To B
To “B” (Letter to the Letter to B)
Oh, you’re Bad.
You Ball Bearing Bugle
of Boldface.
You Barrel-Breasted
Buster-Out-Of-Blankness;
you Bombolino
Bird of Bray!
Just look at you! So Brassy
when in Block!
With so much Bleep
from Brow to Base–those Blatant
Buttucks– (or maybe they’re of
the Bosom Bersuasion)–
which, in our Bargaining with
Being, don’t even make
us Blink.
Though in the itty-bitty case (your
bijou brand)–you nearly bury
your bullet, bearing your bubble
as a boot or bashful beard,
braiding your boons and banes
in bismuthed ballyhoo—
Oh B,
how you do Belt out, beguile–
no matter the bull and bile–
as all the while,
you still book beats,
beak banter,
bale
the blues–
you bestest ever
(ever
bouncing
back–)
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A ditty of sorts for Margaret Bednar’s prompt Play It Again, Sam on With Real Toads, where Margaret asks us to pick an archived challenge. In this case, I am writing to Kerry’s challenge to write an open letter. I realized on reviewing this that I’d written a letter to the letter “A” on the first go-round, so thought I’d try “B” this time.
I was at the Metropolitan Museum last night and took pictures of various “B” things–from beards to boddhisatva–above and below.
PS – I have a poem up over at Real Toads right now in answer to a personal challenge by Corey of Herotomost. I will probably post it here tomorrow, but if you want to see it, in advance: Passage.
ManicDDaily 
February 22, 2015 at 10:09 pm
nice…and not just because i start with B…ha…you found quite a few B works..a few i had to look up…bobolito (donut)…yum…ha
the Met is def a cool place to visit as well…it was the last i went to in NYC…though i enjoy the MOMA as well…hey, and i have a beard as well…smiles.
February 23, 2015 at 12:03 am
and you are “B”rilliant… 🙂
February 23, 2015 at 12:31 am
Ha.. There are some bad boys among us bears, but I saw Brian beating me to that, wonderful foray and very clever use of the letter B.
February 23, 2015 at 1:17 am
like where you took this, k ~
February 23, 2015 at 2:25 am
Oooh! Tempted to try ‘To A’, ‘To B’ etc – will you go through the alphabet K? 😉
February 23, 2015 at 7:20 am
You should, Polly, as it would suit your wit. I don’t know that I would do them, unless I came up with different voices–or drawings–if I’d thought about it, I would have done this in a different kind of voice–one I have in mind, but it didn’t occur to me until I’d already really written it. Thanks. k.
February 24, 2015 at 2:55 pm
I shall keep it in mind as a prompt for the future—and btw, please excuse my tardiness in response at the mo, I have limited access to broadband just now x
February 24, 2015 at 4:06 pm
No tardiness! But sorry for your limited access. k.
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February 23, 2015 at 3:41 am
very witty i luv ” birds of bray”
http://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2015/02/27.html
much love…
February 23, 2015 at 7:56 am
This is just hilarious in its, dare I say, bombastic sort of tone, which yet has a buoyant quality that keeps it light as a floating feather–and so entertaining, creative and inventive, k–if you did this without a dictionary handy, you are now the official Vocabulary Goddess. I love bismuthed, in particular–and so much more. The pics are wonderful, too.
February 23, 2015 at 8:00 am
Thanks. I almost took one of some very statuesque buttocks-es = of which they are many in the Met–but that seemed a little charged.
Take care, k.
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February 23, 2015 at 8:34 am
I think ‘B’ would love this and post it to the highest place of honor – the fridge -where all masterpieces go. 🙂
February 23, 2015 at 8:56 am
Ha! k.
February 23, 2015 at 8:54 am
The poem’s great fun — I would never have thought of some of those wonderful words! — and I loved seeing the photos too.
February 23, 2015 at 10:26 am
Bountiful Bs with Beauty
It was a delight to read!
February 23, 2015 at 10:37 am
That’s really clever, K!
Love the pictures.
February 23, 2015 at 12:45 pm
Oh B,
how you do Belt out, beguile–
no matter the bull and bile–
Excellent work, Karin. This made me smile with the sheer delight of letter play gone rather wild. Such interesting artefacts to admire too.
February 25, 2015 at 12:46 am
“Brilliant” I see was already used – but I will too. I love the photos and the poem was a bit of a tongue twister for me.