Expletive is a grammatical construction that starts with words like it, here, and there. It does not contribute to the meaning of a sentence but serves to create emphasis.
Ok, this is NOT the expletive that I was thinking when I first selected it. Frankly it doesn’t seem like it will be as much fun either, but let’s give it a chance.
Here is the truth. The honest to god truth. I did not, could not kill the cat in the hat. Frankly he was much too fast and I much too fat.
On this anniversary of my first A to Z challenge, I’m posting each of the illustrated “seriously silly poems” from my book Apples Eating Zebras and other seriously silly poetry — a carefully edited and polished compilation of my A to Z posts from last year. Enjoy!
X is for ‘X (Marks the Spot)’
Stay tuned for more silly poetry from A to Z!
Pick up a copy of this silly collection dedicated to the child in all of us and enjoy with a loved one. Or stick around as I’ll continue posting each illustrated poem one letter at a time throughout the month of April. Have fun and stay silly!
Oh no. No. No. No. This is dangerous ground. Asking an almost fifty year old dad who already thinks he’s pretty clever to be witty is asking for trouble. It’s also terrifying. Saying your going to write something witty is totally setting oneself up for failure. It raises expectations when wit, at least my attempts at it, comes from an element of surprise (to both the audience and myself, usually). I’m gonna have to stew on this one a bit.
To Wit or Not to Wit?
To wit or not to wit? A Shakespearean-like question that calls upon me ironically. For if I were to wit declaratively I’d fail like a miserable twit most certainly. Not witty you’d say (quite correctly). Yet if I refuse to wit, I’d be a true twit most honestly. Not witty you’d say (again correctly). So twit if I do and twit if I don’t. There is no witty answer to this question.
Is there a literary device that describes what a writer does when he thinks he is too clever? If not, there should be (perhaps it could even be named after me?).
April is here again and that means its National Poetry Writing Month and for my second year I’ll be joining the 30 poems in 30 days challenge hosted by napowrimo.net. For this challenge, a poetry prompt will be provided daily during the month of April and if I can keep on track I’ll achieve the 30 poems in 30 days goal. So enough chatter…let’s go! It’s time for NaPoWriMo!
Write a portrait poem that focuses on or plays with the meaning of the subject’s name.
April is here again and that means its National Poetry Writing Month and for my second year I’ll be joining the 30 poems in 30 days challenge hosted by napowrimo.net. For this challenge, a poetry prompt will be provided daily during the month of April and if I can keep on track I’ll achieve the 30 poems in 30 days goal. So enough chatter…let’s go! It’s time for NaPoWriMo!
Write a love poem including a reference to a flower, a parenthetical and non-typical line breaks.
On this anniversary of my first A to Z challenge, I’m posting each of the illustrated “seriously silly poems” from my book Apples Eating Zebras and other seriously silly poetry — a carefully edited and polished compilation of my A to Z posts from last year. Enjoy!
W is for ‘Winter’
Stay tuned for more silly poetry from A to Z!
Pick up a copy of this silly collection dedicated to the child in all of us and enjoy with a loved one. Or stick around as I’ll continue posting each illustrated poem one letter at a time throughout the month of April. Have fun and stay silly!
A vignette is a small impressionistic scene, an illustration, a descriptive passage, a short essay that is neither a plot nor a full narrative description, but a carefully crafted verbal sketch.
I used to describe my short stories/essays/poetic prose as vignettes. Based on the definition above I would say they sometimes met the criteria while other times not really. Here is one that I think does that I originally posted last October.
A gentle drizzle sets the scene
A gentle drizzle sets the scene; The last of the season’s persimmons hang-on, Half-concealed behind leaves shimmering under A quiet concert of pitter-patter percussion.
In quick succession a jack-hammer jacks, A jet’s engine whines, And wheels whirl along the moist road beyond the wall Adding their own interpretation to the unwritten music.
This must be the chorus as there they go again The jack, the whine, and the whirl Until a tightly cadenced thwack-thwack-thwack Interrupts as a train speeds by.
A tiny red spider crawls across my keyboard. My fingers dance around it as I tap-tap-tap My own contribution to the score, Until again the jack, whine, and whirl take over.
Pitter-patter jack whine and whirl, tap-tap-tap. Pitter-patter jack whine and whirl, tappity-tap-tap. An unexpectedly perfect lullaby as I settle down to nap.
On this anniversary of my first A to Z challenge, I’m posting each of the illustrated “seriously silly poems” from my book Apples Eating Zebras and other seriously silly poetry — a carefully edited and polished compilation of my A to Z posts from last year. Enjoy!
V is for ‘Village’
Stay tuned for more silly poetry from A to Z!
Pick up a copy of this silly collection dedicated to the child in all of us and enjoy with a loved one. Or stick around as I’ll continue posting each illustrated poem one letter at a time throughout the month of April. Have fun and stay silly!
In retrospect, the day could have gone better. The spilled coffee, the heavy rain, the missed train all led to a less than ideal start. Getting laid off was also a bummer. I guess the most inconvenient part, if I had to say, would be finding my wife in bed with my best bud Ray. Yes, things could have gone better today. Now I’ve got these two dead bodies to carry down to the garden and bury. It will be a long night to clean up the mess. But at least I can sleep in tomorrow, I guess.
What do you think? I could have done better, sure, but one needs to leave room for improvement.,
April is here again and that means its National Poetry Writing Month and for my second year I’ll be joining the 30 poems in 30 days challenge hosted by napowrimo.net. For this challenge, a poetry prompt will be provided daily during the month of April and if I can keep on track I’ll achieve the 30 poems in 30 days goal. So enough chatter…let’s go! It’s time for NaPoWriMo!
Write a poetic review of something that isn’t normally reviewed.
Nothing is underrated; From nothing, pauses sprout and bloom Into passing moments; Birthing infant thoughts Who dip their tongues to the well — Drinking time sweet and slow; Growing plump with ripened promise They hang heavy from bended branch Ready to be harvested and savored; Or return to earth it’s borrowed time All this from nothing.
Monty’s Blahg 