Constance La France Poet Free verse

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Talk To the Hand - For Contest

y'all know me-     I'm in the poem biz     
and it is a no brainer     when I need a fix(I come to the main drag)of
       this poetry site

this my security blanket     my safe harbor    my home away from home
    it has taken me years to learn the
                 set up(its a long way to poet)gonna take a journey 

listen I don't consider my poems hot stuff 
nor do I have hang ups             but the bare bones is this    
    I go bananas for contests                I won't bamboozle you    
 I just wanna win (win and win)

but getting a poem selected    is an uncertain crapshoot      
     its a tricky business
            when the theme is announced    
                    I need to give it a good think (think)

and sometimes I write a lemon                (a real stinker)        
      oh when I lose(so blue)oh so near  when I win   bees knees happy

sometimes I put on my war paint       and make my way
    to the shooting gallery        (I mean the blogs)
        don't wanna open a can of worms    but
            a poet needs guts to make a comment there

oh yessiree    your words can be turned to smoke
sometimes its all snoggling       and sometimes its just aggro
      the blogger asks for an opinion      then the fun begins
get out the boom box     say what           talk to the hand

bring me the funny wagon     gotta get outa there
before I go nuts   gotta chill out         take my peepers to a poem                  
            like it when its mellow yellow in blog world

y'all know me-     I'm in the poem biz
and it is a no brainer       when I need a fix(I come to the main drag)of
         this poetry site

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July 1, 2015


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For the contest, Colloquialisms, sponsor, Laura Leiser

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Dr. Upma A. Sharma August 1, 2015 at 1:51 AM Congrats on ur winning marvel BW!

Skat A July 31, 2015 at 1:39 PM WHAT A SWEET WIN...SK

Eve Roper July 31, 2015 at 10:01 AM Back to congratula you on your win, Hugs Eve

Jan Allison July 31, 2015 at 4:14 AM some lovely saying here Broken wings many congrats on your win - love the blogs being shooting galleries - sure the the nail on the head there - very clever write:-) hugs jan xx

Laura Leiser July 30, 2015 at 11:59 PM I liked the clever way you shared your experiences with contests here on PS, using colloquialisms, Broken Wings. Thanks for entering my contest, and congrats on your win :)

Robert Stoner Jr July 2, 2015 at 4:53 PM Nice write BW enjoyed the read much, good luck in the contest.

Funom Makama July 2, 2015 at 10:47 AM Great poem with a lovely message. Thanks for the Grade 7 share.

Poet Destroyer A July 2, 2015 at 12:23 AM enjoyed this one, good luck in the contest:) *luv, p.d.

Eve Roper July 1, 2015 at 7:12 PM Oh, I love it… this one is a winner. I forgot about the verse “Talk to the Hand”. Students were very good at using it a lot in my younger years. 7++ Hugs Eve

Judy Konos July 1, 2015 at 5:06 PM "sometimes I put on my war paint and make my way to the shooting gallery!" Look out here comes Broken Wings with another winner! "Cha Ching" as we say in New Orleans!

Constance La France July 1, 2015 at 4:25 PM I did quite a lot of research to get all these colloquialism slang words for the contest, sure hope I got it write . . .I mean right