OSCARWILDE
ORALEWDSIC
...or, "alewd" (sic).
(a work in progress)
* * * * *
OSCARWILDE
IDRAWCLOSE
...I draw close.
(a work in progress)
* * * * *
OSCARWILDE
ADIOSCREWL
Goodbyes Wilde bids
to all his yarns,
each bobbin, spindle, reel 'n' spool:
"Aloha, mohair;
see ya, silk;
farewell, chinelle,
adios, crewl."
* * * * *
OSCARWILDE
IWASDRCOLE
I, when running
scenes with Wilde,
invested
heart and soul.
(Oscar play'd
Nurse Gotobed
while
I was Dr. Cole.)
* * * * *
OSCARWILDE
IECOLDWARS
Oscar fancies
conflicts hot,
with Jerries, Nips,
with Frogs 'n' Boers.
To fight the Rus
he'd rather not:
he hates impasse --
i.e., Cold Wars.
* * * * *
OSCARWILDE
CARDEWLOIS
Wilde also penn'd
a play about a
gal who hail'd from Angelo, Wis-
consin, one
unknown to Jack, a
wholly other
Cardew: Lois.*
*Not to be confused with Cecily Cardew,
Worthing's ward in Wilde's comic farce
"The Importance of Being Earnest."
* * * * *
OSCARWILDE
IWASCOLDER
(work in progress)
* * * * *
OSCARWILDE
CARDEWSOIL
"For Cecily,"
sighs Algernon,
"I ache, I pine,
I yearn.
Her neumonon
I dote upon.
Her love
I long to earn.
I covet not
Miss Cardew's wealth
(who claims so
makes me boil).
I care not for
Miss Cardew's mines
nor for Miss
Cardew's oil."
*Algernon Moncrieff's passion for Cecily
Cardew is demonstrated throughout Wilde's
comic farce "The Importance of Being Earnest."
The play fails, however, to reveal either the
nature or extent of Miss Cardew's estate nor
indeed whether she possesses any at all.
* * * * *
OSCARWILDE
ALICEWORDS
Wilde combs through Carroll's Alice books,
then lists his findings,
grouped in thirds.
"First, 'frumious.' Next,
'Bandersnatch.' Third,
'wabe.' A trey of
Alice words."
* * * * *
OSCARWILDE
CLIOSAWRED
Wilde courted
the Muses. ('Tis said
Oscar even
took Thalia to bed.)
Euterpe was pleased.
Euterpe was pleased.
Terpsichore...? Teased.
But Erato and
Clio saw red.
Clio saw red.
* * * * *
OSCARWILDE
SOWARELCID
Oscar queries de Vivar
(or so he says he did),
"You battle Christians; Muslims, too...?"
asks Wilde.
"So: war, El Cid...?"
* * * * *
OSCARWILDE
DREWSOCIAL
Oscar party games
would play.
“Pick any card, sir,”
Oscar'd say,
devoid of all
devoid of all
frivolity.
“On each be writ
“On each be writ
that quality
Dame Destiny
Dame Destiny
ascribes to you.
Scoff not, my friend.
Scoff not, my friend.
Her cards speak true."
(Young Aubrey Beardsley
(Young Aubrey Beardsley
drew ‘precocial.’
Ross drew ‘loyal.’
Ross drew ‘loyal.’
Wilde
drew ‘social.’)
* * * * *
OSCARWILDE
WIECOSLARD
Says Wilde, "I'm mad
for skinny lads.
'Mongst linguists,
lean's oft barr'd:
wi' Chomsky's girth's
pack'd meager mirth,
as 'tis
wi' Eco's lard."
* * * * *
OSCARWILDE
ISCELAWORD
Wilde to
sawbones Fauci:
"Doc, have I not
overheard
your asking
Ronny Jackson
if with Debra
he's conferr'd
to determine
posilutely
if immunity's
gone herd...?
(And if, within
his Oval bin,
Drumpf asks,
'Is 'cel' a word...?')...?"
