Thursday Thoughts - The Harlem Shake

Shake Scolding

by Rachel Hoyt

You're doing it wrong,

I'm sorry to say,

Don't air hump the song,

Hips should hardly sway.

The move's up higher,

It's a shoulder thing,

Only a trained squire,

Knows the spaz to bring!

Stop screwing it up please,

You're hurting my eyes,

Your crowns should be seized,

They're based upon lies.

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.
 

 

Technorati Tags: Homeless, Hotel, Camping, Rhyme, Poetry
 

 

 This Harlem Shake video went viral recently,

but the Harlem folks say it's a mockery.

 

 

Wacky Word Wednesday - Jannock

Jannock

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by adamr via freedigitalphotos.net

 

 

A jannock

Is a trustworthy bloke,

Won't steal when broke,

Hides behind no cloak,

Kind since he awoke -

The genuine jannock.

 

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

 

 

 

Every week I rhyme and define a new wacky word.
Come on over to indulge your inner nerd.
And, please let me know of any weird words you've heard.

 

 

 

Technorati Tags: Words, Vocabulary, Poem, Rhyme, Jannock, Poetry

Thursday Thoughts - On Curing Homelessness

A Swede Strategy

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by Mantas Ruzveltas via freedigitalphotos.net

 

 

Removing park benches is just so last year,

Demanding proof of need makes some live in fear,

But creating a commercial need for their spots?

Some crazy Swede thinks it's a win for both lots.

 

They hope to convince the hostel loving crowd,

That they aren't really living their lives out loud -

Abandoned warehouses and sports stadiums,

Are the place to stay if one's dreading doldrums.

 

Bravo Swede Shack Pimp, you ground grabber you -

Now everything costs the way it's supposed to,

No sacred spot's safe from capitalist goons,

Taking while teaching we savage buffoons.

 

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

 

I don't believe there's a cure for homelessness

but the Swedes seem to think they've figured out this mess.

 

Technorati Tags: Homeless, Hotel, Camping, Rhyme, Poetry


 

Read more rhymes by Rachel at her column, Clickety Clack -

poetic news about Santa Barbarians talking back.

Waky Word Wednesday - Rantipole

Rantipole

by Rachel Hoyt

image by idea go via freedigitalphotos.net

A rantipole,

Is a rakish soul,

Has 'going' as a goal,

Plays the wild and young role -

The rantipole.

 

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

Every week I rhyme and define a new wacky word.
Come on over to indulge your inner nerd.
And, please let me know of any weird words you've heard.

Technorati Tags: Words, Vocabulary, Poem, Rhyme, Rantipole, Poetry

Friday Photo Fun - Something Few Fret

Something Few Fret

by Rachel Hoyt

 

 

Grime's worst enemy,

A germ's frenemy,

Rough and tough yet,

Something few humans fret.

 

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

Technorati Tags: Game, Abstract Photo, Rhyme, Humor, Guess, Poetry

Friday Photo Fun is when I share a randomly captured moment,
or perhaps a photo experiment with more purposeful intent,
then pair it with a rhyming riddle to exercise your mind
and teach you more weird facts to which you once were blind.

After the answer is guessed, I will post a second, non-abstract photo...
and just in case you wanted to know,
the first is not a photoshopped version of the second -
they're shot using different techniques that to me beckon.

 

 

So what is this thing that few fret?

You all can guess this one I bet.

UPDATE:

The Slow Wit Poet has won again
and proved sponges are objects that ARE known to men.

 

 

Thursday Thoughts - Humans Came From Rats?!

Rat Rant

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by Victor Habbick via freedigitalphotos.net

 

 

Please no, not a rat,

Anything but that,

Even a gnat,

Or an ugly bat,

But not that -

I come from no rat.

I like monkeys,

Can't I come from these

Primates that please,

Fur balls at ease -

Can't I come from these?

I like monkeys.

So what if they're tough?

They're ugly - no fluff,

No sparkle, all scruff -

I wish this was a bluff.

I've got sparkle and fluff,

Don't want to be that tough.

