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The HIEROGLYPHICS that docs' Rx'd,
Has many a pharmacist vexed.
The scribble uniform,
Is cuneiform,
Found in secret medical text.
--- Chris Papa

The HIEROPHANT is the chief priest
Whose word is law, to say the least,
Which must be obeyed
Always, I'm afraid,
Unless you don't believe in the beast.
--- Daniel Ford

In the boonies I live, HINTERLAND,
Where every week, a large biker band,
One and all can be seen
Having lunch at the "Bean",
With no hint of assumed contraband.
--- Elois

Young lads in the far HINTERLAND,
When 'lots of hot chicks' they demand,
Will cull out the best
From all of the rest
Of the feathery farmyard band.
--- Chris Papa

The inland, rural, or HINTERLAND
Is also home to the vintner band
Who make our fine wine
(Well some of it's fine).
And hardy souls who can winter stand.
--- Daniel Ford

A buxom belle from HINTERLAND
Was always in greatest demand;
In worldly ways wise,
She'd ever surprise
With moves most farm girls understand.
--- Chris Papa

Tagalog, tongue of the Philippines,
Is not well-known here, by any means.
But BOONDOCKS we know
Thanks to GI Joe,
Means HINTERLAND, with pastoral scenes.
--- Norm Brust

America's HINTERLAND, "Boonies,"
Is the home to quite a few loonies.
They play with their guns
And tattoo their buns,
Hypocritically pursuing Moonies.
--- Norm Brust

To Sally, her sallyport was
A HINTERLAND, far from Eros.
So, at his attempt
That port to pre-empt,
Young Sally was pretty damn cross.
--- Nick

Mediterranean ladies are cute,
Their dark fashing eyes are a beaut;
Their faces sink ships,
Save hair above lips,
And axillae all quite HIRSUTE.
--- Chris Papa

The unkempt one who is HIRSUTE,
In peat-smoked flannels of Knute,
Will be seen as a grunge,
In need of deep plunge,
And a big fat horse's patoot.
--- Daniel Ford

The hair-covered one is HIRSUTE,
Takes pains not to appear the brute.
Coifed perfectly so,
Designed to show,
The hairy one as more astute.
--- Chris Papa

Sort of person who wears a black suit,
Smokes an occasional cheroot,
Drinks single malt neat,
Offers femmes his seat,
And is subject of high tribute.
--- Daniel Ford

I've gone from a auricle clear;
The passage of time, I do fear,
Takes hair from my head
And moves it instead,
And leaves me with a HISPID ear.
--- Chris Papa

HISPID is like a fly's thorax,
Bristle-covered as the Lorax,
More like three-day beard
Than hirsute one feared,
Who killed the Kurds with his war axe.
--- Daniel Ford

My son once explained it to me.
His profs tore his books with some glee.
Perhaps you have heard
Where we got the word,
Called "historectomy."
--- Jim Weaver Collection

A hairy, HISTRIONIC hermit,
Preached without getting a permit.
When off to jail hauled,
Still ranted and bawled,
Till hoarse, he sounded like Kermit. (Ribbit!)
--- Chris Papa

Patients with constipation chronic,
Quail at the words "high colonic."
A soft heart could bleed;
They quail and they plead;
Behavior that's just HISTRIONIC.
--- Joanne

One could be a wee bit HISTRIONIC
When faced with illness chronic,
And doctors prescibe
"Roll over on side,"
And treat you with a high colonic.
--- Barb

Some screech in a way HISTRIONIC,
In decibels oft supersonic;
I'd quick fix propose:
To give each of those
A personal, swift, high colonic.
--- Chris Papa

An etymologist whose name was John,
Considered Hither, Thither and Yon.
Hither is to here;
Thither is to there;
And Yon is way off the front lawn.
--- William K Alsop Jr

Aging signs, like white hair so HOARY,
Mean time has come to enjoy glory,
But those creaking knees
And those canities (white hair at temples)
May come early, if you're a Tory.
--- Daniel Ford

