The Crow's Nest
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When I heard the crow squawk
I knew it’s in a tree
But then I looked down
And it looked up at me
For I was on the branch
Right above its head
Where a crow should be
But it was me instead
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Categories:
airmail, bird, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
they do not want money
...Airmail via turkey buzzard, why not? Someone didst ask.
They are so ugly with their posteriors awful, decreed Cousin Mask.
But they can fly, so they avoid the traffic, which puts them in a great mo...
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Categories:
airmail, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
If Stamps Could Talk
...If stamps could talk,
What stories they could tell,
Of places they have seen,
Of messages delivered,
Of countries they welcomed into the world,
Of countries fare-welled.
If stamps could talk...
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Categories:
airmail, analogy, appreciation, beautiful, character,
Form: Personification
The Flying Nun
...THE FLYING NUN
Disposed to high speed,
the rushing air through her covering —
to the police, known as “The Flying Nun”
My great, great Aunt was a lot of fun.
First saw me, ...
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Categories:
airmail, family,
Form: Bio
Wartime Wedding
...You would've labeled it a shotgun wedding,
if you'd seen how we rushed it,
snagging the license on Friday morning
and exchanging vows that same evening.
No white dress, no people-packed pews,
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Categories:
airmail, war, wedding,
Form: Narrative
Signed With a Heart
...Love letters
Seem to be a thing of the past
Do we dare write in long hand?
We have lost something very near
And dear to my heart
For there was nothing I loved
Better than to write the words
I love y...
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Categories:
airmail, love,
Form: Free verse
Loneliness
...Loneliness is having to buy
your own calendars and coffee mugs
and talking to a TV talk host
over ice cream and a paper plate.
Loneliness is a heart that roller coasters
through a humdrum day
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Categories:
airmail, life, sad,
Form: Free verse
Limited Edition
...With
a
come and
buy-now price-
stop me & try one
RETROSPECTIVE a limited edition collection of my poetry/art blogs of past two years ,in
easy-to-refer-to chapbbook is now available for 10 U...
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Categories:
airmail, art
Form: Fibonacci