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All Mixed Up Wit- Word Play

"Wordplay hides a key to reality that the dictionary tries in vain to lock inside every free word.” Julio Cortázar, Around the Day in Eighty Worlds ____________________ eye like reding an righting pooitree but tu long pooms have a tenacy to dragon ooh, eye likes pooms magnifloquet but not highfalutin with veryabally empty talk, torque eye luvZ pooms labyrinthine that twist and turn with mellifluous images murmurous o wait, weight heer is my kitty called Katy Purry pspspspsps her kitty kitty oh yah eye am a catz luver fur sure now back to riting eye rites pooms meself woebegone full of pane and whoa and sum beautious that aflutter fly like butterflies that hover in heavenly harmony and sum that wine like whistling wind through willow trees sooo mal-entendre et sous-entendre hear and understand when reding an righting pooitree oh goshes did eye right tu long a poom ! __________________ July 9, 2021 Poetry/Free Verse/all mixed up wit- Word Play Copyright Protected, ID 07-1369-994-09 All Rights Reserved, 2021, Constance La France Written for the Standard contest, Word Play Poems With Play On Words sponsor, John Anderson, Judged 07/28/2021

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/9/2021 3:36:00 PM

this is amazingly fun, Constance. So witty and adorable at the same time. I have no clue what to do for this contest!!

L Milton Hankins
Date: 7/11/2021 12:18:00 PM

I agree with you, Andrea. My brain is mush on this one!

Constance La France
Date: 7/9/2021 5:18:00 PM

Andrea, thanks for reading my silly poem, oh yes, it is a difficult challege ~ love and serenity _Constance

Sam Kauffman

Date: 7/9/2021 2:13:00 PM

Very fun and extremely creative Constance! Best wishes for the contest!

Constance La France
Date: 7/9/2021 5:18:00 PM

Sam, thank you for the compliment on my poom ~ luvs and serenity _Constance

L Milton Hankins

Date: 7/9/2021 11:56:00 AM

Oh my! This one is hard to beat, Constance. What really amazed me was that I could read and understand it...which made me wonder if my brain was really functioning correctly. Good stuff!

Constance La France
Date: 7/9/2021 5:20:00 PM

Milt, lol, so grateful you liked my poem, yes, this is not an easy challenge, hope I did it right ~ peace and tranquility _Constance

Rico Leffanta

Date: 7/9/2021 11:19:00 AM

I suspect you had quite a bit of fun typing this with spellcheck on ....well done! Aloha! Rico

Constance La France
Date: 7/9/2021 5:21:00 PM

Rico, so grateful for your comment and it was a nightmare ~ peace and tranquility _Constance

Rama Balasubramanian

Date: 7/9/2021 10:50:00 AM

Interesting. Didn't know what the contest meant. Now I understand. You did this very well. All the best for contest.

Constance La France
Date: 7/9/2021 5:23:00 PM

Rama, so grateful for your visit and comment, yes, it is a difficult challenge, I only hope I did it correctly ~ love and serenity _Constance

Jan Allison

Date: 7/9/2021 10:05:00 AM

lol Constance and I understand every word of the word play lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Constance La France
Date: 7/9/2021 5:21:00 PM

Jan, so grateful the the compliment and visit ~ love and serenity _Constance