Shawn L. Bird

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poem-tangled August 1, 2014

Filed under: Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 12:15 am
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You are a

panther of poesy

lithely elucidating

your erudition,

stalking grandiloquence,

vaulting verbiage in your

versification

until you are

a kitten tangled

in tautology.

 

 

42 Responses to “poem-tangled”

  1. Bookgirl's avatar Bookgirl Says:
    August 1, 2014 at 12:36 am

    Excellent -I think you just tangled this kitten.

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  2. Henry St. Brelade's avatar alfredsalmanac Says:
    August 1, 2014 at 12:41 am

    Wonderful. I don’t want to attempt to read it out loud tho 😉

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  4. monimorphism's avatar monimorphism Says:
    August 1, 2014 at 2:24 am

    For lack of a better word this poem is “tasty”. It’s so fun to read I read it over and over! 🙂

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  5. jacqui's avatar jacqui Says:
    August 1, 2014 at 2:35 am

    Love all those words! God Bless x

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  7. Annette Rochelle Aben's avatar Annette Rochelle Aben Says:
    August 1, 2014 at 6:12 am

    I’m awake NOW! lol

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  8. Jim Stewart's avatar narble Says:
    August 1, 2014 at 6:52 am

    Made me laugh out loud. 🙂

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  9. 7verina's avatar 7verina Says:
    August 1, 2014 at 7:44 am

    Haha..love this 🙂

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  10. macjam47's avatar macjam47 Says:
    August 1, 2014 at 7:52 am

    Wow! Love the way you used all those words.

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  11. Melody J Haislip's avatar Melody J Haislip Says:
    August 1, 2014 at 8:11 am

    Very clever. 🙂

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  12. spill71's avatar spill71 Says:
    August 1, 2014 at 9:58 am

    Hilarious 🙂

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  14. howardat58's avatar howardat58 Says:
    August 1, 2014 at 2:30 pm

    I had to read it three times before I got all the horrors. Mrs Malaprop lives out there in many guises, or is it geysers !!!!!

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    • Shawn L. Bird's avatar Shawn L. Bird Says:
      August 1, 2014 at 2:44 pm

      I do grow weary of the pompous poetry of some self-aggrandizing intellectuals. I find they do generally end up in some form of malapropism. There shouldn’t be any examples above, though!

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  15. 7128788elf's avatar 7128788elf Says:
    August 1, 2014 at 2:35 pm

    Wow, what fun, read it with my hand on the dictionary! Best wishes Charles.

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  16. topazo's avatar topazo Says:
    August 1, 2014 at 3:59 pm

    brilliant word play
    beautiful

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  17. Leo Anthony's avatar Leo Anthony Says:
    August 4, 2014 at 12:50 am

    As the others say, excellent wordplay. The thing I love about it is that it’s concise. Not too verbose or gandiose. More poets should aspire to write like this. 🙂

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  18. Lisa's avatar Lisa Says:
    August 4, 2014 at 10:35 am

    Sounds like something a big sister would say. 😀

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  19. isoney's avatar isoney Says:
    August 9, 2014 at 7:56 am

    I’m a bit late to get to this one, but it did make me smile. I feel that at the end you should have top-hat that you can doff in salute.

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