A Bunch of Words and Silliness
Most Favourite and Least Favourite Words Poetry Challenge
Below is my entry into Paul Stewart's Most and Least Favourite Words Challenge. Here's his link. Join in.
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Paul gave us all a challenge.
It had to do with words.
Why does he put such pressure on me,
that poetic Scottish nerd?
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Oops. That slipped out. I'm sorry
If I insulted you Paul.
What I really meant to say was that,
You're a pain in the arse - that's all.
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Hold on! That's not much better.
The hell is wrong with me?
Perhaps I need more coffee,
or, as Donald says, covfefe.
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Oh dear. Now I'm quoting
an orange-shaded snot.
My poem has gone right off the rails.
It seems I've lost the plot.
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Not that it ever started well.
The engine's clearly stuck.
Pistons are firing chaotically.
My brain's a clusterfuck.
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Dear Paul, you're probably regretting
inviting me to your challenge.
But I'm sure you'll get some worthy pieces.
Let's throw this in for balance.
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"Clusterfuck" and "snot," I'll say
before I bid you adieu.
The hate and love to figure out,
I'll leave that up to you.
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Cathy holmes
Canadian family girl with a recently discovered love for writing. Other loves include animals and sports.
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Comments (35)
Who doesn't love "clusterfuck" 😁 I've never read a poem with that in it before, so thank you for completing my life
Cathy!!!!!!! This is everything I needed to read today!! I love the sass and cleverness of this piece!! Absolute genius!!! Great work and Congrats on Top story!! (I can't believe I missed it!!)
😂 😂 😂 !!!!!!!!! This was amazing and hilarious and absolutely so much fun! Clusterfuck is a FABULOUS word and for sure on of my faves!
This is fabulously hilarious if there is such a word... Love it as usual...
Omg, this is such fun! I love the word "clusterfuck" as well. And yes, ew, snot, nonono. But I do like the sound of the word, so, perhaps I have you all wrong. 🙃 Brilliant poem, Cathy, as always! What a joy to read!
lol Cathy! You always keep me laughing with your stories! Love this!
Bahahaha 😆👏 It’s a mystery!
Fabulous work! Keep it up—congratulations!
Sorry ...I got distracted by 'Paul, KIng of the Snots' 😁 literally completely forgot to say Congatulations on TS....so um...yeah...Congratulations
lol...you asked for it. https://vocal.media/poets/o-cathy
😂 This was fun to read! Congrats on Top Story!
I love your unapologetic tone here and it fills me with glee!!! Awesome 🌟
Okay, I'm in...you silly people.
LOL. This means war...you went and got the Top Story buddy...Top Story with lots of dissing me. This means war. But, well done on a wonderful entry to my silly challenge.
This was so great! Haha Congrats on top story!
You know I think we were separated at birth, this is perfect! And I knew yours would have some combination with fuck in it. Clusterfuck is a fantastic word and snot is gross. Couldn't love this more, hahaha!! Congrats on Top Story, my Queen.
this is a poetic gem. congrats on the top story
Well, wouldja' look at that silly Top Story! Congratulations!
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If you see a comment from me, please know that I didn't type it because I died. My cause of death is laughter. I freaking laughed out loud at soooo many parts. But the part that killed me was COVFEFE. I cannotttttt 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
All I can say is that "snot" is not nearly strong enough an disapprobation for the reference you've included, lol.
Ha ha! You do crack me up sometimes….. often, actually 😂
Hahaha this is hilarious….but then why am I surprised 😂😂😂
I was trying to guess which words they would be all the way through, it made it so fun to read. I guessed clusterfuck but I missed snot.
I agree with Matthew and Paul, this was worth the read just to see you use,"Clusterfuck." LOL!!