Olio means hodgepodge, a medley, a dish with many ingredients. Welcome to my blog, an olio of writerly, teachery, who-knows-whatery things.
Friday, November 29, 2019
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Funny and Smart
Michelle, over at Today's Little Ditty, interviewed Kate O'Neil, an Australian poet. Kate challenged Michelle's readers "to write a poem based on the sheer delight of words at play: malapropisms, ambiguities, unintended meanings, puns, clichés, etc." You can find the interview and a padlet to post your own poems here.
I'm an appreciator of word play, but not a pun professional like my siblings and husband. This was a bit of struggle but fun once I found a joke to use. Feel no shame if you have to search the web for puns and jokes to try this challenge!
I Guess I'm the Funny and Smart One
I'm an appreciator of word play, but not a pun professional like my siblings and husband. This was a bit of struggle but fun once I found a joke to use. Feel no shame if you have to search the web for puns and jokes to try this challenge!
I Guess I'm the Funny and Smart One
Mom thinks my sister Lily is intelligent,
but then I asked why mountains feel so tired.
She shrugged; I smiled, “Because they do not Everest.”
I’d hoped she’d screech and say I was inspired.
Lil had no clue that I was being comical.
She didn’t catch my grin and great big winks.
Instead, she strangely said, “That’s so hill areas.”
Poor girl is not as smart as my mom thinks.
©Rebekah Hoeft November 2019
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
#50PreciousWords 2023 with Vivian Kirkfield
Vivian Kirkfield is hosting her annual writing contest. The challenge is to write a story for children in 50 words or less. Head over to h...
-
from Unsplash by Jakub Kriz Dark and Deep For things that scurry, things that creep, the woods are lovely, dark and deep. While sunshine shi...
-
Scarlett Skeleton 100 words Scarlett Skeleton hid in the shadowy dark behind a shed, teeth click-clacking as she sobbed. The shouts of tric...