Tag: play on words
member name: Barbra L.
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June 10, 2007 10:21 PM EDT --
“Particular Memories”
Particular memories jolt our senses,
Like Parker House rolls and white picket fences.
Tall parfait glasses with short, rounded stems
And sparkling stones that . . .
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July 08, 2007 09:39 PM EDT --
“Persistent Asperity”
Percussive hail permeates my senses
As it daunts with persistent asperity.
Its all-pervading attempts to insult ~
I perceive with perfect . . .
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August 20, 2007 06:44 PM EDT --
"Life Beyond"
Yesterday, I sat on the banks of the river and let the stillness of the water engage me in its quietness. The perpendicular hillside across the waters posed . . .
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October 18, 2007 09:05 PM EDT --
Courtesy Encarta ® World English Dictionary:
*paranomasia; pun: a play on words, especially a pun [Late 16th century. Via Latin from, ultimately, Greek paronomazein , literally “to name differently,” . . .
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April 30, 2007 05:47 PM EDT --
“Suspended Arrest”
“Okay! Stick ’em up, Fred! said the assailant.
The feisty little man lifted his hands above his shoulders. He felt the elasticity of his . . .
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May 23, 2007 10:18 PM EDT --
My poem is about a mighty ship and its crew who come up against a horrific storm at sea. I’ve used the term ‘tar baby’ throughout because it means a very troublesome situation, . . .
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July 05, 2007 05:05 PM EDT --
…‘Nellie’s’ Phone Conversation
“Hello! This is Ellen.”
“Hi! Glad I caught you!” Nellie zealously said . . .
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June 04, 2007 05:04 PM EDT --
Particular…
Drop the ‘p’ and you have articular
Give it back and you have particular
Art will be found in the lead with particular
But art’s not in sight with the word . . .
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June 15, 2007 02:56 PM EDT --
Parched lips embrace the cold tin cup;
The paragon uses from which to sup.
Hungry eyes, skin of parget façade;
Partaking now of sleep’s faint nod.
Unpardonable heat from this merciless . . .
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June 16, 2007 03:27 PM EDT --
"This is the sort of English up with which I shall not put..."
yelled Gail as she snickered over having hailed Sir Winston Churchill’s quote regarding the use of . . .
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July 04, 2007 08:20 PM EDT --
“An Inspirational Constellation”
by
Barbra L
On the grounds surrounding the beautiful cathedral, stood an old woman revelling in the sound of the a cappella voices trilling . . .
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July 11, 2007 04:30 PM EDT --
“Perhaps It Was My Periapt”
© 2007 Barbra L.
I dine out on the most impertinent occasions. They’re usually imperfectly timed and almost never pertain to anything . . .
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August 17, 2007 05:56 AM EDT --
Dedicated to My Grandfather & Grandmother
© 2007 Barbra L.
I walked into the welcoming parlor of Grandmother and Grandfather’s old cottage today. It would be the apex of . . .
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May 14, 2007 11:22 PM EDT --
“Capella… For Star Gazers Only”
A pummelled skell trogged the streets of Wellingborough. England’s Capella shellacked in grit from the streets, . . .
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June 27, 2007 04:38 PM EDT --
“A Drunken Daisy and Mischievous Creepers”
A lone daisy…
happily drunk with morning dew,
weaves and bobs its head before its peers…
. . .
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July 03, 2007 12:47 PM EDT --
“A Stellar Tellurian”
He runs not with speed of the hoofed gazelle
Nor quells the events that signs foretell.
But his mellifluent speech shellacked . . .
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July 15, 2007 12:18 PM EDT --
Earth’s modest flower
Crowned with embroidered lace
God’s reigning Queen
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September 19, 2007 08:58 PM EDT --
“A Formidable Presence”
I skip over the freshly mowed grass and dash onto the sidewalk…
The towering trees shower autumn’s season with dappled leaves . . .
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April 19, 2007 10:10 PM EDT --
Ernie Johnson Challenge: Poetry Play on Words: Word Play with the word: CAN
The word I’ve chosen to use with the word can is:
Incandescent: it means to emit light; glowing . . .
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June 18, 2007 10:49 PM EDT --
“Sailing Ships”
The sailing ships at sea
Hail from every nation.
Tailwinds guide their journeys
Detailing their salvation.
Gaily colored . . .
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