Homophonic Phenomena
...Homophonic Phenomena
David J Walker
How freely dismissed
The simplest forms
That reason must take
Mistaken
For roads
Not taken
Or feigned to take
The vagabonds path
To madne...
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Categories:
homophonic, allegory,
Form: Rhyme
Ironic Homophonic Tonic
...Inspired by Jan Allison's brilliant "Eye Rowed My Hoarse",
top winner of the July 2021 Word Play contest.
I'm knew to this language; it baffles me sew!
With so many mysteries I wish...
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Categories:
homophonic, humorous, language,
Form: Light Verse
What Are Words - a Florilegium Poem
...What are words other than coffin nails be?
Who does it belong to when it rails me?
An empty vessel at best that bails thee.
Lend me your ear and draw your heart near;
my words might seer, but h...
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Categories:
homophonic, analogy, emotions, literature, metaphor,
Form: Other
Brocken Spectre - a Florilegium Poem
...The root word for religion is not kind –
Latin verb that means to tie or to bind –
as it tends to play tricks on anyone’s mind.
For some, the edicts lash; they merc...
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Categories:
homophonic, introspection, poetry, religion,
Form: Other
Mammaries of My Youth - Inn Homophonic Speak
...Now that eye have groan older inn thee tooth,
Aye recall fond mammaries of my feckless youth.
(End sum of them knot sow fond as ewe will later sea!)
Butt generally speakin', life was vary good two...
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Categories:
homophonic, growing up, humorous, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Ill Logic
...Greek Stone Well. Knot here you r needing any think pattern speech plenty.
Network of neurons, synapses travel twixt to link.
Oscillation occultation Wernicke’s homophonic drink.
Snake, lake, ca...
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Categories:
homophonic, allusion, beauty, language, philosophy,
Form: I do not know?
Known Now, a Hidden Sweet Wonder Rarely Known
...Known Now, A Hidden Sweet Wonder Rarely Known
( Shadow Sonnet, form number 6 )
Green forest glowings transcends earthly green.
Masked veils waiting to be wisely unmasked.
Why hide the a...
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Categories:
homophonic, art, green, humanity, imagery,
Form: Sonnet
A Homophonic Incident of Her Life
...A Homophonic Incident of Her Life
It’s knot a ferry tail butt an incident of a pour girl’s life, weather you believe it or knot. Hare goose the tail—
She war a guys and one
ate plane idle wi...
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Categories:
homophonic, humorous, word play,
Form: Narrative
In Praise of Beauty
...IN PRAISE OF BEAUTY
O beauty allure, beauty of the hyacinth
Doused by wailing drops of dew shroud
And pierced by the radiant shaft of heaven,
Through the rituals of purity
To tread the virgina...
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Categories:
homophonic, beauty, celebration, desire, eulogy,
Form: Ode
His Last Concert
...I wasn't there to hear the choir
though once I sang with them,
but I still think of Holliday
at closing--cadence coming up
and his conducting stern, impassive
just as always
with the same authority,
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Categories:
homophonic, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Sing Aurora Sing
...See the symphony of light o’er the sea.
Softly the agony resends softly.
Free rising orb setting harmony free.
Brightly absorb with a song so brightly.
Aurora light from morning aurora.
Song...
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Categories:
homophonic, nature, light, light, morning,
Form: Sonnet