Tag Archives: wordplay

Holy Hitching Post, Batman!

Batman

the Penguin

married Poppins–

–and Batman: Dracula,

the one was due,

2 shaded views,

the other

—maculas–

impaired by light

the Darkest Knight

went bats for pointed tooth…

Wonder Boy

went on to wed

–his Bread–

and what a wedding!

until the toast,

when guests disposed,

of bride with tasteless spreading…

(no big surprise)

since super-size

of bride begat baguetting

Mr. Freeze

dug

feline sleaze,

–the woman known as Cat

but pose she struck

was frozen stuck

when ice-man dropped to knees,

a sculpture that–

–graced punch bowl at

the rites of fellow thieves…

the Ridd’lah next,

wrote witty text

for vows employed in lieu…

but lost his wife

who failed to cipher

words to say: “I do”…

no punchline sung,

from twisted tongue,

just teleprompted clues.

yes, Batman and

prime-time brigands

–had lives off TV set–

that packed a punch

¡KAZOW!

(and lunch)

though Joker’s still on deck.

batman balloon

©Karen R.

Context is Everything

 

I’m all mixed up

jumble

–drawin’ a blank

scrabble

–cant seem to find the right way to say

word find

opposing views don’t always need such vehement expression

cross words

such expression can go over the top

hangman

be misconstrued

bee miss Spelled

turn 15 minutes into

black magic squares

render sentiments into

re’sentiments

aka

Ghosts.

©Karen Robiscoe

 

6th Sense

5_stars

stars & storms & stolen stuff

feet & hands & hands you bluff

marooned & moonwalk

–roll & rock

lakes and senses

done o’clock

smackin’ palms &

brittle fish

kickin’ back &

smokin’ this

cigars & sadness

e•le•ments

share this common

–can you guess?

©Karen Robiscoe

 

the “Where’s Waldo?” of this…uh…pentameter…;)

stars

category 5

5 finger discount

feet

hands

5 card draw

Maroon 5

Jackson 5

Great Lakes

senses

quittin’ time

high 5

starfish

take five

pot leaves

5 ¢ cigars

5 Lamentations

5 Elements

 

 

Char’Coal Styk #8

Karen Robiscoe dba CHARRONs CHATTERI am

built, baby—

oooWee,

I am–

like a stack’a bricks, I tell ya’

(mostly yell’ah)

and I don’t mean to be

graphemic

but you should see the

set of tittles I got on me

!!

just above my

i i

zuh

they’re somethin’, all right.

Xtra

long

&

Xtra thick

my polar opposite

&

woven through with moths

–drawn in

by their shadow–

©Karen Robiscoe

TKO

puzzle_piece_left
 
I’ve left my brain

–logically speaking—

in a lurch

my write brain

overloaded

scrambling

ambidextrous in the aftermath

(thank God math’s over)

so

I

seduced

induced

created a mock-up mind

smoke, mirrors

(so status quo)

and hot air

(for that must-have popcorn popper)

kinda like a pontoon that isn’t fully inflated

(it won’t win any Stanley cups)

and like any jerried Rig, there are

…ahh

deficiencies

mutations

complications…

cortical bridge overwhelmed by

bawling

bellowing

billowing boat

that plays havoc with recall

and port to port cargo

(I ship you not)

©Karen Robiscoe

Cake’s Boss

candy apples
affection confection

is kindness that’s rindless

) (

its sweet pip

a cream dip

& cherry whip,

minus—
 
 
pits, stops, & lashes

unless maso

–kisstic

sadistically

chissing

deep down in the mYstic

bonding like batter

that’s spicy

&

~rising~

a marzipan phatter

than moJo surprising–

–than

ticklish

licker-ish,

a

sweet-tart-the-tang

is huggable drug–

(( ))

& heady meringue.

©Karen Robiscoe