Stop-Go
Fast-Slow
Days run willy-nilly
Laugh-Cry
How-Why
Life can be so silly
In-Out
Shh-Shout
Backs that need scratching
Tick-Tock
Shepherd-Flock
Eggs that need hatching
Yin-Yang
Coke-Tang
Balance in all things
Red-Blue
Me-You
Pairings of gold rings
Ping-Pong
Right-Wrong
One begets the other
Push-Pull
Bear-Bull
A sister or a brother
Strive-Wail
Try-Fail
Perfection’s pre-occupation
Give-Take
Fix-Break
Life’s about reciprocation
Up-Down
Green-Brown
Melody and harmony
Ebb-Flow
Shrink-Grow
Overweight or boney
Read-Write
Day-Night
I’m a poem poster
High-Low
To-Fro
Life’s a roller coaster
wow trying to get my head to stop spinnning....
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed this ! Your tempo invites the mind to actually hear the tick-Toc...Thanks for sharing!___=^..^=___Kittie
ReplyDeleteWow, sounds like my life! I got stuck on the back scratching part-that's my favorite thing in the world--turns me into a zombie.
ReplyDeleteIt makes me realize how unbalanced I am at this moment.
ReplyDeletereal roller coaster...but great writing
ReplyDeleteI mirrored yours.
ReplyDeletewell done and fun.
I really enjoyed the balance of opposites in this poem. Lovely rhyme and flow as well. Thanks for the inspiration this week.
ReplyDeleteI commented on OSI also. Love the roller coaster ride.
ReplyDeleteThe opposition and reciprocation create an entertaining read, Eric. Lots of fun mixed in with essential truths.
ReplyDeleteI reworked an oldie that seemed "not quite right" and posted it for this prompt:
http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2011/02/06/last-word/
this certainly is a roller coaster ride my friend... A fun one!
ReplyDeleteLove, love, LOVE the rhythym in this one. I saw it on someone else's site with a prompt too. Very cool. :)
ReplyDeleteFeelin' the beat and clapping along.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a marriage rap to me. :)
Love where your mind gets to!
xo
Awesome! Some very heavy statements made in a way that all will fall under your spell before they even realize its happening. Loves it :)
ReplyDeletefeeling a little wooozy...nice pairings and word association and/or dissociation.
ReplyDeletelove it all and agree --the mind goes up and down and in and out in reading....and leaves one spinning...well thought out Eric...truly enjoyed the reading of it..bkm
ReplyDeleteyou sure had fun with the wordplay, it was a funny piece, rare and I liked that :)
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I feel like I'm at a Chinese Ping Pong Tournement!!
ReplyDeletewow! Eric, I am losing my bearing here!
ReplyDeleteMy head's completely spinning.. very very creative indeed..
Mega love xx
thank you a fantastic rhyme and great flow well done and thank you
ReplyDeleteAah, Eric you drove me willy-nilly-silly there :)
ReplyDeleteYou made my mind do GREAT exercise!
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finding dreams for you
Laugh-Cry
ReplyDeleteHow-Why
Life can be so silly
I'll second that!
Lots of fun-- and very inventive! xxxj
ReplyDeletenicely done. very upbeat and fast. you certainly covered a lot of territory in this one!
ReplyDeleteThis poem's a fun little word game. I very much enjoyed it.
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