Today, Wendy Everard of New York is our host for the third day of the March Open Write at http://www.ethicalela.com, inspiring us to write Double Dactyls. You can read the process of writing a dactyl and her full prompt here. I found writing dactyls to be like the bludger in Harry Potter. You hold on for the ride, hope you don’t get knocked off your broomstick as it tests your sport, and hope to make it through the game.
My husband is the Mudbog King, as I’ve come to call him. He got both of our cars stuck one Christmas morning, and I think he did it on purpose just because he loves getting stuck and calling a buddy to come help. All these boys in the country seem to live for the phone call: “I’m stuck. Bring a chain and pull me out!” The only thing better than getting that call is making it – and to get double-stuck on Christmas morning just seemed like the biggest present under the tree. Hence, my Double-Axle Double Dactyl.
Double-Axle Double Dactyl
muckery-muddery
Mudbog King's stuck again!
John Deere hailed - Johnson bailed
(boys spin to win)
ecclesiastical
gospelized dirt road hymns
banjos pick - mud's still slick
(boys clog tire rims)
boys stack hay ~ then......they play!
jacked-up truck = magnet-muck
climb inside! take a ride!
(costs not one buck)
hold on tight! brace yourself!
Johnson's gon' show his stealth
mud rainbows = bumper spray
(filthy trucks = health)
Common Threads 
Kim,
This is a challenging prompt we face today, but you have found the gear that unstucks the double dactyl. I love that photo, too. I remember those days of bogging in a jeep. It is fun, but these days I’m happy to be unstuck. I’m not sure who we’d call to rescue us now.
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Glenda, just call us. Briar is sitting here waiting for the call right now, and I truly believe the man would drive clear up to Idaho if it meant getting someone unstuck.
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I need to borrow your car! 😉
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I love the humorous tone and how you played with form ().
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Thank you, Margaret.
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Congratulations on writing such a fun double dactyl. I can totally relate to your thought that the guys love to get a call to say come help pull me out of a mess. There’s nothing like a muddy road to get completely stuck in. I remember spending an evening in a van stuck on a muddy road.
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That sounds like a scary experience! Thanks for reading!
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Love the mud, the muck, the boys unstuck! Wish there was an accompanying video!
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Thank you! I’ll have to get some videos for another day!
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Your description of the Double Dactyl is so fantastic, “the bludger in Harry Potter. You hold on for the ride, hope you don’t get knocked off …” It was like rub your belly, pat your head, while dancing on rollerskates blindfolded…or some such…and you did it for four beautiful (and beautifully mucky) stanzas!! I am so impressed. Your title alone is so fun; the poetry so great – needs to be printed out with a photo and gifted to your dear one.
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Thank you, Maureen!
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Kim, I’m still revising my double dactyl. Can’t get the beats right…so, your analogy to Harry Potter and the bludger is spot-on to me. The mud in your poem is an entity, a main character for sure, not quite a villain for the Mudbog King how loves getting stuck! All those rhymes are an added bonus – and a wonder.
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