A Couple Of Elfchens

Exercise 1

Each week as a part of my wish to improve how I write and also in my aim to avoid using certain words that I have called “Link Words”, I am going to post a couple of quick “Elfchens” or Elevenie. This is something I admit to never hearing anything about until I learned of them in recent months.

I will also avoid the usual write up explaining my poetry in exchange for this brief introduction to this little exercise.

I am very knew to the world of Elfchens Thus I am leaving any explainations for those who know much more than I on this. For me it has become a great tool to play with words without using any words that I have banned and labeled as “Link Words”.

This post will not have the usual format and I understand that It may not be your usual entertainment of preference.

This will also be a much more regular Post as I exercise and play with words. My usual Poetry Posts will follow as usual in the coming days.

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Exercise 1



Morning
After Rainstorms
Surface water overload
Finding Soggy Soil Everywhere
Waterlogged
 



Shelter
From Storms
Why Carry Umbrellas
When Staying Dry Indoors 
Working





  

© Pat Fitzgerald 2025

ENDING THOUGHTS:

Thank you for following me on my little journey, that is composing or writing poetry. If Life is a journey which we all walk on and my journey in creating Poetry is a journey of it’s own. Which I still learn much on as I write.

At times I experiment on methods or way how I can improve my poetry, therefore getting feedback is always most welcome for such as these.

When I write poetry, some readers may be offended with something within the poetry. I do not write to offend, But such are written for reasons I outline in the posts. Often I miss typos and mistakes when publishing each poem. BUT I correct the moment I discover such mistakes.

But Poetry is a form of art work that I enjoy and thus using it in a manner to touch or inspire the reader.

Thank you for joining me on this journey.

Poetry is a learning curve where I always work to improve. A lot of work goes into editing and reediting and then repeating that process on a number of occasions until I am happy with the result. This is how I operate in creating posts to share here.

Please forgive for any such mistakes and for your understanding this.

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