Play On Words Poems - Poems about Play On Words

A man in French is ” homme”; drop the “h” and add a “p” “homme” becomes a “pomme”, an apple. And if I’m not mistaken isn’t that how the first “homme” got to know “la pomme fatale”?...

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I am an ember in the night Something dark but seems right I am moss upon the tree Someone soft, beautiful, but inside me There’s both dark and light Sometimes one will take my sight When the darkness takes over I am rolling like a boulder Courageous, dangerous, everything upon my shoulder I let it go...

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The book keeper mops the slush pile, dusts paragraphs, adding a vase of clarity on the table of contents, creates settings for the ghost writer to slow down run-on sentences, mends torn sheets - Oh, tearsheets… Anyway, in the end wraps a nice soft cover around everything....

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Write here, right now. Write now, right here! Capture the moment while it's near and seize the day. You now know how: write now, right here; write here, right now. The rhyme is tight. The time is right to write some rhyme this time of night – a rite of writing, lacking light. The time is...

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A PLAY ON WORDS – LIVE The power failed on Thursday night. I was left completely in the dark.. So I rang an ELECTRICIAN To see WATT he could do His response wasn’t very POSITIVE; Because of the CURRENT crisis, he said He’d decided he would go to EARTH And stay OHM in INSULATION. Though he still got LIGHT exercise daily With a SHORT CIRCUIT...

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I have missed hearing from you, ...

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A long piece of string is shorter when knotted. Memories entwined, enraptured are captured, confined to remind in locket. Held dangling over the heart, on string tied behind the neck, knotted ------------------------ A Wordplay Poem 30 June 2021...

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You fell for a punchline when someone’s telling a joke. You spoke to an undercover cop trying to buy some coke. You like repeating quotes, spoken words, You wish you wrote… You see when a poet speaks words are spoken. You listen with your heart, and your nose is open. Right this minute preforming my pro’s the metaphor went over your head, look there is goes. Giving you the...

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With you’re feet in the air, and you’re head on the ground, vibration like a heartbeat, is an amazing sound, it keeps you stable, it keeps you pure, it makes you realise, there’s so much more, get lost in music, lost in words, reality of life, sounds obscured, fall for lyrics, fall for rifts, sentences...

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Rudolf was in his Tundra cave with his wife He poked out his nose and said, its raining outside She said, are you sure it is rain, it looks like snow from here Certainly he said, Rudolf the Red knows rain dear I have a very soaking nose And if you ever asked me I could even tell you...

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hurt howls courage is crushed feelings fashion and alters perspective: vanity's vision blind to wisdom empty of ...

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smooth numb charming mean sundown sunset notions emotions perchance ...

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Play on Words On purpose there may be a presumption About poems and must make an assumption From me which will be waiting for you and you Wanting to inspire by reading of mine a few. On words ours might become a precarious play Regarding what each poem will try and say Wanting to display down to last detail Buoyant boat in the...

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You stake a claim to a broken heart.. But, in this script, YOU have played that part. The illusion of reality is what you're willing to pay. Consumed with another, has lead your heart astray. Your vile of poison, has quelled my love and my trust.. All because, you continue to walk down this path of lust. What...

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I can strive to do my best. I do not regret life. I care for my own and others Never shall I forget those I love I shall forgive Never Let us view the other side I fail at everything I do I hate my life as it is I don't care for anyone I will forget those I love I shall harbor revenge always Let us read...

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