And that was the start of poor Jenny’s plight,


forced to listen to vowel chimes night after night.


Before long she was making up rhymes for herself,


all her un-rhyming toys were just left on the shelf.


 


Even quenching her thirst could cause quite a stink,


no O.J for Jenny, her drink had to be pink.


They bought her some shoes, red, shiny and new,


“I’ve told you, I’m not wearing a shoe that’s not blue”


 


She demanded a dog so they went to the pound,


she picked the fattest one there, just to have a round hound.


Her bed had to be red, her jeans had to be green,


and a fish dish for dinner or she’d cause a right scene.


 


Stamping her feet she cried “I should be Jenna,


and for pocket money, I should be getting a tenna”


Each Friday brought tantrums as she hardly had any,


reluctantly taking just a penny for Jenny.


 


Her increase in years simply brought more despair,


she bleached ebony locks for she needed fair hair.


The colours of clothes always caused her to cry,


so to get round the problem she learned to tie dye.


 


Now I know it will come as some sort of surprise,


but Jenny had caught a young gentleman’s eyes.


He knew things would be tough, but he’d give it a try


and so, with posies of roses, he dared to drop by.


 


The roses were great and he was kinda cute,


he’d even gone to the trouble of tie dying his suit.


He was called Jack Kilkenny, his name did not rhyme,


so she told him to leave and stop wasting her time.


  


But Jack was his nickname, his real name was Lenny.


Alas, this information was not known to Jenny.


He was perfect for her, a match better than any,


for if they’d wed they’d be Lenny and Jenny Kilkenny.



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Given By: Katina
Critique Date:11/11/2009

Critique:Excellent work Sharon! (I'm turning in, tomorrow I will return to give you a more detailed review. Glad to be back online (hope it last). ***Never get a digital phone line*** :)

Grade:Excellent


Given By: Alexgia
Critique Date:04/10/2009

Critique:I really liked that. Had me laughing. A tie dyed suit is a riot. Very well written too. I would love to hear more about Jenny. Great job.
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Grade:Excellent


Given By: soulpath
Critique Date:03/11/2009

Critique:Hi there, brilliant fun, but still tightly done, good story line too. Makes a pleasant break to read a light hearted piece. Cheers. Mike
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Grade:Excellent


Given By: Sgt B
Critique Date:12/03/2008

Critique:Hahahahaha  Loved it. I could hear Boris Karlof reading this. (For those who don't know. He was the narrator who read the original Grinch who stole Christmas.) Another fun to read poem. Thank you my friend. ~Ron~
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Grade:Excellent


Given By: kuirq
Critique Date:11/28/2008

Critique:This is a very amusing write, no doubt, and made me smile all throughout :D!  I hadn't realized it was pretty long, it was much like a children's song. I think Nikko may have mentioned it. Oh no! I suddenly had a coughing fit! Oh, well, anyway, I could read it everyday! It's that amusing and then some, I'm very glad you came up with this one :D! I'd love to read more about the two, what if they met again? I'd love to know what Jenny would do, it might end differently then :).
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Grade:Excellent


Given By: Dennis
Critique Date:11/27/2008

Critique:A cute little poem and a nice job of rhyming too. Good work Sharon.
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Grade:Good


Given By: enamoured
Critique Date:11/27/2008

Critique:he he. Nice little story...I like the way it ends 'Lenny and Jenny Kilkenny' :D....
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Grade:Excellent


Given By: raenie
Critique Date:11/27/2008

Critique:Sharon, this was such an enjoyable read!! I couldn't help but imagine this as a children's book, & little girls would be going back to read it again & again--hehe I am reminded of this children's song ( think it's Jenny Jenkins) hehe another difficult girl (Jenny again?!) since she didn't want to wear the different colors & gave reasons that rhymed with the color--ie blue being too true....oopsy-going back to your tale, I truly had a lot of fun reading it-- I do think that this is one of your longer poems, but I actually found myself wanting to read more! I was also a bit saddened that Lenny & Jenny didn't get to be together after all--awww--& their son could've been named Benny ;)! maybe a sequel is called for?? "The Tale of Miss Jenny Prime for the Second Time" hehehe
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Grade:Excellent


 
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