A smile is a curve that sets everything straight
-Phyllis Diller
Diller looks hilarious, yet she is shrewd.
gaudy shapeless wardrobe not subdued.
long and straight from lips, meanwhile -
smoke holder is vile.
Phyll’s snapshot:
SMILE.
flowerpot
on top of profile,
tremendous garden fertile:
gargoyle unkempt hair, turns up the mood.
Diller looks hilarious, yet she is shrewd.
1/19/2023
Sponsor: Constance La France
Andaree Form
Categories:
diller, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Abstract artist Burgoyne Diller
made 3d reliefs when at the tiller
Simple shapes primaries on white
thus De Style came into sight
Categories:
diller, art, people,
Form: Clerihew
Alpha cash warren,
isn't real Ralph Lauren.
It's like sayin pleather,
is some kind of leather?
Vanilla Chinchilla,
is only a dream.
Guess, Miss Diller,
would have loved it.
She was a Scream.
See, Barack Obama,
is not, Ali Baba.
But they knew the Guru,
Those Dudes, were right tight,
way back in high school.
She wore a new tutu,
And had fancy Bonbons,
Gifts for her true love,
his name is Don Juan.
A Hamilton is not a Cadillac,
But an oyster has a pearl.
If You, got the hot sauce,
You can Rap, like Duke of Earle.
Vol 1.
Categories:
diller, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Juliane Koepcke Diller
Survived a plane crash that was killer.
Struck by lightning, the plane fell from the sky.
She landed in the Amazon, the only one who didn't die.
5/19/21
Juliane Koepcke Diller was the sole survivor of the LANSA Flight 508 plane crash in 1971. She fell 3000 meters (9,843 ft.) into the Amazon rain forest still strapped in her seat. She survived for 10 days alone in the rain forest with injuries before being rescued.
For "A Strand (1048) poetry contest
Categories:
diller, courage, death, history, rainforest,
Form: Clerihew
"Contests. We don't need no stinking contests."
We..What's this "we" stuff,
You got a mouse in your pocket
Or is this a Mexican stand off?
Pff....Whatever! I'm a single player
Compeating against other mis-chief makers
I have no rules!
I'm a second rate gal
With a second rate termology
Go away boy scout
Your to much of a lamb
Contests are for dopes
Writing in the hopes
Of winning a killer diller deal
What's the deal anyways?
There's no money involved
The grand prize is recognizing the top dog
-Silent-
(Cough, cough)
Suck an egg poetic justice
You like to judge with a smile
I like to smile when I'm winning
There's no team in winning
Did I say winning again
I meant, there's an "I" in team
I am one team
Winner or loser
Losers gain a bum rap
Villians blazingly laugh
And winners......well winners are still Losers
We don't need no stinking contests
There's no publisher scouting us
08-14-18
Categories:
diller, evil, poetry, slam,
Form: Free verse
Are you sleeping, brother John?
The cock doth crow, to let you know,
if you be wise, tis time to rise.
If you see a barber, shaving a pig,
ask how many hairs to make a wig.
This is the man, all tattered and torn,
a stick in his hand, a stone in his throat.
He promised to buy me some bonny blue
ribbons to bind up my bonny brown hair,
a silver nutmeg, and a golden pear.
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
a diller, a dollar, a ten o'clock scholar,
who won't get up to feed the swine,
but sups on strawberries, sugar and cream,
and sits upon cushions to sew a fine seam.
In marble walls as white as milk,
all the trees are bread and cheese.
Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John,
all for the sake of my little nut tree,
he calls for his fiddlers three.
The ants are marching one by one,
five little monkeys jump on his bed,
all bringing a swarm of bees in May.
John takes a stone to throw at their heads,
and grinds up their bones to bake his bread.
Categories:
diller, humor, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
Phyllis Diller
Had a laugh that was killer.
Funky clothes and crazy hair,
A cigarette holder added flair.
9/27/12
For Andrea Dietrich's A New Crop of Clerihews contest.
Categories:
diller, funny, people,
Form: Clerihew
Few who were as funny as you came after.
Wherever you went, the folks emitted laughter.
For a professional entertainer, you had a gift.
Your jokes gave us an emotional lift.
You described your life with “Fang” as self-deprecating.
Such humor was funny and stimulating.
When we saw you on television and the stage,
your style and delivery were all the rage.
We will all miss you as you have gone away.
You were a lady and a scholar in your day.
RIP Phyllis Diller
(1917-2012)
Categories:
diller, dedication, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Killer Diller 1 2 3
Johnny Pump spraying on your feet
Skelly,s game played up and down the street
Lifting the Johny Pump water with an aluminum can
Oh So Sweet!
All these things were such a treat
Make growing up on 20th Street
in Astoria
Seem so complete
All topped off with a Mr. Softees treat
Categories:
diller, friendship, growing up, happiness,
Form: I do not know?