Tiny texts telling tales,
torrentially traipsing timelines,
tenaciously testing tolerance.
Triumph thwarted.
Talons tearing tarp,
tasering tympanic tendons.
Thalamus twitches,
Trachea tightens till
teeth thrash the tongue.
Trying….trying…
Tolerance terminated.
Taste testicles, tautograms!
Terrorizing troublesome twits.
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The above is an entry for Vocal’s Tautogram challenge. A tautogram is a poem where every word starts with the same letter. This statement is unnecessary and surely obvious to anybody who has already entered the challenge. I hadn’t intended to include anything but the tautogram itself on this post. However, after being rejected for not meeting the minimum word count (even though the rules say this is no minimum), I decided it’s best to prattle on about something to avoid my poem being rejected a second time.
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Cathy holmes
Canadian family girl with a recently discovered love for writing. Other loves include animals and sports.
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Comments (31)
Haha, my name is Inigo Montoya! Kinda reminds me of him. That one is lots of fun Cathy!
omg "taste testicles, tautograms!" haha you kill me, Cathy. This is clever and perfectly naughty.
This was fantastic! So well done! And the line "Taste testicles, tautograms!" might be my favorite line I've read anywhere in weeks!
That was so fun. You made me lol on “taste testicles” 🤣
Gurl, you Rocked That! Very Witty! Well Done!
Creatively written my friend. 💕
Haha. Loved it!
Huh, I just received a notice that my limerick , The Next Generation of Cellphones" was disqualified. I followed the rhyme scheme but had 2 stanzas-Oh well.... But I saw some others that were longer. Wonder if they were disqualified as well??
Love this! Rock on, wordsmith, rock on! 👏🏻👏🏻
Leave my testicles out of this, Cathy. Lol, that was great.
You asked to taste what now? 🤣🤣🤣 This was awesomeeee!
Tantalizing, tasty, taunting, totally true to texting tautagrams. Well done, Cathy! (Yeah, I gave up on t's.)
“Taste testicles?” 😂😂😂😂 Too funny, Cathy. Love it
Hilarious as usual :)
😊 Totally terrific !
haha, this was highly entertaining!
Haha! 👏🏽
I do not have this talent, so I will read them instead.
💯❤️✨👍
Taste testicles had me rolling! Good work, I really enjoy the challenge of writing them.
I really was hoping to see you incorporate "trouble" and "tribles". What can I say? I'm a Trekkie for life. Favorite line: "Taste testicles, tautograms!"
That’s clever cathy nice job 😀
Brilliant and clever! I love how you managed to sum up this whole experience in so few words, lol. Loved it, my friend.
Hahaha
Awesome!!💖💖💕