Ain'T An Ornery Yahoo - Colloquialisms
Ain't An Ornery Yahoo
Old widow lady of ninety-two
Lives by herself with nothing else to do
Except sit in her chair next to the window
And stare out for hours with dreams of her past woe
I reckon she ain't ornery yahoo
With a few bricks short of a load
Doing nothing but fuss and talk for
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Categories:
colloquialisms, bullying, woman,
Form: Free verse
Colloquialisms - For Contest
Poor Humpty Dumpty was a numpty when he fell off the garden wall
His poor old ma went bananas, told me to buzz off when I call
Guess I better sit on the shelf otherwise I’ll go completely nuts
I ain’t gonna take no stick from that mangy old bunch of mutts
I’ll get myself a fix of chocolate
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Categories:
colloquialisms, fun, humorous, nonsense, ,
Form: Couplet
Win- Lose Or Place--Colloquialisms
Writing for contests, is often a crapshoot!
Some may be teasers, and others no brainers.
Results often open a new can of worms,
though sponsors with backbones, will stick to their guns!
Plagued by the screams of dissatisfied rhymers
whose dreams of a win may have gone up in smoke!
But a poet's class act, is to take it in
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Categories:
colloquialisms, word play, words, writing,
Form: Free verse
Colloquialisms
Well shut my mouth you honey bee,
y’all come round for gab an tea
At end of day, when all’s bout done,
lain in the hay we’ll have some fun
Gurt deep we’ll think and spin a pun,
shake a leg, you son of a gun
Well I’ll be damned to hell and back,
now you’ve got me on the rack
Your
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Categories:
colloquialisms, culture, fun, history,
Form: Verse
Colloquialisms- For Contest
my friend really thought
Gandhi's first name was Goosey
thick as two short planks
(For contest 'Colloquialisms', sponsored by Laura Leiser)
July 2nd 2015
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Categories:
colloquialisms, humor,
Form: Senryu
Two Happy Individuals - Colloquialisms Contest
Was a cold winter night log fire was lit,
sending pictures around the walls.
They sat together on a fur rug
two happy individuals.
She smiled at him, thinking how romantic,
warmth from the fire making her cheeks glow.
They kissed, loving levels were reaching high.
she opened her eyes, that's when she saw.
Laughter bubbled up exploding
making her eyes water somewhat.
She had
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Categories:
colloquialisms, fire,
Form: Rhyme