Richard Pickett Poet Rhyme

Phobia

Xenophobia is the fear of strangers
Ephebiphobia is the fear of teenagers,

Obesophobia is the fear of gaining weight
Octophobia is the fear of the figure 8,

Odynophobia is the fear of pain
Ombrophobia is the fear of rain,

Photophobia is the fear of light
Noctiphobia is the fear of night,

Peniaphobia is the fear of poverty
Metrophobia is the fear of poetry,

Hagiophobia is the fear of Saints or Holy things
Hierophobia is the fear of Priests or sacred things,

  Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the fear of long words





This one just kind of popped into my head.

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Mary Meade Stephenson December 9, 2009 at 10:08 AM Splendid write honey!! Love the originality of this one!! Great job! Hugs~Mary

Jared Pickett December 2, 2009 at 5:40 AM I like this one pop... I thought you had lost your humor in your old age....:0.......:JP]

Carolyn Devonshire December 1, 2009 at 5:24 PM Oh, my, Richard! This is wildly funny. What would you call fear of sharks? Had a great laugh reading this! (Are you related to Jared Pickett, another Soup member?) Love, Carolyn

Robert A. Dufresne December 1, 2009 at 4:14 PM ha ha I enjoyed the poem and the lesson. That last word is a dilly.

Daniel Corcoran December 1, 2009 at 3:40 PM nice. how can people be scared of poetry though?

Sara Kendrick December 1, 2009 at 3:22 PM Interesting list of fears. Hope that you have narier one. Keep the magical pen flowing. Sara

Doris Culverhouse December 1, 2009 at 3:21 PM Wow, educational poem