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    With a Twist of Rhyme: Over 200 Rhymes Humorous, Folksy, Sarcastic Plus One Hymn
    With a Twist of Rhyme: Over 200 Rhymes Humorous, Folksy, Sarcastic Plus One Hymn
    With a Twist of Rhyme: Over 200 Rhymes Humorous, Folksy, Sarcastic Plus One Hymn
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    With a Twist of Rhyme: Over 200 Rhymes Humorous, Folksy, Sarcastic Plus One Hymn

    By Joann Sprangers Lee

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    With a Twist of Rhyme is a collection of mostly humorous rhymes with punch-lines or twists at the end. It's a great book to pick up for a quick laugh when you need one. All family and friends mentioned are real and became subjects of her rhyming exaggerations based on occasions or events in their lives.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJul 18, 2013
    ISBN9781481762793
    With a Twist of Rhyme: Over 200 Rhymes Humorous, Folksy, Sarcastic Plus One Hymn

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      With a Twist of Rhyme - Joann Sprangers Lee

      © 2013 by Joann Sprangers Lee. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 07/15/2013

      ISBN: 978-1-4817-6281-6 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4817-6280-9 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4817-6279-3 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2013910590

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      Author’s Note

      Addiction

      Adventure

      After the Storm

      Ah, to Nap

      April Snow

      Cactus

      Alternate Pets

      Camouflage

      Baking Sweets

      Blossoms

      Bee-Fuddled

      Balancing Act

      Arrogance

      Catch a Flight

      Burger Alarm

      Calendar Pages

      Jimmied

      Career Choice

      Carma’s Mansion

      Cherry Snatcher

      Carolee

      Charged with Eternal Youth

      Eau de Alcohol

      Celebrity Causes

      Caramel Apples

      Chat

      Chocolate Sense

      Christmas Needles

      Clothes Line

      Natasha

      Cloud of Suspicion

      Christmas 1976

      Daylight Saving

      Collecting

      Computer Forwards

      Compared to Me

      Coin Bank

      Confetti

      Corny

      Parents that Drink

      Daffodils Fenced

      Correct Measure

      Daffodil Beds

      Curious Climb

      Dandelion Bouquet

      Dessert Control

      Dandelion Pals

      Fashion

      Diet, Diet

      Dangerous Block

      Destiny

      Costco in Wisconsin

      Bus Germs

      Deer Hunting

      New Mom

      Diet Logic

      Food Choices

      Dog in the Yard

      Fakes

      Elevator Sound Effects

      Eyebrow Sketch

      Eternity to Dust

      Fashion Plate

      Farmer’s Wife

      Dishwashing

      Fast Worker

      Darboy Tombstone

      Fishing Conundrum

      Gifts

      Flowery Faces

      Humor Divine

      Frozen Lake

      Evacuation Drill

      Fundraiser

      My Garden

      Genius on Wing

      Gift Exchange

      Hare Brained

      Gift from a Boss

      Groups

      Government Spending

      Grudge

      Hello, Good-bye

      Hail Hail

      Hang Up Your Clothes

      Harmony

      Heart Spare Part

      Helen Won’t Answer the Phone

      Self Publish

      Heavenly Rhymes

      Hell’s Bells

      Glass Shard

      It’s Snow Cover

      Hot Bus

      I’d Love to Attend

      Hindsight

      Insults

      It’s Rhubarb

      Late

      Looking Back

      La-Verne

      Kris with the Smiling Face

      Little Women

      Look Alike

      Maple Syruping

      Maureen of Ireland

      Mental Miles

      My Funeral

      My Weekend?

      New York Storm

      New Diet

      No Gifts, Please

      New Friend

      On Hold

      New York City Cow (Summer 2000)

      Outspoken

      New York Women

      Opportunity

      No Pets, Please

      November Wedding

      Onion

      Org of the Orchard

      Pen Points

      Out of Biz

      Party Pooper

      Packing Light

      Patience

      Perfect Place to Work

      Story Telling

      Playwright’s Lament

      Potty Pose

      Rainy Day

      Priorities

      Reincarnation

      Reconfiguration

      Rabbit Rides

      Read a Book

      Retiring

      Rhyme Time

      Ron S(hhh)

      Senator

      Sugared

      James T of the North Woods

      Rubber Boots

      Seventy-Five

      Shade

      Shaky Seattle

      Shoe Search

      Silver Suit

      Scotch Tape

      Small Talk

      Shopping

      Smokes

      Sonia

      Snow Flake

      Snow Predicted

      So Long, Friend

      Spidery Spin

      Swim

      Spring Ends

      Spring Fever

      Spring Heat Wave

      Stephanie is Baking

      Strategy

      Stringy Bean

      Stockings

      Temperatures Rising

      Sunrise

      Sunset

      Summer Linen

      Weight Lost

      Sweets Murder

      Taxing

      Taylor

      Trees

      Teapot from Pike’s Market

      Thinking Out Loud

      When I Was Thin

      Thrift Shop Apron

      Unrequited

      Voice

      Trike Attack

      Turtle Walk

      Umbrella Shared

      Violet Shy

      Volunteer Anyone?

      Walk in the City

      Waterproofed

      What an Old Lady Wears

      When I Was Young

      Which Way?

      Wild Apples

      Window West

      Spain and France and Italy

      Thank$

      Words Anyone?

      Woman in Red

      Waiting Room

      Apple Tree Pruner

      Water a Melon

      Ginny & Herb

      Walk and Talk

      When Death Comes to Call

      Torch

      Me, Myself or I?

      Connie to Wed

      Wish to Fish

      Mighty Munching Man

      Sara Bean

      Small Town Girl

      Andrea

      And Now For The Song Section.

      Author’s Note

      It’s always been a pastime of mine—writing rhymes with a punch line or a little twist (hence the With a Twist of Rhyme). They were written as general observations or about family, friends and co-workers. I was born in the teeny Wisconsin town of Darboy (not on the map) and for reasons I can’t determine moved to New York City in the 60s. So the themes of my rhymes move back and forth from country to city. As the rhymes accumulated on my hard drive, I occasionally submitted a collection to publishers (you’ve heard this before) and was always rejected. So at age seventy-six, it seemed time to self publish.

      The rhymes are best sipped slowly a few at a time and not guzzled all at once. I hope they bring you a smile. Making people laugh is one step removed from saving their souls.

      I’ve included at the end an old-fashioned hymn I wrote. As much as I love it, no church would give it a try, not even my local church choir. What fun to publish it here in spite of the naysayers.

      Joann Sprangers Lee

      Addiction

      There is a distinction

      Twixt drink and addiction

      Though sometimes the boundaries are blurred.

      I suggest you not think

      It is harmless to drink

      When already your

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