Colloquialism Poems - Poems about Colloquialism

The Outside Dunny

...

In the fifties
it was the suburban icon
that survived the start 
of the renovation phase
and still graced the backyards 
of most houses in the neighborhood,
the ubiquitous Australian 
outs...

Words From Home

...colloquialism to say is quite the trick
tells where your from by words that you pick
with diplomas on the wall
my friends I appall
when I go fishing down at the crick...

The Scarlet and Silver Tablecloth

...line the ends
                                              the corners
                                               and posts
                                           both stood as a
       ...

Reaping Short Terms Benefits

...Reaping short terms benefits...

before marital savings bond matured
as a then quinquagenarian.

Courtesy gerontologists medical practitioners
allowing, enabling, and providing
the elderly pop...

Colloquialism Fun

...Up here in Canada we have our own words
Everywhere does, some think ours are absurd
Between toques, hosers and rhyming currency
Like loonies and toonies, we do speak uniquely
But narrow it down t...

Bloodbath In the Bog

...
"Bloodbath in the Bog"



Bloodbath in the Bog
Leeches go down hard on turtles
fattened egos in a feeding frenzy

agitated mosquitoes land on th...

The Smidget Puggily and Her Prettisome Guru

..."Dammit - I take your advice seriously!" Puggily said,
Squeezing as much water as she could from her tiny red pinafore,
(Looking rather embarrassed and dejected).
Twinkles, her prettisome...

A Ubiquitous Word

...Love is a ubiquitous word
that's lost its oomph along the way.
A colloquialism for like,
it has become a filler word.

On the Internet and FaceBook,
love is a ubiquitous word.
Any atta...

Chicanery

...Couach potatoes!  Scrambling for trivialities 
The eyes delight, detrimental to their intellect 
Immersed in gape at the melanin free race
Laying eggs of colloquialism to metamorphose into
Formal...

Poetry Soup

...Poetry Soup

It's imagery, movement, rhythm, and rhyme,
Composition of words that baffles the mind;
Art woven meticulously, lines by design,
Pleasing the senses soothes like fine wine.

It's c...

Ride To a Nuthouse

...one of them—
These dolts, dim-witted blockheads!

But, YOU, who’s reading this,
can vouch for me, won’t ya?
Why? Because you are as cool as I am,
It takes one to know one!

You catching my drift, ain’t ya?


~07/16/15
~"Colloquialism" contest by Laura Leiser...

Pyjamas - For Colloquialism Contest

...I clapped eyes on some jimjams
at me local Marks and Sparks,
but strapped for readies,
I couldn't buy them
and had to treat it as a lark.

It was a shame,
for they were prezzies.
(I do like M...

Aged Decisions

...“Birth day” is the actual day one exits from the womb, (thereafter, “birthday”, is but a colloquialism for the anniversary of that birth).  Well … today is mine.  I’m finally old enough to drive … (t...

Against the Stereotypical Me

...A male
A Black male
A thug, a gangsta
pants sagging
stupid swagging
And that's exactly what people think I am:
stupid.
But I break the mold.

When people hear my voice
without seeing my face,
When pe...

Collab With Shogun Series Richard Pickett Poetry Bill's Side Part 6 Team Up

...After Bill got Brick’s emergency call about the new find under the Bywater bridge, he downed 
his coffee, shoved his files in a drawer, donned his 9mm w/shoulder holster,  traded his  
Stetson for ...

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