* * * * *
OSCARWILDE
IOSREDCLAW
"Proof Olympus
loves spinoffs
of Parkinson's Law...?
of Parkinson's Law...?
Search no further,"
shrugs Oscar,
"than
Io's red claw."
* * * * *
OSCARWILDE
COLARDWISE
Wilde's green cuisine
commands the prize.
He's Edna Lewis,
col'ard-wise.
* * * * *
Materials:
A solid crew X
A cowl dries X
A crow'd isle X
A deco swirl X
Air'd "Le Scow"
Air'd Lew's CO
Alice's word X
Ali's Roc Dew
Ali's Roc Wed X
Ali! We scor'd! X
al'ows cider
a slow dicer
A word slice
Alice sword
A wordsicle X
A row, sliced
Cold Ears, WI X
Cilea Sword X
Clas'...? "Widower." X
Cold, I swear! X
C.O.D. air slew
Cried Sal: "Wo'!" X
CA rides low.
Car's oil...? Dew! X
(C): A Wild Rose X
Cora is lewd. X
"Cor!"...? Wel' said! X
Coward lies. X
Coward's lie
Cows derail!
Crowd aisle!
Cawdor Isle X
Cries, "A wold!" X
Crowe's Dali X
Carol's wide.
DCI Al swore. X
Driscol' awe
DA cries, "Owl!" X
Dear ol' Wics: X
Dire Slaw Co.
Doric Wales X
DOW's a relic. X
De laws o' Ric X
DWI! Leo's car...? X
Do eclairs w____...?
Dice...? Or laws...? X
E. coli wards X
"'e cwasi, Lord!"
El Cid...or was.
Eric...? S! Aldo...? W!
"...'eld i' ascrow."
El Cid saw Ro-...
"...ears...lid...cow!"
Erica's wold
Eric's a wold.
Eric was old. X
Ilsa Wecord
Ideal crows
I draw Cole's X
I'd wear clo's X
I also crew'd. X
I do Al's crew.
I draw close.
I raced...s l o w X
Is Lear cow'd...?
I slew Draco. X
I saw ER Doc L. X
I -- cold! -- swear.
I lose...? Ward C!
I scared Owl. X
Lear is cow'd X
Law code, sir! X
Lois Cardew
Low cars die.
Low C, raised X
A lower disc. X
Le Disco War x
Low sidecar
Lo! Icewards!
La Screw...? Dio!
Lew...? Cora...? Sid...? X
Oil Ace Rd., S.W. X
Or slaw iced X
Old Wis'acre X
Ol' Deric saw.
Or, dis a clew
O, scar'd wile!
Ow! d'Arc lies! X
(O) Sliced raw
Ow'd eclairs X
Or El Cid was. X
Or El Cid saw.
Owl Sidecar
Raid Lew's CO X
"Rowli**cades" X
re: a soil'd WC X
Reads, "Wilco!" X
Scrod wi' ale
Scio 'wad'ler'
So weird, Cal! X
Scowler Aid
Seward Coil
Sie World, CA X
Sacred owl...? I...?
Sac' o' rildew X
Sid...? Lew...? Cora...?
Sired a...clow...? X
"Soldier...?" "WAC!" X
Sailor, WCed
Saw roc...? Lied.
S read: "Wilco." X
"...," said Le Crow.
Sri de la Cow
Slower acid
Soiled craw X
Wade, Cloris!
Wid' col' ears
Worse: Cali'd! X
Woc lids are X
W card...? I lose.
Wid' escarol' X
Walid's core
Waldo cries X
Wide ol' cars X
Waldo's rice.
W: "La...si..." "C: "Re...do!" X
Weird colas X
"We's cordial!"
We...? Sic Roald...?
We'd sic Arlo.
We soil'd Arc.
WC read soli.
Wide corals
Wails, "Credo..." X
Wace is Lord! X
We roal'd (sic). X
We roal'd (sic). X
Wed Lorca...? Si! X
