Monday, November 30, 2020

The King's English

Quadrille #117 and the word is “abide” using exactly 44 words.   Submitted November 30, 2020

*************


The King’s English, indeed

Is written in code


If today we go for a ride

Tomorrow you might say we rode


But what we say we can’t abide

Does not affect our abode     


And things we hide today

Alas! We can’t say we hoed. 

20 comments:

  1. That is a very playful poem. On the last stanza, depends on if it's a body or not ;)

    ReplyDelete
  2. Very funny, Beverly, enjoyed that word play! JIM

    ReplyDelete
  3. LOL😁 you got me with this bit of humourous

    Thanks for dropping by to read mine

    Much💜love

    ReplyDelete
  4. I'm smiling at your wordplay. A smile is always welcome!

    ReplyDelete
  5. A wonderful use of the prompt. I love what you die with the rhyming words at the end of each stanza!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Love your wordplay within this quadrille!

    ReplyDelete
  7. I enjoyed this grammatical gaff...made me laff ;)

    ReplyDelete
  8. Hahaha, love the wordplay! "Hoed" made me laugh very much. Brilliant.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Hahahaha! Yes, sometimes English doesn't make sense. What is it my kids say? 'I drinked all my milk.' Weak and strong verbs - euch! The Anglo Saxons are to blame!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Clever! The idiosyncrasies of the English language

    ReplyDelete
  11. Clever and funny, Bev, and great wordplay. Blame it on the origins of words.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Witty piece - I pity anyone who has to learn English as a second language

    ReplyDelete
  13. So much clever wordplay here, Beverly! I love it!

    ReplyDelete
  14. Ha.. indeed English is quite hard and challenging.

    ReplyDelete
  15. Love the rhyme scheme - clever write

    ReplyDelete