New Careers

One day some of the chessmen
were sitting drinking beers,
when one knight said, “Let's have a go
at finding new careers.”

The black queen and the white queen
were not around to stop them,
and soon one king was selling balloons
(while some pawns tried to pop them).

The bishops warned the cool white knight,
“Mind councillors don't catch you!”
Cap on floor, he stood stock still,
a super living statue!

“I'll risk it,” said the solid knight,
without moving his lips.
“The king ain't got a licence,”
said the bold ventriloquist.

There was a lot of whispering
among a group of rooks.
They thought the king and knight
were, sadly, little more than crooks.

But that's not what the pawns thought
(Was that another pop?),
left free to play and run about
and skip and jump and ... hop!

© Celia Warren 2017

Well, seven years' of blipping! Where does the time go? It's a bit of a dull day for photos, so I asked the chessmen to help brighten my blip. After all, they only came to life through this site, so they deserve to help celebrate! I've lost count of how many adventures they've had now, but if you did want to see more of them, try searching on 'chessmen'.

Thanks as ever for visiting my journal, and for all the lovely comments on my wren yesterday.