I observed quite stunned as lambie
Voicfully blundered
T'was indeed.. A great vicseral verbal chunda.! Contradictve.!
As it goes.. Is she addicted.? I guess
God only knows.?
Educational standards.? Of this minister?
All seems so skewed, I think indeed she is
More like a (sin-ister) maybe been speeded up
By the w e f.? I have suspicon shes of the
Left.? Or p'raps past any known reference point? I fully expected to hear an oink.' I guess
I ln Davos they've flattered her hard.'said you
Are the only clever person, a star.!
All other Aussies being only retards.' And i'll bet.?
As they say in America..She swallowed
The whole nine; yards.!
9 is the premier perfect power
Very special and sacred number,
The highest single-digit number
The first composite lucky number,
Let’s go the whole nine yards, nine planets
Nine circles of hell, Nine Bright Shiners,
And nine is the number of heaven
And nine universal elements,
It is an ultimate trinity.
~Syllable counter: howmanysyllables.com
~Contest: A Time for Nine
~Sponsor: Michelle Faulkner.
Here’s idiomatic lines for nine.
Why does a stitch in time just save nine?
Why’s possession nine points of the law?
Indeed, why did the cat have nine tails?
Perhaps it’s because it had nine lives?
Why would someone go the whole nine yards?
Should cats and dogs be cats and canines?
Is this poem a nine days’ wonder?
If not, then I will be on cloud nine!
written 13 May 2021
checked with Poetry Soup syllable counter
Many seek to find riches or a big pot of gold.
Money can provide stability and fix one's credit.
One’s children wouldn't have to struggle to
just survive.
However, riches don't bring happiness.
That my friend doesn't require wealth.
Invest your time in things that matter.
Living from paycheck to paycheck is
uncomfortable,
Especially in these trying times, many are
out of work.
Sometimes I feel like Cinderella in need of
a fairy godmother,
To come and make my life all better ( I want
the prince on the whole nine yards).
But that's not reality; I must create a
positive narrative in my own reality.
That's why I make every effort to stay
positive no matter what.
In the things that really matter, I think I'm
a millionaire.
If I actually become one materialistically,
I hope I don't lose myself in the process.
Alexis Y.
01/24/2021
She
sets sail,
November,
riding waves of
eddy leaves left from October’s debut.
Majestic and proud, she takes firm command,
steering the bow
of Winter
toward
Spring.
Work, loot, kill, the whole nine yards.
The lengths folks go for the dough;
willing to sell out their souls!
Good and bad deeds done.
Date written and posted: 03/17/2019
8/11/17
During night, morning and afternoon
It'll happen often or once in a blue moon
In and on any side of the lagoon
From January to six months past June
Items kept together or strewn
No reason to exaggerate
We all make mistakes
It can't always turn out great
And be a piece of cake
As Leonard Cohen said "like a bird on the wire"
Sometimes I feel like I'm preaching to the choir
But I'm not a liar with their pants on fire
Just trying to become wiser
Certain things I had to take with a grain of salt
While on the move or at a halt
At times we are the one at fault
I can understand the disgust
And all the fuss
Too many are willing to throw another under the bus
For a few extra bucks
Among and below the stars
Near and far
From anything close to or way beyond Pluto and Mars
The whole nine yards
Whole or in shards
The black curls, oh the resemblance to the night
clings to her forehead, distraught,
like the spider's web shambled,
crooked, rubbing the forehead like the harsh waters
rubbing the grey stone, by the riverside.
Polishing it maybe, intriguing,
forlorn tales hit back, yet again
saying the clandestine, monotonous, words,
one by one, the whole nine yards.
Magic, Stealth, vigour,
anonymous all the emotions,
wrapped in the grey blanket
to the body to cover the bitter marks,
The black curls, congruence to the pain,
symmetrical to the thorns,
playing angles, all the way
Oh, these black curls falls the way
it did that day.
Conundrum, play.
I remember the night
some time ago
that we were happy
my brother was coming home
I remember that he said
that he'll be back some day
well that day has came
and I can no longer wait.
but I had to wait
he didn't show
only the men
who were below
they said to me
in a way
that made a mess
swept away
my brother went away
and died
he was fighting for us
to save our lives
he was a soldier
like marines, airmen, and coast guards
that was it
the whole nine yards
but they are strong
and they always are
because they are men
with the purple heart
there gave there everything
there is never a fail
they stand strong
a strength we hale
hale our love and
hearts to all
to those who fly and those
who fall
Nine, the number of innings in a baseball game
If you're on cloud nine, it's happiness you proclaim
Everything included means you want the whole nine yards
Nine judges on the supreme court act like retards
In nine months a baby emerges from the womb
A cat has nine lives is what we assume
If you're dressed to the nines, then you're fine
A standard work day will usually begin at nine
All entries in this contest must have nine lines
I knew what I was getting into
when Deb gave me my catch phrase.
It was the last one available
and seemed likely to net prose praise.
I mean why enter a contest
if no points are likely to be made.
“Nothing ventured, nothing gained”,
“hang out the wash”, “call a spade a spade”.
When I was young I loved to box.
But that has a different kind of law,
than street fighting at its very best
which tends to give one”verbal lock jaw”.
So, to practice keeping my cool
some sayings I like bringing to mind.
“Better to walk away in humility
than be carried away totally blind”.
Everyone’s goal, “the whole nine yards”
could refer to all from “Yin to Yang”.
Beware the snare of going too near
the “slippery slope of sloppy slang”.
One day if things get out of hand.
If from conversation it escalates.
Resort to a somewhat lighter tone
to “minimize threat to your face”.
“You and whose army” retorted,
early on in the dialog swapped,
“giving strategic information”
may keep you from getting popped.
My catch phrase is “You and whose army”.
© Jun 05 2010 Placed 7th in “Catch Phrase” contest
I'm bored with nothing to do.
When I can be on the block chilling with my crew.
Right now I'm hidding behinde my words.
Knowing that one day I might die by this sword.
I grew up in the streets.
Trying hard to run and hide from the heat.
Ducking and dodging bullets I can not be beat.
But I switch my path but still using my mentality from the street.
Cause right now I have a different hustle.
In school using my brain power I'm in a different struggle.
Trying hard to excape from this street war.
But yet i find myself taking shots after shot at the local bar.
My soul is aching my heart is bleeding sometimes life is too hard.
But I will not stop fighting cause I'm determined to go the whole nine yards.