Interesting theme
Hulk, the Bull
big bulk
hard skull,
pulls the wool
in full
over ones eyes.
He feigns a fight
just light.
Despite his spite
he doesn´t quite
at a sight
want to ignite
the place tonight.
He'll rather drink
a bottle of Sprite.
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Interesting theme
Hulk, the Bull
big bulk
hard skull,
pulls the wool
in full
over ones eyes.
He feigns a fight
just light.
Despite his spite
he doesn´t quite
at a sight
want to ignite
the place tonight.
He'll rather drink
a bottle of Sprite.
lol... those carbonated drinks will be the end of him, if the rhyme doesn't that is :)
Pet lizard - A Tanka Poem
Oh, my pet lizard
He's scaly and splotchy brown
Has a long forked tongue
Like half a meter long; scares
the bejeebies outta me !
6/17/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Lol!
The Bookshelf
Bulky like a gentle big bear
And often as brown.
Its presence warms the hearth
And paves the way to desire.
It patiently carries its load
Of shelved knowledge,
of papered dreams.
It feeds on parallel worlds,
painted with words.
But, while aiming at
a possible immortality
its goods can be destroyed
by the smallest of insects.
Not a nonsense poem in my estimation... enjoyed :)
The Lithe and Voracious...
Whose book is that? Something by Malraux
Its owner is quite unhappy though
Once full of joy when reading - eyes aglow
Now inspects each book quite Thoreau
After giving each book a shake
To see what bugs might be awake
A Book Scorpion - its appearance make
Startling the bibliophile, in horror quake
But as with Aristotle, comes the calm
For Book Scorpions should cause no qualm
And if one should scurry across your psalm
Just relocate it gently with your palm
6/18/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
The Book Scorpion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscorpion
"But as with Aristotle, comes the calm
For Book Scorpions should cause no qualm
And if one should scurry across your psalm
Just relocate it gently with your palm."
Charming, but newer saw a book Skorpion in my life.
Things with wings
Things with wings
fly on the sly,
without good bye,
when the soil is dry.
Something to look forward to :) A nursery rhyme ! Dislike dem bugs.
cannonball
there once was an old man called cannonball
who hardly had any hair on his head - at all
while he looked rather grievous
he was often mischievous
his drink of choice was a spritz of geritol
6/19/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
asking for a friend
do mayflies expire
or do they become june bugs ?
asking for a friend...
6/19/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Lol!
The snake( another no nonsensical poem)
An angry majesty is she
When she rises her head.
Yet she is used
to creeping on the ground.
Her printed dresses
are unique
and fill with awe.
She uses the arm
of the destitute.
Her venom is legend.
Interesting... Metaphor ?
Into the Whirlwind
Fleetingly fast, it tries, it tries
The Black-bellied whistling duck
Full fledging fast, it tries to fly
The whirlwind approaches
the duck whistles louder and louder
The frantic excitement -
A modern day troubadour - it flies
Into the whirlwind, its whistles crack -
One feather gone, another, and another
"Quack !" goes the Black-bellied whistling duck
And "quack !", then "quack !" again
Into the whirlwind
A wailing "QUACK !"
6/21/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Maybe, but not intentional.
Ai! My sympathies are all with the duck!
The Sun
After gray cold days
Sunshine!
I wanted to greet the sun,
as people did in the old times,
but the little balcony of my home
is too prosaic.
Then I wanted to write an ode to the sun,
Exalting his warmth,
his generosity
in giving back
the colors of life.
But I can´t write odes,
so these words are just
the expression of my happiness!
Enjoyed very much ! :)
A Man From Space
There once was a man from space
Who when found out gave quite a chase
He caused quite a kerfuffle
When he jumped into his duffel
Disappearing without a trace
6/22/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Lol! Enjoyed!
The woman that went into Space
There once was a Mrs. Duffle
(don´t ask me about Mr. Duffle)
living in the town of Muffle
with a golden hen, called Ruffle.
But one day there was a wild chase
and Duffle, Ruffle, Muffle
and even Puffle
(who wasn´t part of the story)
vanished with grace
into space
without leaving trace.
Lol! Enjoyed!
The woman who went into Space
There once was a Mrs. Duffle
(don´t ask me about Mr. Duffle)
living in the town of Muffle
with a golden hen, called Ruffle.
But one day there was a wild chase
and Duffle, Ruffle, Muffle
and even Puffle
(who wasn´t part of the story)
vanished with grace
into space
without leaving trace.
lol ! I like the kitten best :)
Extraterrestrials - A Didactic Cinquain
Extraterrestrials
Weird looking
Observing, laughing, lost
Watching our world go crazy
Aliens
6/23/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Which kitten?
Existence. An attempted didactic sextain
Being born- crying, kicking
Darwin
Playing, crying, laughing
Freud
Working, loving, grumbling
Marx
Puffle !
Love the poem :) Poor Marx grumbling.
Breakfast
Omelets are dreamy for breakfast
I like them with spinach
That green hue -
That didgeridoo background music
really whets my appetite
Flapjacks on the side
Flapjacks - the true source of of vitamin F,
buttered liberally to slither down the throat
easily
Sometimes a bagel (though rare): sliced with
strawberry crème cheese slathered on...
Bagels make me shiver
And lastly - a side of bacon or
sausage (or both :) )
with juice and hot cocoa
to wash it all down
Then a nap for the rest of the day !
6/24/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Lol! It seems your appetite is ok! Learned a new word
Tapioca Flapjack
The most neutral of Flapjacks
!t looks at me
In its crisp Majesty.
Without an own flavor
It welcomes
all fillings in the world:
Cheese
Palm hearts
veggies
Apples
Nutella
Banana
and even fishes
from the
Susquehanna
(but only for the sake
of the rhyme)
Of all the Flapjacks the most quick
It´s ready in three minits.
