Each a Poem, Each, in its way, a Prayer (poem) by Phyllis Jean Green on AuthorsDen

Each a Poem, Each, in its way, a Prayer
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Hope it doesn't look as if I scrambled a bunch of words, then used them to spatter-paint! {Find repeats, I'd appreciate your letting me know.} Happy Daze! Pea ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Each a Poem, Each, in its way, A Prayer There is nothing like the mother tongue Of the common, ordinary, Englishman. As for what we Americans do to it, Wait 'til we are through with it! Me, I love the crack and pop Of doorbuster, ta-da!, and poppycock. Bing-bong-bang and badaboom-bada-ba. Ka-ching! Boing! Chop-chop! Kerplop! In quieter waters sail sibilants, hushed. Mere shadows lisp. Mini-lullabies. Silk slippers, soft surfaces, sensuous, lush. Helpers tiptoe by, signing See-ya. B'bye! Got labials, got dentals, got glottals. Got jargon, got dialect, got radio-speak. Diphthongs, 'stops,' dunno what-all. Shades of Africa, Mexico, France, Greece. . . Muffle your ears, Sir Uptight, for slang, Down-home 'r downtown's awiiiight, Luck 'at made nice 'nice.' Mob, cad, gad, gang. Fiddle-faddle. Flip-flop. Thunder-struck. Roll these around for the pure delight: Scintilla, bellicose, delicate, patina, Sylph, pirouette, muumuu, zealot, fie! Worry-wort, clandestine, concertina. Zealot, candelabra, equestrian, quibble, Tarot, hobo, nitpick, rad, dude, to-do, Epistle, bollocks, susurrate, chinchilla Dreadlocks, freckle, doodle, yoo-hoo. Grandiose! Inflammible! Hallelujah! Heartsore, flibbertigibbit, jehosephat, Affluent, katydid, azalea, petunia. Limpid, loquacious, luscious, stud, splat!! Namesake, malevolent, noggin 'r noodle. Pandemic, philodendron, mollycoddle. Abecedarian, alliteration, dilly, doodle, Aphorism, climax, dadaism, wattle. Dactyl, double-cross, numerical, squirt. Quibble, quoit-quest-quill-quote-quail. Rhapsodic, pitter-pat, ricochet, flirt. Chitter, cheep, warble, rant/rave/rail. Willy-nilly, hobnot, so-so, rotund. Villanelle, pell-mell, chickadee, soar. Icicle, bicycle, unicycle, and ho-hum. Xylophone, palindrome, zebra, roar, Paradox, laurel, laureate, Lorelei, Glitter-litter-glisten-gloss-glamorize- Stupendous-grandiose! Pie-in-the-sky! Magnificent, morose, yummy, fries. Frangible, intangible, cacophony, cadence, Florid, elegy, confetti, halcyon, mirage, Chasm, sensuous, tintinnabulation, patience, Poinsettia, lilac, ruby, gem, aquarius, barrage. Sonorous, mellifluous, calypso, plunkety- Plunk Palindrome. Infinite! Stellar! Knock-down-drag-out, doofus, funky. Promenade an' do-si-do, gals an' fellers! Crabgrass, sassafras, hiatus, heroic-? Halo, marshmallow, muddling, middling. Meddlesome, hyperbole, ballad, historic, Baroque, bliss, balcony, burlesque, niggling. Wiggle worm! Rapscallion! Pandemonium! Pandemic, puddle,. filament, fishery, Dilly-dally, roly-poly, e-mail, 'phone-ya. Lachrymose? We go into deep studies. We manhandle, we panhandle, we roast Chestnuts redolent. Play hooky. Huddle. Gnaw jawbreakers, munch madly on toast. We pander, we wander, we wonder. Piece together mosaics, sculpt nudes. Fancy- Shmancy friezes. We stammer, we stutter, We jingle, we jangle. Pontificate, prance, Get laid, get loquacious. Spackle and spritz, Folks train sprigs and floribundas, Break- Dance, chicken dance, cut-a-rug, hoola-hoop. As for energy, as for animus, piece-a-cake. Full steam ahead, hurrrrruddden, whee! Blue at times, 'sho.'. Or wax ecstatic. In the pot are warmongers, vipers, ooze, plague, plaque. Sticks and stones break bones-? Ha! Some things, gotta cut us some slack. Fiddlesticks, brays the gent in the porkpie Hat. Piffle! a lurching dipso lobs back. How long can you go on? Sob, gasp, sigh. Tell 'er t'put a sock in it. Yak-yak-yak Sad fact: Some of us lazy-bones ape Same-o nouns, adjectives, and verbs. Time to dust off the ol' unabridged, nay? Rassle us up a nice, big pot o'words!! Phyllis Jean Green, June, 2009 All Rights Reserved

