So when I was looking for the origin of hooky, hooky, I came across “hoekje” which is the Dutch word for hide and seek and seems to be the origin of playing hooky.
It would be hilarious if people started getting movies out of things like these. They'd have to get a new category at The Oscars. 'Best Adapted Prompt'! Haha... 😎👍
So when and how did it become a euphemism for skipping school?
So when I was looking for the origin of hooky, hooky, I came across “hoekje” which is the Dutch word for hide and seek and seems to be the origin of playing hooky.
Another corrupted Dutch word in English...
English etymology is so fun, we steal words from everyone 😂
Playing hooky or
Shouting hooky hooky makes
Me want a hookah
Ha! Fantastic!
😁
Haha! That's a fun one... 😎
Swung across the sky
The moon a silver cold scythe
Winter sleep descends
Gorgeous! I really love that middle line🖤
Thank you!
A voice in the dark,
Said, "Hooky, hooky", and then,
We heard the blades swish... 😎
Next blockbuster Halloween movie!
Yes! It would make a great slasher movie, for sure. And people like a snappy catchphrase. Haha... 😎👍
Ha! Hey remember me when you’re famous!
It would be hilarious if people started getting movies out of things like these. They'd have to get a new category at The Oscars. 'Best Adapted Prompt'! Haha... 😎👍
😂
We harvest in arcs
Curved slicing sickles and scythes
And hark to the hooks
This is so good, I love how the rhythm and imagery work together🖤
Playing hooky, we
ran to the field, Mark n' me -
where the hooks caught him
?
Hooks for hands, scarecrow
monsters snatched poor Mark away -
never had a chance, boy
??
So you ask me, but
that's the truth of why he's gone -
cross my hooks, hope t'die...
???
Boys n' girls beware,
learn from the fate of hook'd Mark,
snagged in a dawn field
?????????
🙌I think you may have invented a new, better feldgeister.
Sickle sells, scythes tell
Threshed great grain hook
Handles hold weight gains.
Sounds unhealthy🖤
Try it if you need to gain weight.
HONEYGLOOM ~
What if Hooky, Hooky was also a dance?
♾️ Richard Wright
Feet stomp on the earth,
“Hooky, hooky” rings like bells—
we dance the crops home.
♾️ Sonia Sanchez
Hooky, hooky rise,
our feet remember the songs,
rhythm in the grain.
♾️ Jack Kerouac
Bare feet in the mud,
“Hooky, hooky,” laugh and spin—
sickle in the wind.
♾️ Michael Dylan Welch
In the barn we dance—
“Hooky, hooky” fills the air,
cornstalks bow and bend.
♾️ Cor van den Heuvel
Lanterns swinging high,
we dance in circles, laughing—
“Hooky, hooky” hums.
♾️ Nick Virgilio
Our hands full of grain,
we twirl, “hooky, hooky” cries—
moonlight in the hay.
♾️ Fay Aoyagi
At twilight we dance,
“Hooky, hooky” shakes the air,
dust rises like ghosts.
♾️ David G. Lanoue
Fiddles play loud now,
“Hooky, hooky” skips with joy—
the earth feels our steps.
♾️ Kala Ramesh
In the circle we—
chant “hooky, hooky” and dance—
grains swirl at our feet.
Oh! Now I want it to be a dance! What a beautiful take🖤