Saturday, June 22, 2013

Idioms

                                                        Attribution: D Sharon Pruitt
Image: Feeling Blue
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

Racking one's brains on just what to do
Taking more than what one can chew
One gets bogged down
Not without a frown
Bitter pill to swallow makes one feel blue

She was innocently and totally in the dark
When all the while hubby was on the lark
Bitter pill to swallow
When she got to know
For the kids' sake it was swept under the rug

Kelvin is hosting for Poetics at d'Verse with 'to bring in the idioms in poetry'
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19 comments:

  1. Pat HattJune 22, 2013 at 5:07 PM

    Used many of the there, with your limerick affair, #1 what fun

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  2. Brian MillerJune 22, 2013 at 5:18 PM

    it can def get overwelming when you take on much...and will leave you in a lurch...and it is humbling to admit it eventually as well...

    ack on the second one...betrayal sucks...

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    1. kaykualaJune 22, 2013 at 5:24 PM

      1. Can lead to writer's block
      2. Happens all the time

      Hank

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  3. GraceJune 22, 2013 at 5:34 PM

    What a bitter pill to swallow ~ But swept under the rug, grrr gets my ire ~ Good work Hank ~

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  4. Laurie KolpJune 22, 2013 at 6:04 PM

    I bet it can't stay under the rug for long!

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  5. MaryJune 22, 2013 at 7:06 PM

    So often I think that is just what happens, unfortunately, Hank......for the sake of the children. Sigh. I like what you did with the prompt.

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  6. ReneeJune 22, 2013 at 8:19 PM

    Like what you did with the prompt. Visiting from dVerse.

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  7. AnonymousJune 22, 2013 at 10:49 PM

    The stuff that's swept under the rug somehow finds its way out into the open again. Though, children often can see what we think they can't. A good write. -Mike

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  8. ClaudiaJune 23, 2013 at 12:40 AM

    ugh....i wonder if it's ever the right thing to sweep things under the rug...better face the facts and think about a plan...good work on the prompt hank

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  9. kelvin s.m.June 23, 2013 at 1:16 AM

    ..ah, what a heart ripping scene you produced in your second stanza Hank... suddenly i fill pity for the innocence of the woman & the involvement of the children... that husband must find his way back to hell... as Brian said: 'betrayal sucks!'

    ...great take Hank... smiles...

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  10. Jyoti MishraJune 23, 2013 at 1:17 AM

    wow..
    The last line was Bang..
    why parents do that... hiding all the roughs under the rug.. until its too late, sometimes

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  11. LaTonya BaldwinJune 23, 2013 at 8:25 AM

    I'm with Boston. Children see more, know more than we want to see.

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  12. Myrna R.June 23, 2013 at 9:52 AM

    Sad story, but nice use of idioms here. It's always hard on children when their parents misbehave. And they can always sense something's wrong.

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  13. dsJune 23, 2013 at 10:20 AM

    Very nice. Yes, we all get bogged down when we take on too much. Trying to hide stuff for the sake of the kids is natural--and rarely works. Great write, Hank. Thank you.

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  14. Maggie GraceJune 23, 2013 at 10:41 AM

    More than idioms swept under the rug. I'd want to beat that rug... in the cleaning sense, of course ;-O

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  15. AnonymousJune 23, 2013 at 7:51 PM

    sad story, nicely written. For the sake of the children, one is able to bear a lot of hardships, including emotional ones.

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  16. TCPCJune 23, 2013 at 10:17 PM

    Bitter truth sans choices but to accept it and move on. Tough! nicely done

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  17. seasideauthorJune 24, 2013 at 9:07 AM

    Good story of idioms...Yep...move on is all you can do.

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