Paltry poetic presidential prattlings on poultry playing
cockalorums chasing chickens, censured to castigate the cockerals,
tricky tray turbo turkey tidbits tentanize the titillations;
wild wispy winds whisper worldly wasted wiry winsome wiles
dancing delights deluding delicate demigod domiciles,
twittering tweets teasing tenacious tantalizing tongue twisters
residing riddled rattled ransom rasping revolving roars,
minority middle men meltdown midst macrocosmic mayhem
Washington's wonderland weeps wreckage within waiting walls.
Categories:
oxymorons, america, anxiety,
Form: Blank verse
Alone together, we enjoy our time
and mostly we act naturally well.
We can be seriously funny too,
but deafening silence is hard to quell.
Found missing sometimes, a minor crisis of
impossible solutions that are made,
like eating tasty, tender jumbo shrimp
along with hot chili and marmalade.
And quite deceptively honest are we...
good grief, we are what's called terribly good.
Low-key, festive tranquility is ours;
we never are clearly misunderstood.
So pleased to be each other's larger half...
sweet-tart and butt-head, we are such a pair;
tight slacks, light tanks, and we are good to go.
Life's magic realism we do share.
Categories:
oxymorons, fun, word play,
Form: Verse
Political Science
Temporary Tax
Blind Justice
Racial Harmony
Eternal Youth
Honest Lawyer, Car salesman etc.
Utopian Society
Egalitarian Government
Free Lunch
Categories:
oxymorons, children, humorous,
Form: Free verse
A Collection of Oxymorons
By Elton Camp
When contradictory terms appear side-by-side,
We recognize that an oxymoron the writer tried
An “Open secret” really can’t be
“Larger half” is an impossibility
“Act naturally” just has to be fake
“Deafening silence” sense can’t make
“Microsoft Works” is just a big joke
But Apple users won’t have to choke
“Jumbo shrimp” would be something to see
“Pretty ugly” seems highly unlikely to me
“Exact estimate” contradict each other
To defend “rolling stop” I had druther
“Only choice” means one thing to do
So how can “choice” then be true?
Think about meaning of a “fine mess”
That’s it’s contradictory you will confess
So two things have “about equal” worth?
It’d be like a “just war” here on the earth
“One of the only” we hear all of the time
“Accurate horoscope” so says a ball of slime
A “bankrupt millionaire” can’t really exist
A “calm storm” would be too easily missed
If your favorite oxymoron doesn’t appear,
Please send me an e-mail and let me hear
Categories:
oxymorons, funnyme,
Form: Rhyme