Posted in Poetry, tagged language, life, Love, personal, Poems, Poetry, Reflection, Rhyming, self-reflection, Slang, thoughts, Vernacular, words, Writing on October 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is a poem that I wrote with some slang. You can call it slang poem #1 or It’s Begun.
It’s Begun
The night’s dank
Water hanging in the air
A cool breeze pushes my hair
Into my eyes, blank
My heart thuds quietly
At the rate of self-reflection
It wants out of my body
My mind goes the opposite direction
Searching into my core
I [...]
Posted in Poetry, So-Cal Twaddle, tagged Slang, Poetry, Writing, Rhyming, Poems, Slanguage, Vernacular, Art, language, Speech, Surfing, California, So-Cal, on October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Another great slang poem using some So-Cal surfer slang.
Riding my surfboard to catch a wave,
The perfect ride is what I crave.
My board all waxed, I’m ready to ride,
On my belly into the surf I glide.
I paddle out fast and watch the swells,
Any apprehension I quickly quell.
There’s the one, it looks just right,
I position myself [...]
Posted in Across the Pond, Poetry, tagged Slang, Poetry, Writing, Rhyming, Poems, Cockney, Slanguage, English Slang, Vernacular, Art, language, words, Reflection, thoughts, Jail on October 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This poem written in Cockney Slang comes from a contest at allpoetry.com The original can be found here It is a simple poem written in the style of swap quatrain. You will notice that the first and last line of each stanza are the same but flipped.
In Ginger Ale (Swap Quatrain)
In ginger ale, for quite [...]
Posted in Poetry, tagged Slang, Poetry, Writing, Poems, Slanguage, Vernacular, language, words, random, Computers, Numbers, technology on October 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Television commercials are even harping on the shorthand slang that has come about from instant messenger and texting. BRB, BBL, ttyl, ic, ROFLMAO, jk, nm, and w/e are just a few of the popular slang terms used. Sometimes it is very hard to figure out what these mean out of context. However [...]
Posted in Across the Pond, Poetry, tagged Andrew Lang, Art, Classics, Cockney, English Slang, Poetry, Rhyming, Slang, Slanguage, Writing on October 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I found this poem which is a rhyme about rhymes. Pretty clever.
RHYME OF OXFORD COCKNEY RHYMES
Though Keats rhymed “ear” to “Cytherea,”
And Morris “dawn” to “morn,”
A worse example, it is clear,
By Oxford Dons is “shorn.”
G-y, of Magdalen, goes beyond
These puny Cockneys far,
And to “Magrath” rhymes–Muse despond! -
“Magrath” he rhymes to “star”!
Another poet, X. Y. Z.,
Employs [...]
