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Odds Bodkins

Odds Bodkins
   stupid saying
    donkey braying ~
  or someone praying 

  'Tis not for me 
    to judge my fellow
  All I know's ~
    'Tis a mighty bellow

cryjudgementwordsrhyme

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Kim Rodrigues

March 24, 2023 at 3:41 PM

Wiktionary says: A corruption of "God's bodkins", referring to the nails used in the crucifixion. Bodkins can be defined as a small pointed instrument used to pierce cloth or leather...just call me smarty pants.

Ann Peck

March 24, 2023 at 11:43 AM

I hadn't heard those words, Gershon. I think we came up with our own strange phrases, like "gee whillikers." I enjoyed your poem. :)

Suzanne Delaney

March 24, 2023 at 7:54 AM

I always learn something when I read your work…….Shakespeare also got away with using this phrase. Makes me think donkeys are sounding outrage from their use as a beast of burden for millennia. Just food for thought. Thanks GW

Gershon Wolf

March 24, 2023 at 10:32 AM

Hi, Suzanne. Thanks for the reminder about Willy Shakespeare and Odds Bodkins. Forgot all about that one... And thank you for your kind words. Have a wonderful weekend. Joy and Jubilation, gw