Tuesday, March 31, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 5p



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (p): vainness

“Oh, vainness is a petty thing
In courtier or mighty king!”

Yes, this is what a jester said
Not long before he lost his head.

The moral? Well, things can get bleak,
So watch your words—and where you speak!

Monday, March 30, 2020

SIN-NYMS, 5o



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (o): vaingloriousness

Vaingloriousness is hard to bear—
But seems to blossom everywhere—

In towns and cities I can see
And, yes, from sea to shining sea.

Yet, glory’s evanescent, so
Much vanity is silly, Yo.

Sunday, March 29, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 5n



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (n): swell headedness

Swell headedness can sometimes be
So far beyond plain vanity
That it’s beyond what we can see.

So take advice from me—
And my advice is free.

I guarantee
That folks will flee—

Like me!
(Oh, gee!)

Saturday, March 28, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 5m



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (m): swelled head

A swelled head isn’t good for you—
Some bad things happen. Need a clue?

You lose your friends—your foes just grin:
They know this is a deadly sin!

If you’ve a woman in your life,
She won’t consent to be your wife.

I’ve you’ve a man you’re thinking of,
He’s not equipped to be your love.

But worst of all? What else it bodes?
A swelled head often just explodes.

Friday, March 27, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 5l



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (l): smugness

Yes, smugness is a dreary trait—
It bothers you—it bothers me.
It’s something that we all must hate.

You never look too far to see
This quality in evidence:
You see it so pervasively.

It really doesn’t make much sense—
This self-regard, this arrogance
And has a frightening soul-expense.

Thursday, March 26, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 5k



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (k): self-love

Self-love is stronger than self-like—
It’s strong enough to hurt
The ones you work with—ones you love.
It’s time that you convert.

Embrace a little modesty—
Some self-abasement, for
All others find you boring—do
You want to be a chore?

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 5j



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (j): self-importance

Too much of this annoys us all—
Too little presages a fall.

Oh, self-importance—just a bit—
Can be a good thing, you’ll admit?

We need to feel that we’re worthwhile—
But show it with some modest style.

For when it swells—a well-soaked sponge—
It’s something that we must expunge.

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 5i



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (i): self-glory

He soaked himself, from head to toe—
Self-glory was the liquid, Yo.

He thought its glitter would result
In admiration—we’d exult

And shower him with endless praise
Throughout his endless string of days.

But …

Self-glory is like gasoline:
When it ignites, you leave the scene—

A piece of charcoal, so well used.
You stand there, singed, and so confused.

Monday, March 23, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 5h



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (h): self-admiration

Well, his self-admiration was over the top—
He would not cease his bragging—he just wouldn’t stop.

So we gathered and talked—if we only could see
Some are way to increase this guy’s humility.

Oh, this problem would vex—it would vex—and just vex.
We saw no sure way—till we thought of old Rex.

Well, old Rex was a T. Rex—with many sharp ways—
To convince self-admirers that they had few days

If they didn’t reform—become modest and sweet.
So our guy was convinced—while old Rex gnawed his feet.

Sunday, March 22, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 5g



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (g): pridefulness

Well, pridefulness, if fully reined,
As history has well-explained,

Can be a virtue, now and then,
And not substantially a sin.

If you take pride in what you do—
If you help folks—if but a few—

If you avoid the sickening pride
So common with the slick and snide,

Then you have proved (and I’m agreeing)
You’re indeed a human being.

Saturday, March 21, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 5f



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (f): pompousness

She couldn’t stand his pompousness
His arrogance and pure conceit.
She felt he was a human mess,
This man of hers, this guy named Pete.

So she said, “Pete, you’ve got to change—
To be more modest, humble, too.”
Pete said, “You’re right—I’ll rearrange
My life by promptly dumping you.”

He thought that women soon would flock
To be with him (an awesome guy),
But he’d been fooled by his own talk
They all gave him the Evil Eye!

Friday, March 20, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 5e



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath


Pride (e): pomposity

Oh, please avoid pomposity
Not pleasing in a face to see—
As inhumane as it can be.

Much better? Modesty, and so
It is the surer route to go
Through life—as you must surely know.

Thursday, March 19, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 5d



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (d): egotism

Jim’s egotism—off the charts.
He thought that all the women’s hearts

Were his for taking—what a dunce!
I don’t think there was even once

When any woman looked at Jim,
Thought, “I would like to get with him!”

Instead, they looked—and each one thought:
“I might have dinner with him … NOT!”

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS 5c



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (c): ego

Maude’s ego swelled with each success—
And why did she succeed? Just guess.

Her father was the king of France—
Her mother was the Queen of Dance.

Her brother was King Midas’ child—
Her sister—well, that girl was wild.

So Maude believed her fortune was
Due all to her—and all because

She was just awesome! (That’s the word.)
Reality, for her? So blurred.

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 5b



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (b): conceitedness

They chastised me—from head to toe.
Conceitedness was their complaint.
They wouldn’t really stop, and so
I tried a trick—a clever feint.

I told them, “I’m a lousy guy—
So, really, I agree with you!”
They went off happy (hear my sigh?)—
Oh, I’m the best of liars, too!

