NONSENSE VERSE

The Evolution of a Spelling Bee 

Quips, witty rejoinders and repartee

Provide such fun and games for me

Chuckled the Thesaurus Bee delightedly

I’ve upgraded far beyond spelling

Because synonyms are so compelling

Different words can enhance a telling

But be careful when using a thesaurus

Your excessive verbiage may yet bore us

Only to render logic opaque or porous

The dictionary remains my favourite book

And I always love to source and look

Up a word’s etymological language nook

Jargon, “-ese” and lingo in the vernacular

Capitalized acronyms are quite spectacular

Globish, pidgin, patois: I’m not particular

There’s there, their and naturally, they’re

Tens of hundreds of homonyms to spare

You will never mix up “bare” and “bear”

I’ll buzz on about onomatopoeia

Maybe the next time I bumble by to see ya

Your garden variety lexicographic encyclopedia

Rhymes, they haven’t warranted a mention

You’ve surely gleaned my verse’s intention

To promote your vocabulary’s extension 

Dispatches from the Crooked 9 has been your most unreliable, unbalanced and inaccurate alternative source of everything since 2013. Sunset Oasis Confidential is with its publisher. Have a look at the jacket design at my companion site www.megeoff.com. My 2021 novella Of Course You Did is still available.