A Homonym Poem Poem by Shankaran Kutty

(Homonyms are words which are spelt and pronounced the same, but mean different. Here I have attempted to write a poem using homonyms to rhyme.)

One day a family I found I had to address
On something official, but reached the wrong address
My memory I knew I never could bank
I even forget my money is in which bank

I knew right now I was playing with fire
For if I did not do it, my boss would me fire
I racked my brain for all data I could exact
I got the address, but it just wasn’t exact

I suddenly remembered and off did I bolt
Till I reached the house and unlocked the bolt
“Stay still”, said a voice, “put up your arms
And don’t move or I will use my loaded arms”

Suddenly someone switched on the light
And then my heart felt a little light
And an old face appeared which said “You may
Come in for it is hot in the month of May: ”

Scared I looked around, it was a big yard
To reach the gate I have to run many a yard
I had come so fresh after a personal groom
But now I looked flushed like a nervous groom

The Old Man said “Please come in dear
You are my guest and so I hold you dear”
got in the big hall with many a pillar and beam
For having got entry, I did stand there and beam

The servants soon arrived in a file
The accountant sat engrossed in a file
I went and sat in the sofa on the left
All my bravery had long since left

A dog outside did loudly bark
Sharpening his claws on a pine tree bark
In the large garden hung bananas long
For those tasty fruits, did my heart then long

On a stream outside I found few people row
A small country boat, sitting in a row
Across the stream a woodcutter I saw
Cutting his wood with an electric saw

And then I heard the building walls rock
And stood before me, a giant like a rock
With fear I felt my heart then sink
He picked me up and threw into the kitchen sink

And then to escape, I picked up a lead
From the sink I found a giant tube that did lead
To escape, I thought and slid through to fall
On the ground below, like leaves in fall

My mission failed, I couldn’t stop a tear
The journey through the tube, my shirt did tear
And like a little pumpkin had swollen my foot
Without pain, I could not move a foot.

But the situation I knew was seriously grave
For any delays, and I would end up in a grave
My heart got drowned in a joy filled wave
As I saw my wife and kids stand far and wave

Then with hope I then rose
The thorn filled path felt like petals of a rose
Across the garden and around the well
I bounded across, didn’t care I wasn’t well

I got into the car and the doors did close
The giant by then had come quite close
We sped across the river, mountain and quarry
The giant was angry, he missed his quarry

Although I was glad to be home so free
I realized nothing in life comes free
This incident in my life did play its part
From my well paying job, I soon had to part

By the time it was next spring
I was up and bouncing like a well-oiled spring
But to God I pray, that if he is so kind
Never another scare, of the same kind