Category: Rhyme
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Wordle: Hallowe’en!
The night calm, but busy with little ghouls and ghastlies From ghosts, gremlins and vampyrs to other nasties Illuminated by the silvery light of the Moon Laughter still echoing from late afternoon The sky, now velvet dark, lets temperatures drop Trick or treaters continue non-stop Sweets in bowls, handfuls taken Class jealousies gone, at least…
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Slightly Spooky Totally Silly Limerick 2016-3: Nobody’s Bridie
There was an old spinster called Heidi Who longed to get wed ‘fore she diedi But it weren’t meant to be So then for all eternity She dressed up as nobody’s bridie!
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Dolly Daymare
Silently she watches Intently she stares Waiting for the moment When all are unaware She sits upon the shelf Looking innocent and nice But when her time is perfect She’ll give someone a fright Backwards she will fall Accidentally or so it seems And with mechanical laughter She’ll start playing out her dreams…
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Wordle: Haunted
I watched the light flash fade I heard the sound of evil laughter I tried to mimic someone being brave I’m sure that I’ve run faster I spin at every sound In a state of fear and tension Heart beating to the limit Filled with apprehension I must flip this on its head Kick-start my…
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Twisted Claptrap (hmmm)
I was recently introduced to a new form of poem called a clerical –nope – clarion – not that – cladogram – nah – clavicorn – claptrap – ah, a clerihew! A whimsical four-line biograph where the first line features the subject’s name. I wanted to do something slightly different with this form, and tell…
The Mansionic Perspective 