Posted on 28th Sep 2021
Doing a Hobbo! Doing a Hobbo, what does it mean? The expression implies that your brain is not keen enough to come up with a quick, witty remark, needs time to reflect before making its mark. Requires contemplation, reflection, some thought, then with a deft flick, the ball's in your court. A short, pithy poem, initially funny, it quickly transpires is bang on the money. That's doing a Hobbo, it is happy, not triste, then, just as you're chuckling, you are caught by the twist.
Posted on 1st Mar 2021
Prime rhyme time Of the many pastimes, that I play at sometimes My favourite thing is the writing of rhymes. I've fiddled with riddles, since I was but little. A bad one's a sad one, a good 'un fair chimes. I grill and I thrill, as I bend to my will. It's fruity, it suits me, it's lemon and limes. Unbidden, the words spring to life in my head. I grab one, I stab one, before they have fled. They won't go away, they're determined to stay And dance, in a trance, in a sashay display. The rhyme in the stanza, for me is the answer. Each Haiku that I do, a bonny bonanza. A bee in my bonnet, as I sing my sonnet To use it, is music, to lose it is chronic. I'm impelled to, compelled to, I must do, I need ter Search, nay research, for some rhyme in my meter. I'll play all the day, for some words that just may E'en shift me, uplift me, a roll in the hay. It's easy, it's peasy, it's what poets do It sneaks in and peaks in, while I'm on the loo. Sometimes sensational, oft inspirational Frantic, its antics, my Little Boy Blue. I'm in it, to win it, I don't often bin it When my wit, is unfit though, I might have to thin it. If I get marooned, in the mid-afternoon By a girl in a whirl, or a dame in a swoon Have a nail in my pail, catch a thorn in my prune Anchor my Tanka, before it balloons. Then I mean, to be seen, to make it a rule To read to the readers, my audience who'll Say Hobbo's a laddo, he's nobody's fool He's sunny, he's funny, the drool in my pool. So for humans with lumens, with light in your pen And actors with factors poetical, then Stop fighting, get writing, through dictionary roam Desire to inspire us, and sire us a poem. Inspired by an original poem by Burges Johnson
Posted on 12th Sep 2020
Today’s brand new ditty is called Friends. We hope you like it!
Dauphy
Find it in the menu under ‘other poems.’
Posted on 9th Sep 2020
Today’s brand new poem on http://www.hobbospoems.com is called cheers. You’ll find it in the menu under other poems. Cheers!
Dauphy
Posted on 2nd Sep 2020
More new poems freshly published. Including one about Horatio, and you don't need to be a genius to work out where you will find that one!
Posted on 25th Aug 2020
Check out my brand new monologue, ‘Tommy’s birthday.’ This will get your chuckle muscle working!
Posted on 24th Aug 2020
Four new poems added to the site today. Check them out please. Let me know what you think. Thanks
Posted on 23rd Aug 2020
Thanks Dauphy. I am now finding my way round the website. I’ve set up five categories of poem. There is just one example of each for the moment. Plenty more to follow later. Just click on the link to read each one. Hope you like the accompanying photos. Please enjoy.
Hobbo