The cat has come across a few that asks what I do. I tend to tell them Pat writes so my rhyming won't keep them up nights. Let's face it, to some people rhyming is scary, umm, shit. Isn't that right? Hmm, maybe that will be another post that takes flight.
You write books?
They give strange looks.
You must be rich.
They say in a high pitch.
No one can do that.
Err umm see a rhyming cat.
It must be so hard.
Yep, like mowing the yard.
How do I get that job?
Go ask farmer Bob.
I got ideas to write.
Boy, they sound tight.
Is it easy to do?
Probably not for you.
Can I do it?
Didn't I answer that bit?
Do I need an idea from the start?
Err umm, no wonder you work at Wal-Mart.
What if I get stuck?
Paddle like a duck.
Can I use other ideas from others?
Sorry, no rip offs, even from mothers.
How can I write?
Err umm, keyboards don't bite.
Will it take a while?
Depends on the style.
How long will it take?
Longer than baking a cake.
Will it need to be long?
Longer than a song.
Can I write anything?
Even about a fling.
Why should I write?
Beats me at my site.
Is writing easy to do?
Repeating yourself at my zoo.
Will you write my idea for me?
Yep, right after the cat fills your shoe with pee.
I have one line and need more.
Hopefully your one line doesn't bore.
The cat has given such smart arse remarks to a few, as they are a tad slow at their zoo. I'm sure you have too. Get rich? Who knew? Certainty not my bank account with its measly amount. Now I am through with any sass from my little rhyming ass.
Fill your rummer, get drunk all summer.
You write books?
They give strange looks.
You must be rich.
They say in a high pitch.
No one can do that.
Err umm see a rhyming cat.
It must be so hard.
Yep, like mowing the yard.
How do I get that job?
Go ask farmer Bob.
I got ideas to write.
Boy, they sound tight.
Is it easy to do?
Probably not for you.
Can I do it?
Didn't I answer that bit?
Do I need an idea from the start?
Err umm, no wonder you work at Wal-Mart.
What if I get stuck?
Paddle like a duck.
Can I use other ideas from others?
Sorry, no rip offs, even from mothers.
How can I write?
Err umm, keyboards don't bite.
Will it take a while?
Depends on the style.
How long will it take?
Longer than baking a cake.
Will it need to be long?
Longer than a song.
Can I write anything?
Even about a fling.
Why should I write?
Beats me at my site.
Is writing easy to do?
Repeating yourself at my zoo.
Will you write my idea for me?
Yep, right after the cat fills your shoe with pee.
I have one line and need more.
Hopefully your one line doesn't bore.
The cat has given such smart arse remarks to a few, as they are a tad slow at their zoo. I'm sure you have too. Get rich? Who knew? Certainty not my bank account with its measly amount. Now I am through with any sass from my little rhyming ass.
Fill your rummer, get drunk all summer.
Well, it's one for the money
ReplyDeleteTwo for the show,
Three to get ready
Now go, CAT, go
But don't you step on my BLUE suede shoe
You can do anything but lay off of my Blue suede shoe.
Scooby Doo!
Can I chew the shoe?
DeleteA little slobber between me and you
Great post!
DeleteYippeee
DeleteFor mee
Pat why your new picture is soo little ! Almost I can't see you lol
Deletelol oh well
DeleteAll three so swell
Little pic, but kitties, too
DeleteWhat a great addition at your zoo!!!
I need others glasses lol
DeleteYep! Now I see three in a row:)
Deletelol glasses made you not see
DeleteDamn eyesight of thee lol
From coast to coast!
DeleteDon't mean to boast
Yes you do
DeleteAt your zoo
Writing's not easy
ReplyDeleteWriting's not peasy.
I find prose bad enough
But poems are TOUGH.
I'm just a rhyming nut
DeleteStuck in a rhyming rut
Considering how atrocious some spelling is out there, I would guess rhyming is even harder for most.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that is true
DeleteCan't rhyme wtf, omg and crap like that they use at each zoo
he he, after the cat fills your shoe with pee
ReplyDeletewhat about unless you have lived a life of outrageous fortune
or that of a well known celebrity or politician
few people want to hear your life story
Much less write about it.
