Silly Words

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I'm not in step with the Serious Bards
For me, it's the sillier words that chime
I see quadrangles instead of a yard
Jaunty hootenannies I find sublime

I don't howl or cry out, I ululate
Clip-clop and flip-flop, both such disarmers!
Gummy tutti frutti, please be my date
Phenomenology - what a charmer!

Silly names rule - Truth or Consequences
Walla Walla is a beautiful place
Humpty Dumpty brought down the defenses
Winnie the Pooh is a bear to embrace

Sonnets, free verse, rhymes, limericks, haiku, tomes
Silly words deserve their place in our poems.

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John Watt

Date: 8/1/2020 9:33:00 PM

Ah, I love this one too! I saw you mention it to Nina in your "Words On The Go" comments. I totally agree with your ending couplet. I'm a ginormous ventilator of silly words... umm, "big fan". Great writing, Michelle!

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 8/2/2020 5:09:00 PM

I had only been on the Soup about a month when I wrote this - I thought it would be fun to write a lighter theme in a sonnet form - silly words are too scarce these days!

Gershon Wolf

Date: 3/7/2018 10:28:00 PM

Amen, sister! 10,000%! You've got me ululating and howling at the night sky. And away we go!! ---A masterpiece!! :) gw

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 3/8/2018 9:35:00 AM

Cool, daddy-o!