Parade—band, balloons
horses, bulls, flags, floats, tractors
and candy vultures!
© 2017 by Violet Nesdoly (All rights reserved)
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It’s parade season! These photos were taken last year when we were visiting the kids/grandkids in Dawson Creek. The Friday noon parade introduced a weekend of rodeo fun!
For more poetry fun, visit Poetry Friday, hosted this week by Mary Lee Hahn at her blog A Year of Reading.
On Monday Tricia at The Miss Rumphius Effect posted the Homophoem Poetry Stretch challenge (via J. Patrick Lewis). The task: write a two- to ten-line poem using at least one homophone. (Homophones, in case you’ve forgotten, are words that share the same pronunciation but differ in meaning.)
I’ve been writing them all week! What fun (although they do often bring on the groaning response one would get from a pun). Here are a few:
Busted
I snuck some cookies,
ate them in bed.
Mom found the crumbs—
my face was read.
Project
I’m trying out new morning food
Alpha bits, Bran and Cheerios.
Each week I buy a different box
of breakfast food in serial.– Violet Nesdoly © 2014 All rights reserved
Rabbit Boutique
Luxe de lapin has most unique
accessories for rabbits:
lettuce truffles, thumper pads
baubles of many carrots.
Lover’s promise
I’ll come for you by morning
or noon or dim twilight
and if the day has got away
I’ll come to you by knight.– Violet Nesdoly © 2014 All rights reserved
Lovesick
The animals cannot be blamed
for feeling a bit confused
by old ram bleating everywhere:
“I love ewe!”
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Are you up for the Homophoem challenge? I’d love to read yours. Add them to the comments here.
This post is part of Poetry Friday, hosted today by Michelle Barnes (greeting card poet extraordinaire!) at Today’s Little Ditty.
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CIRCUS SCANDAL
Emails, flyers, posters, letters
and a lot more bumf
advertised circus parade
real elephant’s galumph.
But the beast was clumsy, shy
a masked and costumed humf.
Cheated crowd wants money back
not ringmaster’s “Harrumph.”
© 2013 – Violet Nesdoly
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David Harrison’s Word of the Month challenge for June is “Harrumph.” The poem above is the result of trying to fit into one poem all the words with the end rhyme ‘umf’ contained in my little rhyming dictionary.
(And yes, bumf and humf are real words.)
Why don’t you write a “harrumph” poem? Mr. Harrison welcomes submissions of harrumph poems to the W.O.M. page of his blog (post in comments) till the end of June.
Now for some real poetry, check out Poetry Friday, hosted this week by the always surprising Tabatha at The Opposite of Indifference.
Bathtub is the perfect place
wash your elbows, hair and face
When the shower lever’s on
grit and sweat are quickly gone
You could also use your tub
wash your puppy or your cub
Fill with water and it floats
fleet of origami boats
Giant vat for washing blinds
stamping grapes and making wine
Soak your dirty pots and dishes
Make a home for tropic fishes
When you know without a doubt
bathtub’s wrecked and all worn out
trash truck loads it with a thump
takes it to the local dump
for retired tub retool
mouse’s rink or swimming pool
– Violet Nesdoly
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I wrote this poem a few years ago in response to a writing prompt. It’s fun to compose ode-like verses about objects. I was going to do a whole series, but never got past writing three or four. (Oh well, at least I have those few!)
This poem is submitted to Poetry Friday, hosted this week by the lovely Betsy at Teaching Young Writers. Oops a correction… hosted by the über-talented Amy at The Poem Farm.
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