Folks, I ain't never seen nothing like this. Forty, that is four oh, people responded to my request for "A Little Help" with a title for my poem (see below).
And what titles! Long ones, short ones, literal ones, casual ones, dozens of them. What a treat, being offered so many options!
As the Dodo said, "EVERYBODY has won, and all must have prizes."
So here are the winners.
For the LONGEST TITLE:
Deirdre Evans with 21 words: "If You Can't Be with the One You Love, Wait Until She's Out of Sight to Love the One You're With"
LONGEST TITLE RUNNER-UP:
David Loyd with 16 words: "She told Jack how lucky he was to know you and Jack said, Indeed I am!"
SHORTEST TITLE: A four-way tie:
Mindy Phillips Lawrence "Betrayal"
Lenore Garside "Surprise"
Ralph Stephenson "Path"
Shirley Roe "Goodbye"
MOST TITLES:
Ralph Stephenson with nine: "Pink Noise" or "Hearing Aid" or "Hearing Loss" or "Hearing Pink" or "Sashay in Black" or "Pink 'n Black" or "Crossed Line" or "Pink Diversion" or "Path"
MOST TITLES RUNNER UP:
David Loyd WITH 6: "She asked about you" or "She wondered if you were a daughter visiting" or "She liked your hat" or "She liked your dress" or "She asked what gym you went to because you seemed so vibrant" or "She told Jack how lucky he was to know you and Jack said, Indeed I am!"
NOTABLE TITLES:
Jack Loscutoff, "Come In, Rangoon"
Linda Metcalf "The OTher WOman"
Steven Evans "Fickle Pickle"
Therese M. Guy "Scoundrel Lover"
MUSICAL TITLE:
Sue Loyd, the Rolling Stones: "Mixed Emotions"
TITLES USING PINK, a five-way tie:
Michael Mead "Pink Trumps Black"
Barbara Lanning "Pink Pussy Wins"
Mark Loscutoff "Pink Shorts"
Ruth Firestone "Beware Pink Shorts"
Ralph Stephenson with 4: "Pink Noise" or "Hearing Pink" or "Pink 'n Black" or "Pink Diversion"
TITLES USING "WOMAN" OR "WOMEN", a four-way tie:
Glenda K Miller Fralin "That Other Woman"
LaNelma Johnson "Another Woman"
Lynne Shrum "Other Women" & omit last 3 words and replace with "her"
Michael Skau "This Woman"
TITLES USING "KISS":
Karen Kessler "The Good-bye Kiss"
LaNelma Johnson "The Last Kiss"
Mark Sanders "Goodbye Kiss"
Sally Deskins "Good-bye Kiss"
TITLES USING "LOOK BACK"
Robert Roth "Never Look Back"
Sharon Ahrens "Don't Look Back"
Denise Cassino "Never Look Back"
BEST PIECE OF ADVICE:
Lynda Schor: Remove caps in "That Other Woman." Too obvious.
ALSO SAVORY:
Al Kammerer "Picture This"
Carolyn R Scheidies "Second Glance"
Charlotte Endorf "A Bittersweet Farewell"
Connie Crow "Too Good Ears"
Dennis Timothy "A Dead Romance"
Heidi Prairiesong Hermanson I want to along the lines of "A Surprise" except the ending IS a surprise and you don't want to let that out.
Laura Cooper "In Public View"
Leela Bruner "Out of SIght, Out of Mind, Out of Control"
Margaret Fieland "Over my Shoulder"
TITLE SHY (EMAILS BUT NO TITLES):
Barbara Whitelock
Carole Rosenthal
Connie Spittler
George Martin
Greg Kosmicki
Here's my unnamed poem again,
if you wish to reconsider it.
Our good-bye kiss: passionate, though public
(Near a statuesque woman in pink shorts).
I sashayed down the long walk to my car,
felt his eyes caress my splendid black hat,
my long swaying dress, my vibrant body.
Behind me, he spoke.
I pivoted to reply, only to catch his
conversation with That Other Woman.
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