The Rumormonger’s Report
(posted for the A to Z Challenge)
R is for Rumors and Reports.
Rumormonger’s Report
The shooter of scuttlebutt sits
And spins several yarns, as she knits.
She’s flapping her jaw.
What’s stuck in her craw,
While ripping an old friend to bits?
With chit-chat most vile and sham,
The gossip vends loud-spoken spam.
She'll tittle and tat,
A-chewing the fat,
With any old Miss or Madame.
Outside of her circle they fall,
Ripped out like torn rows in her shawl.
Unmended, they lie,
No chance to deny
The gall of her tales told so tall.
c2011 by Linda Ann Nickerson
c2011 by Linda Ann Nickerson
Images:
The Friendly Gossip
by Eugene de Blaas
Early 20th Century
great post!
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Wow - I so know someone just like this! (And she's a HE!)
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The Frustrated Foodie
Your limericks are always so clever. Well done! My current A-Z Challenge blog is here: http://myheartblogstoyou.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeletei love these poems you've posted. and you're all the way up to U! great job!
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