silly

LET'S CALL IT A DAY OF IDIOMS

WHY DON'T WE BREAK THE ICE

IT'S BEST TO CUT CORNERS

DON'T BEAT AROUND THE BUSH

HIT THE  NAIL ON THE HEAD

 

IT'S A PIECE OF CAKE

BITE OFF MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW

TAKE IT WITH A PINCH OF SALT

DON'T CRY OVER SPILLED MILK

 

GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER

GO THE EXTRA MILE 

THE BALL IS IN YOUR COURT 

DON'T THROW IN THE TOWEL

 

ONCE IN A BLUE MOON

STEAL SOMEONE'S THUNDER

LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG

LET'S CALL IT A DAY OF IDIOMS

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

NIETHER HERE NOR THERE, MIND YOUR PS AND QS...FOUND A WHOLE BUNCH OF IDIOMS AND KINDA PUT THEM TOGETHER LIKE A PUZZLE.

PERPENDICULAR IN PARTICULAR

PERPENDICULAR

IN PARTICULAR

DOESN'T MAKE TOO MUCH SENSE

DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M DENSE

CAN'T SAY IT'S TOO INTENSE

PERPENDICULAR

IN PARTICULAR

JUST POPPED INTO MY HEAD

GUESS ENOUGH'S BEEN SAID

BEFORE IT'S TOO WIDESPREAD

PERPENDICULAR

IN PARTICULAR

JUST LIKE THE WAY IT SOUNDS

AND IT IS ON THOSE GROUNDS

I HAVE GONE OUT OF BOUNDS

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

WATCHING RERUNS OF MOONLIGHTING ON  PRIME VIDEO AND THE RECEPTIONIST  IS ALWAYS ANSWERING THE PHONE IN RHYMES SO NATURALLY A POEM WAS BOUND TO COME...BRUCE WILLIS SAID  A WORD I CAN'T REMEMBER NOW THAT SOUNDED SIMILAR TO PERPENDICULAR SO THAT IS WHY IT POPPED INTO MY HEAD...PERPENDICULAR IN PARTICULAR...FEELS AWFULLY CATCHY TO ME FOR SOME ODD REASON...SO HAD TO PAUSE TO WRITE THIS AND SEE WHATELSE WOULD COME TO GO ALONG WITH IT...NOT MUCH I GUESS...HA HA

I HAD TO GO BACK TO THE EPISODE TO SEE WHAT HE SAID THAT TRIGGERED PERPENDICULAR IN PARTICULAR...IN SEASON ONE EPISODE SIX HE SAID  IAMBIC PENTAMETER AND THAT IS WHEN PERPENDICULAR IN PARTICULAR POPPED INTO MY HEAD...

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POETIC LICENSE

ANYONE CAN USE POETIC LICENSE

BEST OF ALL IT DOESN'T COST A CENT

JUST MAKE SURE THE SOUND OF IT IS NICE SINCE

THEN IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU MEANT

 
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A WILD GOOSE CHASE

ONCE UPON A FAIRY TALE

FOLLOWED BY A BREAD CRUMB TRAIL

SCATTERED PIECES HERE AND THERE

LEADING ALMOST EVERYWHERE

YET NOT REALLY ANYWHERE

NO ONE SEEMED TO BE AWARE

THEY WERE FOLLOWED BY A BEAR

SO THERE WAS NO REAL SCARE

SO THERE WAS NOTHING TO SHARE

BUT MAYBE YOU SHOULD BEWARE

OF FAIRY TALES FOLLOWED BY BREAD CRUMB TRAILS

THEY COULD LEAD YOU ON A WILD GOOSE CHASE

IN THIS INSTANCE THAT IS THE CASE

TULIPS WERE TIPTOED UPON

ONCE UPON A TINY TIM

TULIPS WERE TIPTOED UPON

IF YOU AREN'T OLD ENOUGH

YOU WON'T REMEMBER THAT SONG

Author's Notes/Comments: 

THINKING OF TINY TIM'S SONG TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS FROM THE SIXTIES I THINK MAYBE SEVENTIES BUT WHEN I WAS A KID...HE USED TO SING IT ON VARIETY SHOWS...I THINK THAT IS THE ONLY SONG I EVER HEARD HIM SING...EVERYBODY SEEMED TO KNOW IT BACK THEN....SILLY SONG...SILLY POEM

GOOGLED IT AND FIRST THING THAT CAME UP WAS THIIS LINK TO YOUTUBE

https://youtu.be/zfLU3Mv_O9w

 

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SILLY

Author's Notes/Comments: 

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A RHETORICAL QUESTION...NO ANSWERS NECESSARY...JUST THOUGHTS TO PONDER...FOR NATIONAL POETRY MONTH

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Knight

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Nursery Rhymes
Author's Notes/Comments: 

Haha, this is one really simple nursery rhyme I created in less than 5 minutes. 

THE COMICAL KID

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