 

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

 

This rhyme was inspired by the news that we

may have a rat like creature in our ancestry.

 

 

Technorati Tags: Rat, Prehistoric, Ancestor, Rhyme, Poetry

 

Read more rhymes by Rachel at her column, Clickety Clack -

poetic news about Santa Barbarians talking back

Wacky Word Wednesday - Uxorious

Uxorious

(uk SORH ee uhs)

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by africa via freedigitalphotos.net

 

 

A man who is uxorious,

Makes his gal's life luxurious -

Always doting, never furious,

That's the essence of uxorious.

 

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

Every week I rhyme and define a new wacky word.
Come on over to indulge your inner nerd.
And, please let me know of any weird words you've heard.

 

 

 

Technorati Tags: Words, Vocabulary, Poem, Rhyme, Uxorious, Poetry

Friday Photo Fun - Something Adorned

Something Adorned

by Rachel Hoyt

A symbol of life, hope and strength,

Something I've adorned at length,

A treasure trove with open air,

Filled with whips we women wear.

 

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

 

 

Technorati Tags: Game, Abstract Photo, Rhyme, Humor, Guess, Poetry

 

Friday Photo Fun is when I share a randomly captured moment,
or perhaps a photo experiment with more purposeful intent,
then pair it with a rhyming riddle to exercise your mind
and teach you more weird facts to which you once were blind.

After the answer is guessed, I will post a second, non-abstract photo...
and just in case you wanted to know,
the first is not a photoshopped version of the second -
they're shot using different techniques that to me beckon.

M. James has solved this difficult riddle.
It's a jewelry tree. His brain is fit as a fiddle!

 

Thursday Thoughts - On the Superhero Within Each of Us

My Super Self

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by Jeroen van Oostrom via freedigitalphotos.net

 

 

I know my Super Self's in there -

He prob'ly is just tired.

I'm actually nice.  I really care.

I just haven't conspired

To help every sad soul I see -

That would take my whole day.

We will just have to let things be -

Life's busy, come what may.

I can't watch out for every gran

Who needs to cross the road.

I won't smile at the scruffy man -

He'll ask me to unload

My spare powers in his coin pile,

Though my purse is quite light.

Villains will hide, try to beguile,

All those who shine more bright.

I don't have time to hold open

Doors or clean up spills.

I must get places on the when,

No time for super thrills.

Yet I know in the moment,

My Super Self would fight.

I like to think he's resting gent-

ly 'til the time is right.

 

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

 

 

 

This tongue-in-cheek rhyme imagines someone could foresee

the fact we're more helpful after flying around in virtual reality

like Superman - cape flowing free.

 

 

Technorati Tags: Superhero, Powers, Empathy, Rhyme, Poetry

 

 

 

Read more rhymes by Rachel at her column, Clickety Clack -

poetic news about Santa Barbarians talking back

Wacky Word Wednesday - Quaintrelle

Quaintrelle

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by Ambro via freedigitalphotos.net

 

 

To be a quaintrelle

is better than swell,

It means you know well,

The things that ring your bell.

 

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

Every week I rhyme and define a new wacky word.
Come on over to indulge your inner nerd.
And, please let me know of any weird words you've heard.

Technorati Tags: Words, Vocabulary, Poem, Rhyme, Quaintrelle, Poetry

Friday Photo Fun - Something Pretty

Something Pretty

by Rachel Hoyt

 

 

A work of art that's carefully plotted,

Shaded, colored, lined, and dotted,

An image to guide our journey,

These days, they're mostly just, "Pretty."

 

Technorati Tags: Game, Abstract Photo, Rhyme, Humor, Guess, Poetry

Friday Photo Fun is when I share a randomly captured moment,

or perhaps a photo experiment with more purposeful intent,
then pair it with a rhyming riddle to exercise your mind
and teach you more weird facts to which you once were blind.

After the answer is guessed, I will post a second, non-abstract photo...
and just in case you wanted to know,
the first is not a photoshopped version of the second -

they're shot using different techniques that to me beckon

 

 

Both Jody and Jeff unjumbled my riddle
and realized a map was the pretty thing that looked like diddle.