Can It Be? Poem by Kim Barney

Kim Barney

Kim Barney

I was born in a bank - - my mother went there and made a deposit

Can It Be?

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A friend of mine said 'Say, Old Sport,
I think your poems are way too short.'

Can It Be?
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: humor
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
But I think he is wrong.
My poems are too long.
The problem is, I just can't stop
writing them. They always pop
into my head when I'm awake
or when in bed. What will it take
to end my woes? I'm in this mess
from head to toes. As you can guess,
it is easy to make a rhyme.
You can do it every time
unless you try to rhyme with 'orange'
and then you... uh...

14 Setembro 2014
Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Keith brown kb 25 April 2020

Never written a poem with orange rhyme but I guess if I try it may come in time! Who knows?

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Roseann Shawiak 28 June 2015

Then you get disoranged! Ha Ha Ha! Short and sweet poem. Loved your notes about the poem! Just keep writing, I do! Thank you for sharing and also for commenting on my poem. RoseAnn

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Bri Edwards 22 May 2015

yes! the orange problem. it has plagued poets through the ages! ! ! then you may just have to rearrange the words to put orange somewhere else! ! i usually keep mine in the refrigerator. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The first poem caused me to loudly snort. [How, to your friend, did you, Senor, retort? ] =============================== I empathize with your “long poem” prob- lem. I try to keep my poems short ……, to control them, BUT they grow, they grow out of control, you know! I just can’t not write long poems; I can’t stop …. the flow! ! One rhyme does lead to yet another: a rhyme-brother. Or a rhyme-sister in certain rhyming cases, [of course]. If it calls for “female”, I’ll not “male” on my … poem force! Kim, your poems MAY be better! but this is not a competition, is it? heh heh :) bri

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