where is the area
cows like to nap?
chickens to roost?
ladybugs flap?
the one
that you run to,
stretch at,
and bat?
a site
that’s well-lighted
>vacant or not<
& fragrant
with bacon
the breadwinner brought
& basted on fires
kept burning so hot?
a place
that’s unmatched
–but found
when away
a space for your heart
–to call it a day
a’state
–that has gates
but never a saint?
a locale
that’s free–
yet nothing to note,
a castle for he,
but still her abode,
a stead
where your head
has bed
& zip code?
what’s that?
do these hints
make you want
to explode?
I’ll close, then,
the prose, when
you figure out poem
–work it out now
or bring
it on home…
©Karen Robiscoe
It’s been a while since I wrote an idiom-based poem,and in the course of writing a different home poem–an adage-based poem, oh wink wink wink–this one kinda worked itself out. ‘Hope you get a kick, and for the riddle-me-thisser’s out there–the Where’s Waldo’ers?–here’s a chronological list of idioms referenced…
- ‘til the cows come home
- chickens come home to roost
- ladybug, ladybug, fly away home
- home run
- home stretch
- home plate
- lights are on, no one’s home
- bring home the bacon
- keep the home fires burning
- no place like home
- home away from home
- home is where the heart is
- home free
- nothing to write home about
- a man’s home is his castle
- a woman’s place is in the home
- homestead
- homework
March 11, 2015 
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