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Poems - A Compendium of Clichés

A Compendium of Clichés

by Marty

It is Midnight,

Zero hour!

And the only thing that I know of clichés is that

You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

But the lines on the paper are blank,

“X” marks the spot.

My deadline for

writing is on the wall.

I had an idea of what I to wanted to do but it

vanished into thin air.

Now I am stuck-

up the creek without a paddle.

I wish that I could

turn back the clock.

You know,

start again at square one.

I do not want to

reinvent the wheel.

It is,

quite the contrary.

I simply want to

put two and two together.

Match up some

odds and ends.

It is no work of genius,

nothing to write home about.

But a

man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do.

I once read a

little black book**

of clichés* and discovered how to

kill two birds with one stone.

I believe by

just doing my job

I will be done

In less than no time.

Half the battle

is knowing when to

go whole hog.

So, let me put

first things first!

I will throw in

everything but the kitchen sink –

dot all the “i’s” and cross all the “t’s”

and for the

coupe de gráce

I will do it all in reverse alphabetical ordered. The

bottom line is;

for a poet is it’s

all in a day’s work!

A friend of mine challenged me to write poetry based on any random cliché. This piece was the result of that challenge. All clichés* are found in "The Dictionary of Clichés" by James Rodgers, the book cover color was actually white.**

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Re: A Compendium of Clichés (Score: 1 )
by maryanns on Saturday, October 29, 2011 (11:30:05)

Ah, this is great and every one of your phrases makes perfect sense. You certainly met the challenge... For those of us who intentionally or unintentionally include the odd cliche in our poetry, that website you mentioned might prove to be a godsend. Well done, Mary Ann Smile

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Re: A Compendium of Clichés (Score: 1 )
by Marty on Saturday, October 29, 2011 (12:23:45)

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Re: A Compendium of Clichés (Score: 1 )
by maryanns on Saturday, October 29, 2011 (13:47:53)

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Re: A Compendium of Clichés (Score: 1 )
by Marty on Saturday, October 29, 2011 (13:50:54)

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Re: A Compendium of Clichés (Score: 1 )
by omegapaf on Sunday, October 30, 2011 (01:46:20)

but is the glass half full or half empty marty? and does every dog have it's day? and is it always darkest before the dawn?
very original and fun to read marty - paul.

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Re: A Compendium of Clichés (Score: 1 )
by Marty on Sunday, October 30, 2011 (07:10:07)

acid test

Achilles heel

called a spade a spade

let the cat out of the bag

to make a long story short

the worm has turned

hit the bricks

quite horsing around

ClichéSite.com

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Re: A Compendium of Clichés (Score: 1 )
by Phoebe on Saturday, November 12, 2011 (12:19:54)

A truly clever and entertaining write Marty, loved reading it:)-Phoebe

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Re: A Compendium of Clichés (Score: 1 )
by Marty on Saturday, November 12, 2011 (13:31:19)

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Re: A Compendium of Clichés (Score: 1 )
by FuchsiaFestival! on Thursday, December 01, 2011 (01:10:27)

That was very good! I love it, because it has meaning to it.

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Re: A Compendium of Clichés (Score: 1 )
by Marty on Thursday, December 01, 2011 (01:15:40)

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Re: A Compendium of Clichés (Score: 1 )
by sedubah on Monday, December 05, 2011 (13:04:55)

dear poet,
you are quite clever indeed

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Re: A Compendium of Clichés (Score: 1 )
by Marty on Monday, December 05, 2011 (13:28:27)

your

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Re: A Compendium of Clichés (Score: 1 )
by floatingpoet on Thursday, December 22, 2011 (18:27:56)

I'm not that smart a feller when it comes to poetry without rhyme but I take your word for it. and seein how's my buddy maryann gives it a ten then I will too. Capt Mike!

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Re: A Compendium of Clichés (Score: 1 )
by Marty on Thursday, December 22, 2011 (22:56:01)

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Re: A Compendium of Clichés (Score: 1 )
by Leggolas on Friday, December 23, 2011 (10:31:29)

A very inventive and intriguing piece of poetry. Fond Regards. Leggolas.

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Re: A Compendium of Clichés (Score: 1 )
by Marty on Saturday, December 24, 2011 (01:52:04)

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