Yep, that is very true
DeleteFew people want to know at their zoo
And when they do
They usually want something from you
ha, I like to write poems that rhyme
ReplyDeleteI can do it most anytime
sometimes my words are sublime
tell me is that a crime
words forming a harmonious chime
layered in thought, the mind does climb
hey, I like the new profile pic...very nice indeed
here at your feed....
Rhyme away
DeleteAll through the day
Works for our sea
Easy a can be
Took some doing
And some cat shooing
But got it done
3 for one
Cat has a story to tell in rhyme
ReplyDeleteOf mountains far and yet to climb
Of shoes to fill with warm yellow pee
And secrets shared between you and me
The truth comes out and makes one squirm
There are beliefs that make us firm
Making all squirm
DeleteEven about the worm
Sure works for me
After I fill their shoe with pee
Tell me to write?
ReplyDeleteMy butt they can bite.
It once came as a command from 'God'
Via a person who was extremely odd...
But one poke from the muse
And my mind blows a fuse.
lol hopefully you have a backup fuse
DeleteTo keep in tune that muse
I think rhyming is tough.
ReplyDeleteLike getting out of a handcuff.
I don't know how you do it every single day.
But I so enjoy visiting your bay!
Just let it flow
DeleteAnd away I go
Not sure I'd get out of a handcuff though
Not breaking my thumbs at my show
You know when you get questions like that the person won't ever really write anything.
ReplyDeleteYep, they won't do a thing
DeleteBut sit on their rump at their wing
Nice :)
ReplyDeleteSounds grand
DeleteAt my land
Writing a book is not easy
ReplyDeleteit often makes one queasy
and can turn out quite cheesy!
Writing a book can be fun
you spend your days on your bum
but miss out on all the sun!
Writing a book isn't for sissies
nor for people who are proud missies
or for those who prefer kissies!
Writing a book can bring pleasure
in all kinds of weather
rewards will be a treasure!
haha well I can stop for kisses from the right person at my sea
DeleteOther wise on my bum I'll be writing away with glee
And yeah some can be cheesy as can be
Nice book rhyming spree
Ya, kisses with the right person is key
Deletemuch beyond the ordinary!
Need the right one though
DeleteOr you'd just eat crow
You're the reason many of us rhyme
ReplyDeletewhen we type out our little chime.
Contagious it is.
A fun little biz.
Makes you different from every other bay.
Did you always do it this way?
Even before there was a blog
from Orlin, the attention hog? lol...
Got you all in
DeleteFor the win
With my rhyming spin
Here at my bin
Different I like to be
No wannabes or rip offs at my sea
Was always different indeed
Not sure as many rhymes took seed lol
I can't tell you how many times each day I get annoyed by the job ads I see for writers. "This one should be easy for a good writer, so we're only paying $5 for 500 words." Or, "$1 for each post of 1000 words" with the promise of daily work. Why would anyone want to write all day for less than the cost of a Starbucks coffee? There are MUCH easier ways to earn a dollar!
ReplyDeleteOh, I've seen those ads too
DeleteMake more scooping poo
No way would I do that
If it was so easy they'd do it where they were at
Such people will never write anything of their own
ReplyDeleteNot a chance
DeleteWith their stance
So you AREN'T rich??? Lol who knew?! I wonder how much Grumpy Cat makes. Haha
ReplyDeleteNice new pic, Pat!! It's been years!!!
Grumpy cat makes millions at his sea
DeleteNot years, just years with a new pose for me lol
"Do I need an idea from the start?"
ReplyDeleteThat's obvious and one must be smart
Must be rhyming
That'll be interesting
Writing and rhyming wrought with false starts
Hank
Many find it tough
DeleteLike lifting heavy stuff
But doesn't have to be
At least not for me
You do make a million rhymes though!
ReplyDeletelol that is true
DeleteIf only I had a buck for everyone that came due
I think it's super cool,
ReplyDeleteThat you found a way to make your craft your tool,
You clearly know how to write well,
Noticed that immediately first time on your blog I did fell,
I always enjoy what you have to say,
glad you found a way to make it pay.
lol too bad it doesn't pay a lot
DeleteBut I keep up the plot
People would ask me all the time
ReplyDeleteabout the type of work I do
they think if they knew how to type
that was all that they had to do
same I would imagine with a writer
that people think it is an easy fix
that one can rich on it
without having to do much work for the mix
betty
Yep, that is how they think
DeleteAs in work behind it doesn't sink
We don't write to make the money, we write for the thrill of writing. Right/write?