Lol ! Love the rhyme insertion !! No real appetite just now - my mind was just wandering :)
A Man With COVID-19
There once was a man who liked life
Who got COVID-19 with all of its strife
He'd rather be out in public
Of the Golden Pine Republic
Rather than being in quarantine with his wife
6/25/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Snif!
A "V" story
There once was a virus
Virulent
Vicious
Villainous
Voracious( and what more epithets there are starting with "V")
To confront it we invented the Vaccine:
Vibrant
Vivacious
Virtuous
and specially
viable!
This was no vulgar strife,
Vaccine 1 versus virus1
Vaccine 2 versus virus 2
Vaccine 3 versus virus 3...
At the end
The vexed virus vanned and
valour was victorious.
Bravo !!!
limits
sailing wooden ships
through surrealistic light
death offers solace -
she has beautiful green eyes
a disCO VIDeo queen
6/30/2022 "Wooden Ships": https://americansongwriter.com/crosb...-wooden-ships/
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
This is nonsense !
4th of July Parade @ Highland Park, 2022/tanka
A civic parade
Shot rife with chaotic tones
A penny dreadful
Moment of time is frozen
When the fates stroll idly by
7/4/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Very interesting take!
9th of July
Holiday
Parade,
Charade.
All those dead.
A heroic narrative
and so many questions.
(sigh)
I wrote the poem above before learning of the shooting in US today. I´m very sorry! It looks like terrorism is getting organized again
de nada
parlor games
There once was a man who played
At parlor games quite unafraid
But when it came about
To gesturing without a shout
He just wasn't into the charade
7/13/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Enjoyed! A sort of Limerick?
Winged houses,
Speaking louses
Eccentric mouses
Lost causes.
Is this a nonsense poem
or just one attempt at rhyming?
I guess so: "A limerick (/ˈlɪmərɪk/ LIM-ər-ik) is a form of verse, usually humorous and frequently rude, in five-line, predominantly anapestic trimeter with a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA, in which the first, second and fifth line rhyme, while the third and fourth lines are shorter and share a different rhyme." - Wikipedia
Lol !
again... rhymes
rhymes are a dime a dozen
(or so said my many-times past cousin)
be it sonnets or villanelles
some just can't stand the smell
(unless they're done very-very well)
so to free form one oft prevails
7/13/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
cowboy cat - a tanka poem
my cowboy cat breathes
ever so slow, wide and worn
a full ten gallon
its furry creases so swell
when hunting it purrs aloud
7/18/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Enjoyed "cowboy cat"!
Soliloquies of a worm
Here you can see me
just a worm, braving the storm
at times forlorn.
Pathetically small I
own the entrails of the earth.
Wonderful ! The epitome of humility !
o' my sanity
racked so lack of sleep
darkest night dims not drear thought
o' my sanity
there's no solace counting sheep
'tis mindless as counting coup
7/18/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Today usually valerian is of help, when I can´t sleep. But I have seen darker times.
King Valerian
Adorned with flowers
white or pink
I preside softly over
the sleep of humans
and the glee of cats!
Moths enjoy me.
In ancient times,
I warded of envious elves
at the weddings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerian_(herb)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNrK7xVG3PM
:)
I have some hydrOXYzine (Atarax) HCL 50 mg... https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-7...l-oral/details I may take 1-tab in a wee bit to see if that helps... Valerien sounds quite exotic as your poem implies :) Will see where it is available.
little white pills
pills - hate them so much
how many did I take ?
or take any at all ?
rinse, wash, and repeat
to sleep
maybe another will help
or did I take one yet ?
foggy minded into the
amber dispenser; again ?
... one more -
need to sleep
into the breach thou
tiny white pill
heal this poor soul
bereft of rapid eye
- "nigh night sleep tight
don't let the buggies bite"
7/20/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Here one can find it in any drugstore. Or at the herbs seller. But keep the smell far from the noses of your cats because of the catnip effect. There is also the extract of Passion Flower but Valerian works better with me.
Catniped cat
Four dancing legs,
But they might be eight!
Sniffing, sniffing, rolling on the floor
Dancing dancing, sniff, sniff, sniff.
Dancing, sniff, sniff
Subsiding!
Balling up, yawning,
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
lol - cat's strophes :)
angst - tanka
it conjures at last
a more balanced pain stirred in
into my sorrow
my petitions to angels
to whom made known disregard
7/22/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
abguished
Anguish-tanka
I seek the footprints
of the guiding entities
when earth seems empty
and usual paths are closed.
How improve on this cliché?
Very thoughtful.
Mode
Dancing together
Emboldened with pale fire
And she's all elbows
He has more than two left feet
Softly they laugh in concert
7/25/2022 r. 7/26/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
barnacles be sharp
barnacles be sharp, they rip tide
every sand a fire pit covered
down the shore more walking
laugh at the fog when it rolls in
admire the sail surfers 'n gliders
mosquitos got nuthin' on gnats
7/26/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
#196 Enchanting remainder of first dances.# Sharp but harmless!
Troubadours
Troubadours
sail on the wings of fancy,
conjuring tears
and sighs of love.
But where is the sense
or nonsense of it?
haha a nice little piece there Danik
it puts a smile on my face.
even the tiniest
pound
could not entertain
sound
it is but the loudest
found
to be less
and less
a'round
when silence
falls on
a cloud.
barnacles: In my reality they caused a scar.
"Troubadours" & "Even the..." : enjoyed :)
An Old Man Named Arnaud
There once was a old man who flew
But everyone thought he was cuckoo
It was rather novel,
But he never would grovel
As he leapt off into the wild blue
7/27/2022
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor