May I tempt you with a silly poem?

Question

How is it that a Thesaurus,

Is not a dinosaur?

Why doesn't metathree,

Come in front of metaphor?

Why does a skyline

Have no line at all?

Why after every Summer,

We all Fall?

Why doesn't a pin number

Have a point?

How can a reefer cigarette

Have a joint?

How come a green lemon

Is called a lime?

Why is it so darn lame,

To have free time?

Answer 1

Finally, someone with thought and humor! I LOVE IT!! May I induce what I would have invoked?? Try this...

WHY

How come a thesaurus

Isn't a species of dinosaur?

Why doesn't metathree

Follow after metaphor?

And why does a skyline

Doesn't have a line at all?

And why can't a megaphone

Never receive my call?

Why doesn't pin numbers

Don't need refills of ink?

Why can a reefer cigarette

Make you over eat and think?

Why is fat the smallest word

But it means you're large?

Why gettin' shocked and gettin' credit

Uses the same word 'charge'

I know that any soldier will tell you

That freedom comes with a price,

A rapper's jewelry isn't cold

But they call it ice.

You might die in the city

Yet you still bought the farm,

How can you make a lot of noise

And set off a silent alarm... Why?

Answer 2

Good one

Answer 3

HAHA!!! That's pretty good... :)

Answer 4

Ending my day with the giggles!

I'm keeping this one, Semper.

Answer 5

cute. i love it. clean lines... simple enough to be pleasing, deep enough to be thought provoking. keep it up.

Answer 6

Of course you may! As long as I can tempt you with one back...

Where, I say

does time go away

and as it slips on by

does it go so very slow

or does it seem to fly

I'll never know

to where it goes

nor will I know why

when pain is near

or hearts in fear

it seems to linger by

and if there be

perhaps for me

a moment of delight

a sunny day

that comes my way

or yet a moonlit night

I hope and pray

to make it stay

or minimize it's flight

but that is when

it's gone again

just when you're not aware

so quickly goes the day

it seems somehow unfair

the tricks that time can play

Answer 7

A star for you!

Answer 8

You tempted me....I like nonsense like this, especially when looking a words.

I love stories (whether true of not) which give the origins of words....Like, if Lord Wellington had become famous for his knitted jumpers, and Lord Cardigan for his rubber boots...we would be buttoning up our Wellington and pulling on a pair of cardigans.

Answer 9

Good questions. Let us know when you find out the answers.

Answer 10

You are a man after my own heart. In regard to "free time," I believe time is a gift . In fact, I like to give wristwatches to those I care for because "there is no present like the time."

Answer 11

I love to write comedic poems myself!

That was delightful!

As odd as this may be, I'd crack myself up into severe stomach pains sometimes when I see some of the slang terms in the thesaurus!

Answer 12

haha! nice one Semper!

but why does free time cost so much?  :)

Answer 13

Thanks for the first laugh of Monday morning!

Answer 14

Yes....you succeeded in tempting me....I love it!

Answer 15

This is great - sure put a smirky smile on my face.  You have asked questions that portend a true philosopher in your blood. I will have to say, however - there really is a skyline - it is the boundary line between the earth and the sky. I think that people just - sometimes - misuse the word. Like when they say "look at the beautiful skyline - and are talking about the silhouettes of skyscrapers against the sky.  There is one - Why does a skyscraper not scrape the sky? I love the joyful act of whimsy - oh my ♥

Answer 16

This is the first humorous poem I have read by you.  It is now precisely 4:59 AM on Monday morning.  Your poem was a treat to sip with my wake up cup of coffee.  Poetry should be fun as well as serious.  This one brought light into the early morning darkness.

Answer 17

I love this...thank you for the smile this brought

Answer 18

Reminds me of Gallagher on the old TV show Make Me Laugh.

Great giggler.