ReplyDeleteWrite you rightfully are
DeleteBut money would be nice in my jar
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ReplyDeleteMistake
DeleteYou make lol
lol to people who think writer's are rich. Like 1% of everyone who's published makes enough money to survive on. Most of us have other jobs because passion, not moolah.
ReplyDeleteYep, most make $1000 a year if they are lucky enough to
DeleteBarely enough to afford paper for the loo
Filling my shoe with pee?
ReplyDeleteSounds like a story to me.
Could give it a go
DeleteIf you wish for it to show
Writing is not an easy job. And for most of us, it doesn't make us rich. I think we do it to get the voices out of our heads. :)
ReplyDeleteYep, that is why it is done
DeleteAs the voices in my head sure run
Most of the authors I know have day jobs to pay the bills. Might not make you rich but if you're having fun doing it, that's all that matters.
ReplyDeleteThat is true
DeleteLet the fun shine through
I heard back before the 20th century, most writers did writing as a side job. Just ask Edgar Allen Poe. He was a Poe man.
DeleteSo it was all the time
DeleteSide job as a mime
I imagine that once you get in practice it gets easier. And broadens your vocabulary.
ReplyDeleteTrue, the more you do
DeleteThere more that falls out at each zoo
orlin N cassie...
ReplyDeletewe tried ta get gram paw dude ta rite bout how he getted ta bee a gram paw when
9) him loozed hiz ....parts
a) him never waz mare reed
Y) he had... GRAN kidz .....but noe kidz....kidz
& 4) heerz two a dusky grouper & dottyback kinda week oh end ♥♥♥
o) and hiz storeez a werk in progess ~ !!!
lol that would be an interesting tale
DeleteSure wouldn't end up a fail
Now that's a tale
DeleteThat'd bring in the mail
I'd buy the book
At Gram Paw's nook
For some writing like breathing
ReplyDeleteIdeas like birds
Just watch them
and listen,
record their songs...
Yep, that's they way it is
DeleteHere with the writing biz
Get rich writing.....if only. Live comfortably writing....if only.
ReplyDeleteBe able to survive on your writing income.....if only.
:)
Yep, haven't cracked either three
DeleteHere at my sea
It may be a castle in the sky
ReplyDeleteBut your chances of getting rich are high
Higher than those who whine
I can't make a poem out of mine!
haha yeah that is true
DeleteHigher than the whiners at any zoo
I think most people forget writing takes time and drive, but I think a lot more people could do it if they truly desired. :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, they'd have to do it though
DeleteAnd make the words flow
Hey Pat in the Hatt
ReplyDeleteAnd your rhyming cat
I thought you'd have loads of money
Aint that funny
I'll have a word with dead Dr. Seuss
All of his money is now for you's
There you go
Sorted at my show
You are now rich
You rhyming bitch
Gary, Gary, quite contrary....
Damn, just one month of what he makes
DeleteWill fill the yard more than snowflakes
Writing is WORK
ReplyDeleteThose who mock it are jerks.
That they are
DeleteNear and far
People are stupid and either scoff at what one does or thinks you are making the same as Stephen King. They can all suck it
ReplyDeletelol that they can indeed
DeleteSuck away at their feed
I get questions like this from people who want to start a blog all the time. It isn't rocket science and I'm not holding your hand through it all. Nobody helped me, and I am the most dimwitted person when it comes to computers. If I can do it, anyone can! Probably the same for self-published authors too!
ReplyDeleteYep, the same all around
DeleteJust have to do it and take to ground
LOL! What a fun post, Pat! I have met and talked with quite a few authors, and it is not an easy road to riches! I think most people write because they are driven by something inside them; the money isn't the important motivation. If it is, they're in for a big surprise!
ReplyDeleteYep, they're not going to get rich
DeleteProbably more money in digging a ditch
If I could write I'd write a book. But since I can't write I'll just write a blog
ReplyDeleteHeck, why not
DeleteDon't need a plot
First a singer, then a writer
ReplyDeleteProbably not the best of picks
But I had to pursue what I wished to do
And with the money, I'd take my licks
I
The way to be
DeletePursue at ones sea
Oops... extra I"
ReplyDeleteIt did slip by
Did it once more
DeleteAt my shore