Cynthia Washam

Humor and travel writer, photographer, runner and bookworm, who substitute teaches to support her travel habit. Married to and poking fun at Bob for 31 years.

[Cynthia Washam @OriginalCynOL]

My timely funny poem April Showers is in this week's edition of Light. Check it out at https://t.co/sVDs4pNvoK

[Cynthia Washam @OriginalCynOL]

My Favorite Saint

Patrick is my favorite saint,
Though Irish blood in me there ain’t.
He made the snakes all disappear.
That’s why St. Pat I do revere
And toast him with a Guinness beer.

[Cynthia Washam @OriginalCynOL]

Skeptics say they don’t believe
That every year on Christmas Eve,
A fat man through the chimney drops
With a bag of balls and dolls and tops.
But...
Find out but what when you read my witty poem A Christmas Puzzle at https://t.co/dChaLogtSc. #lightverse #Christmas #humor

[Cynthia Washam @OriginalCynOL]

A soft-spoken Santa made my 13th Christmas my most memorable. Read this witty, touching tribute at the top of my humor blog, https://t.co/z27XhbnbIr. #humor #Christmas #funny

[Cynthia Washam @OriginalCynOL]

When I'm abroad, foreign words spew from my mouth like coins from a slot machine. Occasionally, they're the right language. My essay "Buongiorno, Monsieur! Como Estas?" tells the funny results of half knowing three languages. Check it out at https://t.co/dChaLogtSc. #humor #funny

[Cynthia Washam @OriginalCynOL]

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If you have a chance to tent camp at Frisco on the Outer Banks, don't. Please. Find out why in my newest funny poem, "No Thanks, Outer Banks." Just click on the first entry after my bio at https://t.co/dChaLogtSc.

[Cynthia Washam @OriginalCynOL]

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Back when I was young, nobody called me Young Lady. Why do they now? If I knew, I probably wouldn't write a poem about it. Check out Felling me with Flattery at the top of my blog, https://t.co/z27XhbnbIr.

[Cynthia Washam @OriginalCynOL]

Regarding iguanas, I have no strong view,
Though two of my neighbors most certainly do.

So begins my newest poem, "Who Would Wanna Save an Iguana?" You can read it on my blog, https://t.co/dChaLoh1HK. #humor #lightverse #funny

[Cynthia Washam @OriginalCynOL]

Journal Jottings
Like all great writers, I keep a journal.
I might write like them too, if mine were diurnal.
#lightverse #funnypoems #humor
See more at https://t.co/dChaLogtSc.

[Cynthia Washam @OriginalCynOL]

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Stalking wild ponies can be thrilling. It can also be a pain in the Assateague. See what I mean in my latest poem, A Pain in the Assateague, at https://t.co/dChaLogtSc.

[Cynthia Washam @OriginalCynOL]

#humor #winetasting
I thought I knew my taste in wine. Then I went to a wine tasting and learned that I don't because I've never tasted wine; I drank it. What am I talking about? Find out in the latest addition to my humor blog, An Unrefined Palate, at https://t.co/dChaLogtSc.

[Cynthia Washam @OriginalCynOL]

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Emoji? Oh No, Gee!

If ever in a poem, story or book,
To be sure my readers grasp my outlook,
Be it tongue-in-cheek
Or sadly bleak,
I throw in an emoji,
Then, I fear,
It’s perfectly clear
That I’ve lost my writing mojo-i.

[Cynthia Washam @OriginalCynOL]

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Dining à la Mode

I couldn’t be happier in a Paris café
Than I am by my tent at this fine KOA
With my PB&J
And some cheap Cabernet.

[Cynthia Washam @OriginalCynOL]

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I have a quirky habit
I really don't quite get
If you too have this habit
Are you willing to admit?
Check out my embarrassingly weird habit in my latest poem, My Weird Habig, on my blog, https://t.co/dChaLoh1HK.

[Cynthia Washam @OriginalCynOL]

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I sometimes worry what the future will bring.
Then I hear the news and I want to sing.
Check out my take on our future in my latest poem, Marching Backwards. Just click on the first title on my blog, https://t.co/dChaLogtSc.

[Cynthia Washam @OriginalCynOL]

#humor #travelhumor
Sane people cruise to Alaska, or they fly. Not me and Bob. We saw a chance for two adventures – seeing Alaska and getting there. Read about our getting there in "You Can’t Get Hyderized on a Cruise," the latest addition to my blog, https://t.co/dChaLogtSc.

[Cynthia Washam @OriginalCynOL]

Florida may call pre-K voluntary, but any child who doesn’t go is doomed to higher education at a state university followed by years in a Cubicle. See what these budding Einsteins learn in my latest post, Lessons Learned in Prekindergarten, at https://t.co/z27XhbnbIr. #humor

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I have a little patter
I say most every day.
I’ve always kept it in my head,
But now I hope it will be read.
Check it out at the top of https://t.co/dChaLogtSc

[Cynthia Washam @OriginalCynOL]

#funnypoems
Some folks think I’m a gutsy gal
Because I run in the dark.
I thought so, too, because it was true
Till I ran in Yellowstone Park.
Find out just what happened there when you read my new poem, Running in Yellowstone Park, on the home page of https://t.co/dChaLoh1HK.

[Cynthia Washam @OriginalCynOL]

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I went to the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop loking for inspiration. I did in Cathy Guisewite's speech. If you're over 40, you might remember her comic strip Cathy. Check out my poem Why I'll Never Be Cathy Guisewite at https://t.co/dChaLogtSc.