Germanic vs. Latinate

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 - 

Etymologically speaking. At least so I've heard.

Inspiration

If you confuse 

Moose with Muse 

It’s likely your Art 

Will be bold but not smart.

Punchy

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 may have heard about, 

Were based on Hollerith’s coding scheme, 

So he deserves a shout!

Timing

Why do they call it a fast? The hours seem so slow going past.

Trochilidae

A hummingbird is a sneak. 

With stealth helicopter powers. 

He hovers about with his beak, 

Snatching nectar from flowers.

One Spelling, Two Words

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 injections to make your mouth number. 

In one of these words, the B makes a sound, 

In the other, it’s quiet, and just hangs around.

Andrew Cuomo Stripped of Special Emmy

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!

Experience

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 history.

H2O Plus

You float much better 

When water is salty. 

The taste, however, 

Is somewhat faulty. 

So instead of the sea 

I prefer the Great Lakes, 

Pleasantly free 

Of this flavor mistake.

Branson & Bezos

I'd like a trip to the edge of space... 

Just, you know, for a change of pace.

Glitchy

In dreams, a thing’s stable nature 

Is subject to sudden erasure.

And Yet It Happens

How sad to see a passionate mind
Fall prey to thoughts of a poisonous kind.

Wasted Effort

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

 

Such Stuff

Some dreams feel real but when I waken

It seems that I have been mistaken.

Incipient War

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 face - 

No need for honeyed words to make it sweet. 

But now he steeled himself for dread defeat, 

Not ready, quite, to grant it with good grace, 

Unable to accept they could erase 

The joining that had made his house complete. 

To woo, to win again, could it be done? 

She knew him, but she knew him all too well, 

And now her mind was wrapped up in the spell 

Of newly dawning love, a dazzling sun. 

So… how on earth could that heart be re-won? 

He hitched a breath and stepped forth into hell, 

Hoping that he would somehow live to tell 

A tale of love triumphant, re-begun.

Epidermis

 Without this skin I wear

All day and every night

I would feel extra bare

And look a ghastly sight.

Population Problems

They’re worried their economy 

Is going to hit the skids. 

There’s only one way out they see: 

Producing lots more kids!

 

Beyond Dogs

My homework was eaten by ransomware, 

Yes, professor, it’s true, I swear. 

It happens a lot, so you can believe it. 

Send me a Bitcoin so I can retrieve it!

At the Dunes

Asleep upon the beach, I hear a sound. 

I startle, raise my head, and look around.

A helicopter, like a dragonfly,

Buzzes over the water just so high.

Targets

 Besos and Musk had data revealed 

From the vaults of the IRS. 

Why does mine remain concealed?

I’m just lucky, I guess!