Reviewed by Jms Bell

Reviewed on October 11, 2009

I AM STRETCHING THE MEANING OF THE WORDS OF THIS HYMN, WHICH FITS SO WELL WITH THIS WORK....BEAUTIFUL WORDS, WONDERFUL WORDS, BEAUTIFUL WORDS OF LIFE.... THIS IS AN UNIQUE EXPRESSION OF 'WORDS'. SO ENJOYED. THANKS FOR SHARING AND GOD BLESS.
JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Carmen Ruggero

Reviewed on June 19, 2009

Ahhh yes! The English language... hmm... I still pause to ponder about wonder and wander. Great piece of work!

Carmen

Reviewed by La Belle Rouge Poetess Of The Heart

Reviewed on June 11, 2009

You are amazing with word usage, enjoyed.

Reviewed by L. Figgins

Reviewed on June 9, 2009

Oh isn't the English language a wonderful jumble of sound and meaning?! Pity anyone trying to learn the plain language, let alone the slang and colloquialisms native to each region of either Britain or the States. What is it-Greek, German, Latin and French mixture? This stew of words was devoured with absolute delight, P.!

Lin

Reviewed by Gene Williamson

Hey, I love this love affair with words, Phyllis. I'll
bet there's a tune in there somewhere. Somehow, you missed
one of my favorite words: peripheral. A favorite because it
took me years to pronounce it properly. -gene.

Reviewed by Carole Mathys

...a wonderful, colorfull collage of words, Pea

Carole~

Reviewed by Amber Moonstone

I am not sure if you left anything out! This was quite a journey, reading this creative and entertaining poem..
Thanks for sharing, it must have taken you a while...
Peace, love, and light
Amber "V"

Reviewed by Carolyn Red Bear (The Bear Paw)

Hi Pea, you sure did rassle up a nice big pot o' words! How very creative of you! Some of us lazy bones...well.. you know.. :} Thank you for sharing this...

In Spirit,
Bear

Reviewed by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado

Quite a whizbang of a poem, Pea; you draw us in with your witty word usage! BRAVA, one of your BEST!!!!

(((HUGS))), much love, and continued prayers~

As always, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :D

Reviewed by Edwin Hurdle

Hi Phyllis,this is great.I really like it and enjoy reading it,take care

EDWIN

Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan

Reviewed on June 8, 2009

wonderfully clever!

Reviewed by jude forese

quite a colorful prayer potpourri of interconnected words ...

Reviewed by John Flanagan

Pea,
This is fabulous, a tour de force. Love love every mad and sane word and line. At your very best. Kudos!
John

Reviewed by E T Waldron

Sage said it all, exceptional Pea. You know I'm saving this to keep on my desk as a quick dictionary;-) Thank you, for your generosity;-)

Love,
Eileen

Reviewed by Sage Sweetwater

Outstanding! I read it aloud to my drum and didgeridoo kangaroo music playing in the background! Made me use my lungs to full capacity...rubicund...pettitoes...manumotive...jodhpurs! Germander dyes Mint GREEN! Pea Green! Story Quilt of re-discovered Language! Spray paint tagging with educational graffit-O sandblasted into our minds scratched onto walls of catacombs...ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPEAQRSTUVWXYZ

Love,
Sage

Reviewed by Regis Auffray

Oh how you whip those words into shape, Pea. So clever and imaginative. Super duper! Love and best wishes to you,

Regis

Reviewed by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner

If I could get inside that awesome brain of yours, I'd be paintspatterin', too! Oh, this is a delightful romp into the world of words not commonly used, of sound effects, of someone eating dictionaries and thesauri (HA) for breakfast! LOL I thoroughly enjoyed this one, Pea, yes, I did. One of your (many) bests. I got lost in an Alice in Wonderland type of world (without the rabbit).

Thank you, and take a bow, you've earned it! BRAVA!

(((((HUGS))))) love and continued prayer, Karla. :D

Reviewed by Marcia Duning (Reader)

If you use spatter paint as meaning throwing words against a wall to see what shakes out? Yep! But is great and why you write for ATC and I don't.

Luv ya, Pea Pod