Rhyme Of The Day

Various meanderings with a rhyme in there somewhere.

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

It's That Time

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So, why do the Germans have this fest in October? Does September leave them feeling too sober?  
Monday, September 20, 2021

Drizzly AM

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Wet asphalt under cloudy skies  Reflecting the glowing yellow-white eyes  Of cars responsibly creeping  To work when they’d rather be sleepi...
Saturday, September 18, 2021

Homophonic

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A scene is something that's seen.  So, based upon what they mean,  I thought they were related -  But they're not, and I'm feeli...
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Stargazing

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Jupiter’s line of moons, Saturn’s shining ring, Luna’s dusty craters - These are spectacular things, All brought here tonight To my ow...
Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Germanic vs. Latinate

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If you ever happen to say:  "I took a rest for the rest of the day."  Those two versions of rest are not the same word -  Etymolog...
Monday, September 13, 2021

Inspiration

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If you confuse  Moose with Muse  It’s likely your Art  Will be bold but not smart.
Sunday, September 12, 2021

Punchy

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I’m giving out a holler  To a Hollerith named Herman.   He was American but  His ancestry was German.   Those old computer punch cards  You ...
Tuesday, September 07, 2021

Timing

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Why do they call it a fast? The hours seem so slow going past.
Monday, September 06, 2021

Trochilidae

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A hummingbird is a sneak.  With stealth helicopter powers.  He hovers about with his beak,  Snatching nectar from flowers.
Tuesday, August 31, 2021

One Spelling, Two Words

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Mental sheep, when you use them to slumber,  All get assigned a particular number.  Dental work, when it’s not a big bummer, Involves some i...
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Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Andrew Cuomo Stripped of Special Emmy

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Hey Emmy committee,  Look on me and take pity.  Send that award to my garrulous self.  I'm clearing away a spot on my shelf!
Wednesday, August 04, 2021

Experience

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Give due weight to un-lived experience.  It isn’t really a mystery.  It’s where you learn from mistakes That others have made throughout his...
Saturday, July 31, 2021

H2O Plus

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You float much better  When water is salty.  The taste, however,  Is somewhat faulty.  So instead of the sea  I prefer the Great Lakes,  Ple...
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Branson & Bezos

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I'd like a trip to the edge of space...  Just, you know, for a change of pace.
Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Glitchy

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In dreams, a thing’s stable nature  Is subject to sudden erasure.
Monday, July 12, 2021

And Yet It Happens

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How sad to see a passionate mind Fall prey to thoughts of a poisonous kind.
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Sunday, July 11, 2021

Wasted Effort

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I’ve been trying to convince  Friends from Australia  That it’s summer right now…  So far it’s a failia.  

Such Stuff

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Some dreams feel real but when I waken It seems that I have been mistaken.
Thursday, July 01, 2021

Incipient War

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Menelaus and Helen  He felt it was beneath him to compete,  Undignified to plead a lover’s case.  His worth, he thought, was plain upon its ...
Sunday, June 27, 2021

Epidermis

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 Without this skin I wear All day and every night I would feel extra bare And look a ghastly sight.
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