Terry L. Allen Poet Rhyme

The Vocabular Extraordinar

With Vocabular Extraordinar their words do
                             entice.
       To know which meaning or their intent
                        would be nice.
         The key to their intoxicating verbal
                        woo and slice.
              is contained in this detailed
                      but sound advice.
      With flick of tongue or scribble of pen
                 on this you can depend.
      They can make you feel praised, loved,
                      scorned or diced.
So if you are smart, of tangling with the learned
                      you'll think twice.
   If not schooled in vocabulary of the learned
                         do be wary.
   What may seem a compliment may be quite
                          to the contrary.
     When said to be ludicrously loquacious it
                   is anything but gracious.
     They are just trying to be mean and oh so
                           pugnacious.
      For the meaning of this is a silly repetitive
                          chatter box.
When you have studied and you think you have
                       out foxed the fox,
  and for a dictionary you seldom have to run.
        Out of left field comes the elude, the
               nuance, metaphor and pun.
Now once again holding their sides they have you
                         back on the run.
    If you think this is enough and that you are
                           about done.
   Oh no my friend this list has only just begun.
 I have given you a start with what I know and
              what I say is from the heart.
   If with the learned a conversation you wish
                               to spark,
   Then in vocabulary you need to school and
                had better get a fast start.
          For to them this is not just an art.

                        IT"S A GAME !!!

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Dave Timperley May 23, 2013 at 7:02 AM oooh! this is so lovely! I love to play with words, and like you I never got to college, I left home at 15 and raised myself, I became a survivor. it has been a long time since I reached for a dictionary but you have sent a prompt my friend. Great write, I will read some more. Right now I have to go clean the pool for tonight. God Bless. Dave.

Elliott Bowe The Drunken Poet April 10, 2012 at 1:01 AM There is much pulchritude in this poem. Good write. Terry L. Allen April 10, 2012 at 1:20 AM I am so glad that you found beauty in my poem. I had a bit of fun writing it as a release after being belittled by an English teacher. Hey I never went to college I just owned my own business and worked for myself. I know teachers are underpaid but I'm sure that I earned as much as most teachers make a year and probably more. Thank you so much for taking the time to review my poem.