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A light verse is a typically short form of poem that attempts to be humorous, frivolous, or playful, but there is more to light verse. What is light verse in poetry (complete definition)?
I Emailed you a Tinkerbell GiftcardI emailed you a Tinkerbell gift card, she told me.
Great! I have to look at email.
Not easy.
there are 438, 348, 112 unread emails in my in-box.
I use the search, but cannot find it.
I call her...
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Categories:
computer,
Form: Light Verse
enticed by kicking feetmy feet are kicking
high in the air
now the scissor step
making an arabesque design
my first and last husband sees this as sexy
everything I say and do has been sexy
since the minute he began coveting me
When I...
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Categories:
husband,
Form: Light Verse
Do you want to Cogitate itDo you want to cogitate it? He asks me.
How did he know I do that?
I was not cognizant of this myself.
There is relief when I look up the word cogitate....
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Categories:
humorous,
Form: Light Verse
The Old Rotary*PV - Proverbial Verbiage
The Old Rotary
Dialing out…zzzzip…zzzzzzzip…zzzzzzzip
and
zip…zzip…zzzip…zzzzip
and brring…
long distance was not a thing
for children. they could only
ring those within their corridor
ching…ching
money didn’t grow on trees
the grown up made sure
we were wise
or they’d wise up
our behinds
but...
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Categories:
nostalgia,
Form: Light Verse
Every Tunic’s TuckedEVERY TUNIC’S TUCKED
squeamish that every tunic’s tucked
on one side, lopsided, uncouth
on the page, in the book - why is
every model told to tuck her hand
inside her pocket, jam her socket
into her pants, plunge me into...
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Categories:
angst, clothes,
Form: Light Verse
The condo Kookaburra'sEvery thing was fine.
No one complained, and then
one fated day the Kooka burra's came..
People who never learned to keep in their own lane.
They never read our regs., which is very plain,
at first they claimed one...
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Categories:
1st grade, people, perspective,
Form: Light Verse
After the Party
After the party
I woke up
on a tropical island,
it was such
a nice scene,
until I realized
that what
I was seeing
was my own
shower curtain
in the room where
I passed out
after hugging
the toilet bowl
and puking!...
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Categories:
hilarious,
Form: Light Verse
The sands of timeThe sands of time
Sand castles
Sand is the word
Inexplicable
To seemingly mold
Itself into time
We are Sand......
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Categories:
art, words,
Form: Light Verse
Critterature: The Saga of Veronica VoleThis is the saga of Veronica Vole
Who committed the perfect crime.
She murdered three lovers,
But not all at once,
She did 'em in one at a time.
The first was a lemur,
A two-timing schemer,
Who seduced all thirteen of...
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Categories:
animal, humor,
Form: Light Verse
THE HEIFER TAKES THE LEADtwo cows come down a hill;
they’ve come down before;
and again they shall…
unless Noah finds them
wandering off
takes them under his wing
of two by two;
enjoys the milk of she
& the horny glance of he
& the frightened glimpse...
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Categories:
angst, animal, humor,
Form: Light Verse
PlaceholdersWords
Seem made to
Describe..
A word to
Describe indescribable
Cannot be found
So any word
Might provide a
Placeholder
For no place......
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Categories:
beauty, sleep, words,
Form: Light Verse
POETRYSoupPleasant people inhabit
this workshop of varied verse,
posting posies of many kind-
comments & opinions do abound
in blogs ,of the world around-
sponsored contests in galore
brings creativity to the fore...
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Categories:
thank you,
Form: Light Verse
Categories:
adventure, allusion,
Form: Light Verse
Dating and Data NetworkingThe information highway is paved with hope,
With heavy traffic towards love's embrace.
So while the ghosts of romance past lingers,
...
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Categories:
culture, desire,
Form: Light Verse
On the Healthy Apple
It’s said the apple’s history
goes back to our earliest ancestry
when, in a garden, a couple
ate one and got us all in trouble.
Now, had the apple been arsenic
its effect would have been just as tragic,
and who...
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Categories:
dark, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Specific Types of Light Verse Poems
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christmas, friends, funny, kids, love, music, nature, school, sports, whimsical
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Definition | What is Light Verse in Poetry?