Long Mispronounce Poems

As thephilosopher  readies for his p soup anniversary 
Remembering he found this place last Christmas Day
Surely the best gift he did receive
Now for some holiday fun, DON”T LEAVE

Denise Narayadu I can't end the line...

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Why be afraid to admit the truth,
When the truth is all we have?
If when one door closes, another one opens,
why even dare looking back?

The following sentence is false,
The previous sentence is true.
Always accept a challenge,
what...

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Some laws are crazy you will agree.
Read some of these laws and you will see.

Some laws are funny and some just absurd.
It pays to be careful how we use our words.

To keep your ass in...

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Behind the columns, 
Behind the bars
Are many bums
Remembering the dreadful SARS. 
They search for you, 
You ain't aware 
In the best tattoo
But you aren't there, 
In the unspoken f*ck up, 
But you should not be...

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The Mastermind isn't keen or shy.
Though some have deemed him pretty sly,
His life just keeps on passing by
And in the end, he’s a normal guy.

He speaks good French but he's not from France.
He lives in...

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Twenty-five years 
since we agreed to this and still,
I vow to be there,  
just outside your line of sight,  
as you confidently mispronounce quinoa,
as you decide, again, that the best way 
to check...

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De bor' ah is her Congo name,
To mispronounce it such a shame,
For few would read and say it right,
I asked: a sweet smile brought to light!
My travels though suggested in,
But butterflies? To trap's a sin!...

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SUFFIX   -  PREFIX    PUNS


Mispronounce inter-family  relationships   *
And we  bury the family   -  its security slips:
Anti -freeze  divorced  Uncle freeze ...

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FOREVER WINTER

Cookie cutter angel t w i n s in the fluffy dough.
Woolen arms flap, rolling out wings in the snow.

T e n d r i l s of brisk air move about their cheeks.
Ice...

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I am not my grammar

My English may be poor

But I am a straight talker, woman of my word

My speech conveys much meaning and wisdom

I do not mispronounce words, I put a St Lucian twist on...

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We learn to skip before we run,
We learn to crawl before we walk.
We often look before we leap
But rarely think before we talk.
Words are our friends and should be cherished as such,
But too many, it...

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Children’s names are not common any more,
Parents do not want their children to be plebeians.
I cannot pronounce most of them.
They are unique, like their child - gifted names,
Created by enterprising parents who did not want...

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I ponder
How long will this innocence last.
As I watch him play….take leave
Of our world
And become a dinosaur,
Roar and stomp and laugh
And mispronounce their names.

I watch her pirouette
Turn cartwheels
Dance to a tune only she hears
Tumble to...

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