Grand Spaces ~ Spanned Graces
A ludicrous number of spoonerisms arranged into a poem.
Spoonerisms, i.e., rhyming transpositions of initial sounds, rank among the lowest of literary forms. By celebrating the mere coincidence that some words sound like others, spoonerisms conjure an illusion of low-grade meaning. As the province of fools and half-wits, it is preferable never to read or think about spoonerisms in any context for any reason. That being said, here are several spoonerisms arranged into a poem.
Grand Spaces ~ Spanned Graces
signed and wondered
whined and sundered
the noon, a mob
the moon, a knob
lowering tide
towering, lied
the world matters
the muraled waters
the rain tried
the train ride
spanned graces
grand spaces
same tea
tame sea
same feelings
fame ceilings
many others
any mothers
older kids
colder ids
nursery came
cursory name
anonymity
niño amity
healthy weight
wealthy hate
school colors
cool scholars
doing chores
chewing doors
knitting shoes
shitting news
full of norms
null of forms
had glands
glad hands
spay, woof
weigh, spoof
cash offer
ash coffer
keen app
kneecap
sleuth’s trap
truth’s slap
lay in your stain
stay in your lane
formal, nude
normal food
could watch
would catch
chicken
kitchen
frayed mesh
made fresh
meat, ham
heat, ma’am
the eight of wands
the weight of ands
hushed and flaunted
flushed and haunted
squinted and glared
glinted and squared
grasped roughly
rasped gruffly
lazy, crude
crazy, lewd
nudged by juices
judged by nooses
grown with crime
crown with grime
rooted to the floor
fluted to the roar
tossed to the side
sauced to the tide
the riddle of must
the middle of rust
said, done
dead sun
sacks hung
hacks sung
*
paste the torch
taste the porch
stranger meat
manger, street
do your receipts
rue your deceits
sales force
fails source
flag, station
stagflation
craven greeds
graven creeds
Sonic crying
chronic sighing
Goofy pissed
poofy gist
Moses punked
poses, monked
lemon-eyed devil
demon-eyed, level
tamed the orchard
aimed the tortured
through time
tooth, rhyme
swallowing wings
wallowing swings
powers lines
lowers pines
what’s cool
cuts wool
whom to follow
fume, to hollow
attack of the clones
a clack of the tones
tin sax
syntax
duel of the fates
fuel of the dates
power surges
sour purges
shanty cops
antique shops
paying for storage
staying for porridge
all the trash
trawl the ash
solar punk
polar, sunk
droughts of thinking
thoughts of drinking
went to risky
rent to whisky
tending the ether
ending the tether
*
grow from seed
sew from greed
a truck you lust
a luck you trust
a luck you sent
a succulent
four years
your fears
say a word
weigh a sword
lend a bite
bend a light
crypto time
tiptoe, crime
cashing out wages
washing out cages
front and back
bunt and frack
swaggering, dimming
daggering, swimming
pinging the brain
bringing the pain
ending the tears
tending the ears
fading a trend
trading a friend
seeing a fly
fleeing a sigh
new year’s day
do years neigh?
a billion moos
a million boos
weeks unsquished
squeaks unwished
daughter whistled
water, distilled
simplifies amplitude
amplifies simplitude
monaural
awe — no moral
strengthening our life
lengthening our strife
hunting the start
stunting the heart
icy dalliances
dicey alliances
marked at birth
barked at mirth
grief still lean
leaf still green
screaming mutiny
memeing scrutiny
air, when it wends
where, when it ends
milling the wind
willing the mind
to care, spasms
to spare chasms
the speech of runes
the reach of spoons
winning your say
sinning your way
Morse koans
coarse moans
muffle sobs
soufflé mobs
feast and yearn
yeast and fern
yellow hue
hello you
dreading your seams
ceding you dreams
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