Song of The Hot Lips No 12: AABB
...And pollen to pollinate -- love now sells,
and mostly with this big kisser that tells
its real name is 'Hot Lips' just by looking.
Made Margaret Houlihan nicknaming
famous, played by Loretta Swif...
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Categories:
nicknaming, allusion, analogy, appreciation, flower,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Nicknaming Abw
...We nicknamed her ABW – my cousins and me.
Never told her what it stood for, but she never asked.
She was delighted to be included, for we were a party.
Six wild cousins, thinking up spur of the mo...
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Categories:
nicknaming, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
The Misnamed Would Quarrel
...They began to quarrel,
After he heard ‘Squirrel!’
Instead of Stan Scammel
And he called him ‘Rommel’:
“The Not-Strong Enamel”
Who could Hitler blackmail
While it was ‘Same Barrel!’
Then, th...
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Categories:
nicknaming, abuse, conflict, image, words,
Form: Rhyme
Nicknaming a Granddaughter
...I would name her Power Wee Woman for that is what she will be.
Well-lit with enthusiasm for whatever passion she will pursue.
Nodding her head in approval or disapproval, a magic whee.
Then again,...
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Categories:
nicknaming, granddaughter, grandmother,
Form: Rhyme
Lonesome Dove
...He was always like that Peanuts
character named Pigpen,
with dust, bad odors and piles
of dirt always following him,
and bathing once a year
was certainly not enough,
and if by chance you had
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Categories:
nicknaming, humor,
Form: Light Verse