Waiting

Posted on April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Creative writing, Fun, Humour, Thinking, Waiting, Watching paint dry, WritingLeave a comment

Waiting, it’s like watching paint dry.

The time goes on and the paint shrinks slightly, maybe wrinkles as the water evaporates.

I’m sitting with my phone waiting for a call, hoping that it will ring soon….

Still waiting, another hour gone.

Still waiting, the paint is half dried, now it’s tacky…

Oh what can I do while I’m waiting? I can’t go out, because I need to be here when it happens. I will ring the number….

Oh no! No answer! Are they on their way? Not answering because they are driving? Where are they coming from. Is there traffic? Are there traffic jams?

Waiting…. Time trickles through the hourglass faster and slower. The paint is almost dry. The fine grain of the brush strokes smoothing out.

A call! We are on our way, but, (there is always a ‘but’) there is a major accident….. On the motorway….. Grid lock….. Have to change our eta…. Etc….

The paint is cracking and peeling…. They never arrived. Now I’m waiting again for someone new 😕

Talking

Posted on March 29, 2019March 29, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Fun, Humour, Life, Micro poetry, Poems, Poetry, Speech, Thought, Words4 Comments

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The world is full of words

Talk is cheap

Grey green gold gossip

Muddy, murky muttering

Sharp staccato shouting.

Pink pretty pouting purring,

Cracked cramped cackles.

Light lilting, laughing lullabies…

Singing or sonorous sound scapes

Violent verbosity

Quiet qualities of queen’s English.

Extravagant evangelising.

Whispered wailing.

Yes words are cheap and cheerful or cheerless.

Ending in Age

Posted on March 24, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Age, Fun, Humour, Playing with words, Poem, Poetry, WordsLeave a comment

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A friend just requested words ending in ‘age’ and I thought it could be an interesting thought poem…

Age?

Adage,

Phage

Macrophage

Page

Stage you are at or on?

Usage

Rage

Beverage, tea or coffee?

Haylage

Forage

Silage

Tonnage, now that’s heavy

Cage

Mage

Sage

Last ice age?

Cabbage

Carriage

Wage

But not gauge!

Spelling?

Posted on March 23, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Dictionary, Fun, Humour, Language, Life, Spelling, Writing2 Comments

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Can you spot the mistake? It’s funny how the brain works – writing the word “buidling” instead of “building” is just an example. Apparently if you have all the right letters and the correct first and last letter of the word, your brain can unscramble it. For instance if I write :

The qcuik bowrn fox jmpus oevr the lzay dog?

You should still be able to read it.

Spelling only became regularised when the dictionary arrived. Once the spelling of words was written down with a definition the spelling was more fixed. But spelling is still quite phonetic, based on sound sometimes. For, four, fore all sound the same but have different spellings and meanings.

The example above is more likely to have occurred because of a computer mistake when the author or designer did not proof read the art work.

I guess I make a lot of mistakes too. I do rely on spellchecker but even that gets it wrong sometimes.

Footstep

Posted on March 19, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Fun, Humour, Micro poetry, Poem, Poetry, Rain, Rainbow, Splash, WaterLeave a comment

Dewy rain sprinkles my steps

The tread outlined in light.

Rainbow sparkles shine so bright

Spray of water leaps

My feet jump with delight

Puddles to splash in

Waves to make

Fun and frolics, frog like.

Supporting red nose day

Posted on March 15, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Charity, Fun, Help, Humour, Laugh, Malaria, Nose, Raise money, Red nose day, SupportLeave a comment

Red nose day is a British charity which started many years ago. They do a telethon every two years and do comic sketches and serious reports to raise money for good causes. So far they have raised over £40 million. The money is split 50/50 between the UK and other countries..

They are trying to fight malaria, end child marriage, support families in need.

The comic relief symbol is the red nose. They sell these and other merchandise to raise funds. That’s why I’m wearing mine here 😜

What’s happening?

Posted on March 15, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Creative writing, Digital doodle, Fun, Humour, Shock, Short story, Surprise, Very short storyLeave a comment

sketch-1552651184350 It was a quiet autumn day and nothing much was happening. She had been out shopping and was starting to put stuff away in the fridge. Suddenly there was a huge gust of wind which rattled all the windows and blew lots of leaves along the path. It started to rain and the sky grew grey and then black. The kitchen was so dark that she had to put the light on. She thought she saw a figure outside, but when she tried to look through the window the glare from the electric light reflected back and made it impossible to see out.

She continued to put things away. Then entered the living room. She heard a knock coming from the front door, “hang on” she called, fumbling to find the light switch, ” I will be there in a sec.”

She turned the key in the door and gasped as she opened it. A very short person dressed all in black and wearing a plastic skull mask stood by her front door….

“Trick or treat!” screamed the child loudly over the sound of the gale.

Twins

Posted on March 14, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Fun, Humour, Life, Poem, Poetry, Twins, WritingLeave a comment

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Twins.sniwT

One strong.gnorts enO

One weak.kaew enO

Arguing.gniugrA

Fighting.gnithgiF

Never knowing.gniwonk reveN

Who is best.tseb si ohW

Twins.sniwT

Identical.lacitnedI

Seperate.etarepeS

The same.emas ehT

Owl

Posted on March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Animal, Bad rhymes, Bird, Digital art, Digital sketch, Fun, Humour, Life, Owl, Poem, PoemsLeave a comment

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Being owlish I look carefully at things,

I see them from my flying wings.

I hoot with laughter when I hear a joke.

I spy mice and voles at a stroke,

Will my owlish brain outwit you?

Never know what hit you?

I swoop down so soft and quiet

To consume my rodent diet….

My talons and beak are sharp

Winging down over hill and park.

A barn to rest in is all I ask.

A nest to build is my task.

My eggs and chicks they grow fast

Gobble up food, a tasty repast.

Then once they are grown the fledge

And out to the world they emerge.

So this old owl will towoo some more.

To hear the twit of my Amore.

What’s out there

Posted on March 12, 2019 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Cat, Cat watching, Experiment, Experimental poem, Fun, Humour, Life, Poem, Poetry, View, WatchingLeave a comment

What is it?

Box thing with round things, moving

Not my human, moving

Green things waving on long thin things

Wet stuff, falling,

White wet stuff, falling

Coloured things, small, smell nice

Thing with wings, flew past, fast.

Thing with Four legs on string, barking.

Something like me, black and white.

Something like me orange, whiskers.

Not my human wearing red with flat white and brown things

Bang, oh noise, white and brown things come through hole in wood thing in hole in big square white thing, white thing also has hole in it that has clear stuff in it so I can look out and thing hanging down that makes ringing noise when I play with it.

This odd poem is me trying to describe from my cats perspective. I don’t imagine they have nouns for things, so I haven’t said windows, door, or envelopes but just tried to explain them. I hope this makes sense..

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Tag: Humour