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A Bunch of Words and Silliness

Most Favourite and Least Favourite Words Poetry Challenge

By Cathy holmesPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
Top Story - December 2023
Photo by Glen Carrie on Unsplash

Below is my entry into Paul Stewart's Most and Least Favourite Words Challenge. Here's his link. Join in.

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Paul gave us all a challenge.

It had to do with words.

Why does he put such pressure on me,

that poetic Scottish nerd?

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Oops. That slipped out. I'm sorry

If I insulted you Paul.

What I really meant to say was that,

You're a pain in the arse - that's all.

*

Hold on! That's not much better.

The hell is wrong with me?

Perhaps I need more coffee,

or, as Donald says, covfefe.

*

Oh dear. Now I'm quoting

an orange-shaded snot.

My poem has gone right off the rails.

It seems I've lost the plot.

*

Not that it ever started well.

The engine's clearly stuck.

Pistons are firing chaotically.

My brain's a clusterfuck.

*

Dear Paul, you're probably regretting

inviting me to your challenge.

But I'm sure you'll get some worthy pieces.

Let's throw this in for balance.

*

"Clusterfuck" and "snot," I'll say

before I bid you adieu.

The hate and love to figure out,

I'll leave that up to you.

humor

About the Creator

Cathy holmes

Canadian family girl with a recently discovered love for writing. Other loves include animals and sports.

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  • L.C. Schäfer2 years ago

    Who doesn't love "clusterfuck" 😁 I've never read a poem with that in it before, so thank you for completing my life

  • Test2 years ago

    Cathy!!!!!!! This is everything I needed to read today!! I love the sass and cleverness of this piece!! Absolute genius!!! Great work and Congrats on Top story!! (I can't believe I missed it!!)

  • Kristen Balyeat2 years ago

    😂 😂 😂 !!!!!!!!! This was amazing and hilarious and absolutely so much fun! Clusterfuck is a FABULOUS word and for sure on of my faves!

  • Windchime2 years ago

    This is fabulously hilarious if there is such a word... Love it as usual...

  • Mackenzie Davis2 years ago

    Omg, this is such fun! I love the word "clusterfuck" as well. And yes, ew, snot, nonono. But I do like the sound of the word, so, perhaps I have you all wrong. 🙃 Brilliant poem, Cathy, as always! What a joy to read!

  • RP2 years ago

    lol Cathy! You always keep me laughing with your stories! Love this!

  • Grz Colm2 years ago

    Bahahaha 😆👏 It’s a mystery!

  • Test2 years ago

    Fabulous work! Keep it up—congratulations!

  • Test2 years ago

    Sorry ...I got distracted by 'Paul, KIng of the Snots' 😁 literally completely forgot to say Congatulations on TS....so um...yeah...Congratulations

  • Paul Stewart2 years ago

    lol...you asked for it. https://shopping-feedback.today/poets/o-cathy%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">

  • Lamar Wiggins2 years ago

    😂 This was fun to read! Congrats on Top Story!

  • I love your unapologetic tone here and it fills me with glee!!! Awesome 🌟

  • Kendall Defoe 2 years ago

    Okay, I'm in...you silly people.

  • Paul Stewart2 years ago

    LOL. This means war...you went and got the Top Story buddy...Top Story with lots of dissing me. This means war. But, well done on a wonderful entry to my silly challenge.

  • Tressa Rose2 years ago

    This was so great! Haha Congrats on top story!

  • Heather Hubler2 years ago

    You know I think we were separated at birth, this is perfect! And I knew yours would have some combination with fuck in it. Clusterfuck is a fantastic word and snot is gross. Couldn't love this more, hahaha!! Congrats on Top Story, my Queen.

  • this is a poetic gem. congrats on the top story

  • Dana Crandell2 years ago

    Well, wouldja' look at that silly Top Story! Congratulations!

  • Tiffany Gordon2 years ago

    😊

  • If you see a comment from me, please know that I didn't type it because I died. My cause of death is laughter. I freaking laughed out loud at soooo many parts. But the part that killed me was COVFEFE. I cannotttttt 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • All I can say is that "snot" is not nearly strong enough an disapprobation for the reference you've included, lol.

  • Teresa Renton2 years ago

    Ha ha! You do crack me up sometimes….. often, actually 😂

  • Hahaha this is hilarious….but then why am I surprised 😂😂😂

  • Hannah Moore2 years ago

    I was trying to guess which words they would be all the way through, it made it so fun to read. I guessed clusterfuck but I missed snot.

  • Gerald Holmes2 years ago

    I agree with Matthew and Paul, this was worth the read just to see you use,"Clusterfuck." LOL!!

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