This week let’s write a poem based on an idiom. Take an idiom like “beating a dead horse”, “easy as pie” or “wild goose chase” then expand upon it poetically, maybe even improve upon it. Preach to the choir in the comments below.
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Monday Poetry Prompt: Idioms
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This cat had my tongue once and long ago
He was a feisty one with long, skinny legs
If I wanted to, I could have made him go
As he wasn’t worth the time to my age
Amazingly I am a survivor of those days
When old, lost souls captured my heart
As I got older, I was less than amazed
When I heard the stories of such bad starts
A cat had my tongue and pulled on it hard
He thought he had me set up for his plans
What he didn’t know I would send him so far
He wouldn’t notice it was all in my hands
A lesson to learn and pay close attention
When you let the cat go, it’s by your intention
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | September 20, 2020, 10:45 AMLovely sonnet! Great work!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | September 20, 2020, 11:27 AMThank you! It was fun!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | September 20, 2020, 11:35 AMHere’s my idiom poem: https://bartbarkerpoet.com/2020/09/14/government-of-idioms/
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | September 14, 2020, 11:34 PMA prompt as right as rain!
Wither thou goes, I go too.
We sink or swim together.
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Posted by JeanMarie | September 14, 2020, 5:57 PMAll for one and one for all. Well done!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | September 14, 2020, 7:04 PMExcellent! “Sink and swim together”
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | September 20, 2020, 10:46 AM