Monday, March 16, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 5a



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (a): conceit

Oh, he was filled with such conceit
That we were forced to bind his feet—
To fasten him to heavy weight—
And toss him in the sea—his fate.

But deep down in the ocean blue
The fish felt just like me, like you,
So then they made a swift attack
And tossed that cocky dude right back

Sunday, March 15, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 4m



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (m): wantonness

Your wantonness will bring you pain—
Today—and then again, again.

Perhaps you need to take a pill?
It might just help—I’m sure it will,

Especially if it’s cyanide.
And, no, I am not being snide;

I’m just suggesting something new
So you will stop this dance you do.

Saturday, March 14, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 4L



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath


Lust (l): licentiousness

Licentiousness—a fancy word
For something that’s so plain—
A passion that brings ruin—and
Is soaked with human pain.

There’s not a lot that we can do—
We punish the display—
But it will last much longer, for
It’s in our DNA.

Friday, March 13, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 4k



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath


Lust (k): satyriasis (say-tuh-RYE-uh-sis)

Satyriasis—bad—yes, so bad and so fierce—
And so strong that I’ve heard it could easily pierce

All the plain, mere convention, and all social norms—
Oh, his wild, wild libido just raged with wild storms.

So at last, they all sprayed him—a most massive hose
In the hope that they’d cool him. But in his wild throes

Of pure agony (yes, that hose blast was so cold),
He soon realized that he’d been growing so old—

And old age—it is like nothing else that I know—
Can cool off that hot passion, can save the day, Yo.

Thursday, March 12, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 4j



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (j): nymphomania

He values nymphomania
He is a very creepy guy.
He’s gone to Transylvania—
We banished him—where he will die.

Well, sort of. For he’ll meet that Count—
That famous one—you know? With fangs?
And there is really no amount
Of begging that will save the pangs

Of vampire bites.

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 4i



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (i): erotomania

Erotomania ran wild—
Oh, there was nothing nothing mild

About the outbreak in the land—
The flames of passion had been fanned.

Oh, what to do? The King was stumped.
And then he learned the Queen had dumped

Him for a jester … oh, what’s next!
The King was thoroughly perplexed.

And so he did what leaders do:
He took his crown off (wouldn’t you?).

He donned his favorite sleeping cap—
Then lay right down and took a nap.

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 4h



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (h): passion

His passion morphed into a storm—
And very soon it took the form

Of a tornado—in the zone
Of something he had never known—

A hurricane of vice and lust.
He knew then that he really must

Seek help. But did he do it? No.
He let the storm continue, Yo,

Until all women whom he’d known
Had gathered up their things and flown.

Monday, March 9, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 4g



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (g): lustfulness

His lustfulness got out of hand—
From many places he was banned—

Like church and school and marketplace.
All posted signs that showed his face,

That warned: Avoiding him’s a must:
This dude just overflows with lust.”

Sunday, March 8, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 4f



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (f): itch

Okay, he had a little itch
For someone dressed up like a witch.

It was a fetish, I admit—
But he’d not change—no, not a bit.

One day he found one in the trees—
Her beauty brought him to his knees.

He followed her into the dark—
Responding to that itch, that spark.

Before he understood her plan,
He was inside a kettle, man!

Saturday, March 7, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 4e



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (e): horniness

Oh, not a very pleasant word
Is horniness (you may have heard?),

For it describes a certain surge
That underlies a certain urge

That often leads to lives upset—
And maybe, also, much regret.

Friday, March 6, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 4d



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (d): eroticism

Eroticism soaked the tale
He read so many times in jail.

Perhaps it was not best to read
Of things he’d never learned to heed.

But on he read—and read again—
Till he exploded with his sin.

Thursday, March 5, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 4c



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (c): Eros

So Eros looked out on the town.
He smiled and thought of every way
That he could bring those people down
Before the sun would set that day.

It wasn’t all that hard, you know?
Libido is a human thing.
So he would watch these people go
Insane with lust—lose everything!

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 4b



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (b): concupiscence

His problem was concupiscence
Could not control it—never learned
That if he didn’t use his sense,
His future would be ruined—burned.

But he could not control his urge
And got in trouble—took his fall.
And when he tried to reemerge,
The fire consumed him, all in all.

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 4a



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (a): ardor

His ardor was ferocious for
The woman that he saw.
He just could not forget her, so
He moved to Arkansas.

He met another woman, who
Delighted him, as well.
He just could not forget her, so
He bought some Zinfandel.

And then it was he realized
He had an issue—dire.
And so he bought an instrument—
A lovely sort of lyre.

He played it every time he saw
A woman whom he craved.
So he became an expert—and
His lonely life was saved.

Monday, March 2, 2020

SIN-o-NYMS, 3k



Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Greed (k): materialism

So materialism now reigns in the West—
It seems owning vast numbers of things is the best.
There is no way to stop some wild passion like this—
It’s just more—and then more—and then down the abyss.

And we don’t realize until late in the day
That we should have adopted a much better way—
We should share and relieve and be humble, of course—
Or we’ll gallop along, and then fall from the horse.