Here in Minnesota, we seem to specialize in goofy place names-- people don't even seem to notice, for example, if you mention the town called "Embarrass." Let's haiku about those intriguing names, in any state or nation. Here, I will go first:
Ah, Castle Danger--
Former home of Betty's Pies!
Lakeside mystery.
Now it is your turn! Just use the 5/7/5 syllable pattern and have some fun!
Houston's Buffalo
ReplyDeleteSpeedway: Mind pix of bison
driving Indy cars.
Coeur d'Alene's meaning?
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to say it out loud.
Which town you want to
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Lake? (yes, these are real)
Woman Hollering
ReplyDeleteCreek prob'ly has a superb
story behind it.
Best state name must be
ReplyDeleteMississippi. Lyrical
double letter sounds.
Crystal Beach isn't.
ReplyDeleteBut the name conjures up a
lifetime of mem'ries.
Is it apparent
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place names in my life?
I’m so glad that you did!
DeleteSlapneck, Michigan
ReplyDeleteGnaw Bone, West Virginia
Both seen on road trips
In Michigan you
ReplyDeleteCan visit both Paradise
Or Hell - seen neither
Croaker, Norge, two names
ReplyDeleteOne interstate exit sign
Thought they were one place
Finlayson Askov
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Askov Finlayson
I must have misheard
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Driving past Croaker
ReplyDeleteand Norge, we see Lady Smith.
Where’s Black Mambazo?
Short Pump used to be
ReplyDeleteLovely farmland with quirky
name, now shopping mall.
Is it Waco? or
ReplyDeleteIs it Wacko? I'm tired of
explaining the name.