Short Slang Poems

2010
Straight in the dustbin....

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Du-Rag, braids, pierced ear,
Slang, sagging pants, walk with limp.
May I babysit?...

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The tongue has no bone but it got many a man's head bet


(bet as irish slang for beaten)...

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Aubame Yang
in his acceptable African slang
says the Bundesliga
is where i will continue to figa’....

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Mince pies
Are slang for eyes
Sounds ridiculous to me
If we had mince pies for eyes
None of us could see...

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Again he blames
Babelaas for his woes
The bumblebee


Babelaas-hangover (south african slang.of zulu origin)...

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Created by kids
special words, hidden phrases
communication
 the meaning across so quick
adults blinded by culture...

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Love

Slang, daily used
An illusory word
Appearance emotion
Fleeting happiness
There is no love
Idealistic emotion
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an australian tour guides slang

when confronted by a gang

better not be bold

and get home when told

or mate you get boomerang.
...

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Tall tale possessed
Dark heart held ransom
Handsome silver tongued
Slang sucker-punched
Black his blue eyes
Wince at nothing
But truth testified...

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He likes button
That's why the choty goty
Is dumping him


Button-mandrax tablets.south african slang
Choty goty-beautiful girl.south african slang...

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there was a young lady from Trang,
renowned for her sexual slang, 
in heat of the moment, 
sang loud in the foment
oh darling I'm so glad you sprang!...

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In my baby diaper i sang
Then motherly songs never slang
Lullaby welcomes me home meekly
In me lies hope boldly
But i still remain a child in the gang...

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Life is hard lovey
Rain wants to be paid
Five stena per drop
For you i come cheap
You only lose a kiss


Five stena: slang meaning five thousand yen...

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I once had a satanic phone,
When anyone called, it would groan.
It made up a lie,
Told my girlfriend Di:
‘He’s out…giving the dog a bone.’ *

*Slang for sex...

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Sometimes you forget
I'm the retired
Magosha from vaal
I'd rather be alone
Than be lonely with you

Magosha:south african township slang for a prostitute...

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New Year's started out with a bang
And everyone was doing their thang
Street dancing in the crowd
They were drunk and very loud
Some even invented a new slang
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colloquialism to say is quite the trick
tells where your from by words that you pick
with diplomas on the wall
my friends I appall
when I go fishing down at the crick...

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He's caressing my keys, please don't tease
his touch doth make every string sing







For 'The Piano' contest - not placed
(Joanna is rhyming slang for Pi-an-a)...

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Time for bed

A laugh a minute is what they said
Soon after that I was brown bread
Cockney slang for very dead
Before I had even said
It's time for me to go to bed

DAMO xx...

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Mince Pies

Is also London Cockney Rhyming slang for eyes

So when I look into your mince pies

I fall deep into your beautiful eyes

As they never ever lie

Do they?

DAMO...

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full moon's reflection

mellow on the *wavey sea. . .

i feel so wasted


*wavey is urban slang for very drunk
Written July 3, 2015 by Andrea Dietrich...

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CHICKADEE

The term of endearment for a girl
Now dated slang and rarely heard
But around any lady it could swirl
Not so much the cute winter bird
But for some, a patronising word
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photogs* and bright lights
in the noonday of acclaim
showers of flowers

money houses cars
can't be lost to spotlight's glare
must be genuine

* Photogs is slang for photographers....

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Since Ma turned ninety,
she's slowed down
while riding her hog.


"Hog"--slang for large, heavy motorcycle


September 21, 2018, entered in Maureen McGreavy's Biker's Dozen Contest...

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