When Willy grows older and HOARY,
Tales of Oval Office sex story
Will be chipped in stone,
On mountain alone,
Confined to that strange category.
--- Chris Papa

The white hairs we think of as hoary,
Are signals for oratory.
Though more as from Frost,
Than is Senate lost,
Where speeches often are gory.
--- Daniel Ford

It would my great dignity rob,
If I were now forced to HOBNOB,
With some cliquish types,
Accustomed to gripes,
Of my ways of dressing like slob.
--- Eva Amata

There was a young fellow named Carr
Who HOBNOBBED with a girl in a bar.
He got quite familiar
But when he said "Will ya?"
She told him "You're going to far."
--- Eva Amata

Whenever HOBSON'S CHOICE is the call,
Whether food or a horse in the stall,
On this you can bet:
The best that you'll get
Is never a choice there at all.
--- Chris Papa

Mr Henry Ford had his voice;
Gave customers a Hobson's Choice;
Buy a car off the rack
And you'll take it in black,
And only at full price invoice.
--- Tim Schwartz

With new life inside her, no joke,
She talked to a priest who then spoke
In a soft gentle voice,
"It's old HOBSON'S CHOICE,
My dear, you must marry the bloke."
--- Elois

Pursuing the good life eternal,
But scorning the lifestyle nocturnal,
The woman in red
At noon johns her bed,
Which makes her the choice HODIERNAL.
--- Bob Dvorak

She plied her sex trade infernal,
Through the harsh seasons and vernal.
Tight skirted, round heeled,
She serviced the field.
Truly a hard task HODIERNAL.
--- Chris Papa

Some whores prefer workshift diurnal
While others favor the nocturnal.
But when a horny john
Needs to get it on,
He want a ho' whose ass is HODIERNAL.
--- Norm Brust

The times present-day, HODIERNAL,
Call for blogs to stand in for journal.
But their kernal of truth
Put in settings uncouth,
Condemns to infernal eternal.
--- Daniel Ford

This is file isl

A slick politician named Brock
Conspired and connived round-the-clock.
And the HOI POLLOI
All thought this old boy
Is concerned with the fleece, not the flock.
--- Observer

The common people, HOI POLLOI,
Oft mistakenly do employ
The phrase to mean those
On whom is pinned rose
And who dance all night at Savoy.
--- Daniel Ford

To HOISE a few beers, inspired
Activity, most admired.
Means few elbows bent,
With brew, heaven sent.
No long chains or tackle required.
--- Chris Papa

I see that some of you boys
The inability to HOISE,
The particular part
Down below the heart,
Can be one thing women annoys.
--- Barb

On holidays there are real joys
One gets National Embblem to hoise.
And on those long days,
One oft get to raise
A few beers with all of the boys.
--- Chris Papa

Pray tell, what is all of this noise
About obscure and useless HOISE.
I'll stick with hoist,
Because I heard it foist.
I refuse to give HOISE equipoise.
--- Norm Brust

I've heard for a number of years,
French ladies hold liquor, my dears,
In a manner quite bold,
Or so I am told.
They do it by grabbing the ears!
--- Chris Papa

A HOLOPHRASTIC exclamation,
One of the harmless, "Damnation,"
Most don't mind a bit,
While others see fit
To blast forth with less moderation.
--- Chris Papa

HOLOPHRASTIC expression direct,
Not changed by any dialect.
Just saying the
Exclamation "Duh!"
Means, "Stupid! What did you expect?"
--- Sheryl A Lemma

Quyana, Yup'ik Eskimo word,
Most pronounceable I have yet heard,
Has meaning of "Thanks";
Put that in word banks,
Holophrastic straight talk, so absurd!
--- Barb

When told diabetes he'd get,
From sodas and stuff that he et,
He, HOLUS-BOLUS,
Drank diet colas,
Along with those hot dogs, you bet!
--- Chris Papa

