Tag Archives: theme

REALLY AWFULLY DUBIOUS

Posted on November 1, 2013 by colonialist

A thing I’m dubious about Is ‘dubious’ as theme, Although there can be little doubt It popular may seem. With ‘Dubi-dubi-du’-bious, In Frank Sinatra style, Night Stranglers to make furious At Halloween, a while? Then, ‘Do-be, or not do-be’ -us, … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Personal Journal, Really Awful Rhyme, Writing | Tagged colds and antibiotics, Colonialist, Dubious, dubious puns, dubious reputation, humorous verse, light-hearted poetry, Really Awful Rhyme, theme | 28 Comments

Really Awfully Ambiguous – you cannot rate this too highly!

Posted on October 4, 2013 by colonialist

‘Am-big-u-ous’ as theme we find From SidevieW now to deal, And what the word does bring to mind, South Africans to feel, Is statement to a group of those To say that one has size (That ‘fellows’ is expressed as … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Humour, Poems, Really Awful Rhyme | Tagged ambiguity, Colonialist, Really Awful Rhyme, theme, wordplay. | 41 Comments

Simply Not Done – Really Awfully

Posted on September 27, 2013 by colonialist

The SidevieW theme that she has chost Is ‘Something I Have Never Done Before’; I must admit it has me lost – For all I’ve ever done will have to score! The things one tries the first time round … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Humour, Really Awful Rhyme, Travel | Tagged Colonialist, doggerel rhyme., humour, Map of route for Ginger Willam trip, Really Awful Rhyme, Something I Have Never Done Before, theme, wordplay. | 31 Comments

Really awfully into reading

Posted on September 3, 2013 by colonialist

As far as the last SidevieW theme is concerned, it is a case of ‘net abate then lever’! Or thumb such sing. When lost in a book one may find one’s inclined To let the real world slip completely … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Challenge, Language, Really Awful Rhyme | Tagged Colonialist, getting into a book, getting into reading, lost in a book, Really Awful Rhyme, theme | 27 Comments

REALLY MOST AWFULLY PERFECT WOMEN

Posted on August 11, 2013 by colonialist

Yes women are a handy sort of thing to have around Although the right ones are a little thin upon the ground They mustn’t be the slightest trace of the complaining sort But able to keep coming all the beers while you … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Humour, Poems, Really Awful Rhyme, Satire | Tagged challenge, Colonialist, funny rhyme, Really Awful Rhyme, satire, theme, Women | 50 Comments

DOES THIS RING A REALLY AWFUL BELL?

Posted on June 23, 2013 by colonialist

So, ‘Should that be there?’ Is the SidevieW theme, And I do declare One would hardly dream (Quite unlike the one In a garden found) One would have the fun To see one around In the setting where It was … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Personal Journal, Photography, Really Awful Rhyme | Tagged Colonialist, map survey ship Protea, Really Awful Rhyme, theme | 9 Comments

REALLY AWFUL INCONSISTENCY

Posted on May 11, 2013 by colonialist

What’s found within consistency Is often just persistency; (So please accept this little nudge: Admit it now without a grudge!) So when that is existent, see, And one will not resistant be, To sensing, maybe distantly, Some inconsistency degree Can … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Gardens, Humour, Poems, Really Awful Rhyme | Tagged Colonialist, garden reclamation., inconsistency, Really Awful Rhyme, theme, Theme: Inconsistency, wordplay. | 23 Comments

That really awfully elusive photograph.

Posted on April 13, 2013 by colonialist

(That Elusive Photograph is SideView’s theme this weekend.) Six pooches is our current flock, Though seven, once, we had in stock, And often, through the years, I’ve tried to snap them as a group, So you could see the total … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Dogs, Personal Journal, Photography, Poems, Really Awful Rhyme | Tagged Colonialist, dogs, fun verse, NaPoWriMo, photography, poetry, Really Awful Rhyme, That Elusive Photograph, theme | 31 Comments

REALLY AWFULLY CRAMPED TRIMETERS AND REALLY SPACIOUS GARDENS

Posted on April 8, 2013 by colonialist

In my rhyme At this time Let us see Brevity! For my muse Will refuse To come near, Or appear, So that I Must get by Without much More than such As there be Currently Showing right In your sight … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Colonialist, verse, writing, music composition, fantasy, Africa, journal., Gardens, Humour, Poems, Really Awful Rhyme | Tagged brevity in verse., Colonialist, large suburban gardens Durban., NaPoWriMo, poetry, Really Awful Rhyme, theme, trimeters | 25 Comments

REALLY AWFULLY GOOD ADVICE

Posted on April 7, 2013 by colonialist

My NaPoWriMo edition for the day will incorporate the Trifecta Weekend Challenge Theme: ‘On to the weekend challenge. We want you to give us thirty-three words of advice. Your advice can be to anyone or about anything. We only ask … Continue reading →