Shebang, all at one, HOLUS-BOLUS,
As icebergs form near the North Polus,
Do yield a surprise
To those nearby eyes,
And sounds explosive hocus pocus.
--- Daniel Ford

Parental advice, HOLY WRIT,
Bon mots that are passed to each kit,
Who oft, I suspect,
Though they genuflect,
Do whatever they think that seems fit.
--- Chris Papa

Some conservatives read HOLY WRIT
To mean that their's is the only wit
That can know God's mind,
Leaving us to find
Their unclaimed unscented holy shit.
--- Daniel Ford

Although it's true Chris should stay
From metal detectors far away.
We pay HOMAGE to Docs
Who can fix up old crocks
And attempt to keep old age at bay.
--- Barrie Eksteen

Great HOMAGE I send to my wife;
The love and true joy of my life.
Especially today,
In my invalid way,
Just days after "getting the knife."
--- Chris Papa

In giving tribute we pay HOMAGE,
And hope to minimize more damage
To feeling fine fettle,
Though Chris's new metal
May now reduce overall ohmage.
--- Daniel Ford

Sunday comics' HOMILIES tactical,
Easy to get and didactical,
With print humor teach
Rules clergy men preach:
Avoid pain. Be moral. Be practical.
--- Elois

A sermon or lecture or HOMILY,
Delivered by head of the fomily,
Is often ignored
By kids who grow bored
And do just the opposite nomily.
--- Gary Hallock

HOMOGRAPH words have the same spelling,
But in different senses are dwelling.
It's mean to insist
The mean must enlist,
Even if ranks you are smelling.
--- Daniel Ford

The lawyer had throat dry and coughy,
So he reached for his morning coffee.
Then he drank a toast,
While he chewed his toast,
To his next enormous law fee.
--- Norm Brust

HOMONYMOUS words are my falling,
Affront to my quite learned calling.
They muddle my mind.
I frequently find
The result: misspellings appalling.
--- Chris Papa

There once was a sower, anonymous,
Who slung seeds in furrows agronimous.
What he thought flax seed
Grew only hemp weed,
The kind perhaps smoked by Hieronymus. (Bosch)
--- Gary Hallock

The thought which at that point dawned on 'im was
"Some so'n'so's sold seeds HOMONYMOUS.
I've sewn the wrong weed;
This won't feed my need,"
But still he enjoyed it, sans animus.
--- Gary Hallock

Homographs, homophones, two,
Will both give the devil his due.
My minds a jumble
Just like a bee bumble,
And join in the boggling cue.
--- Chris Papa

Our law, common folks will allow,
To gain wealth by sweat of their brow.
With pols it won't meddle;
Who influence peddle
And never are sent to HOOSEGOW.
--- Chris Papa

A convict in Jail or the HOOSEGOW
Is subject to a frequent goose bow,
That does drive many
To seek route--any--
That will let them be on the loose now!
--- Daniel Ford

I'm one of HORATIO ALGER's boys.
As a kid I had no toys.
Though I never read his book,
The idea still took
And today I know the good life's joys.
--- Norm Brust

The feeling of HORRIPILATION
Can lead to consternation.
In the pubic area
Where folks are hairier,
It can be mistaken of another sensation.
--- Norm Brust

With sex and guns as titillation,
Pop media's got a fixation.
Now nudes and gore
Bring only a snore,
Not exquisite HORRIPILATION.
--- J'Carlin

For HORRIPILATION exquisite,
One needs only again to revisit
The Hitchcock milieu,
Where gore's not in view
And the sex index high, but implicit.
--- J'Carlin

At the sight of large words, my heart thumps,
Prepared for liguistic long jumps.
Now HORRIPILATION,
Adds to the sensation,
Bringing on bristly goose bumps.
--- Chris Papa

We never have mastered the nerve,
When offering a guest an HORS D'OEUVRE,
From our dog's bowl steal
His nutritious meal,
And cocktail sauce just add and serve.
--- Chris Papa


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