Traffic
We drive on the left
park in the driveway
and walk on the pavement
over here in the good old U.K.
They drive on the right
and on the parkway
also the pavement
over there in the U.S. of A.
It could be confusing to motorist
and pedestrian alike,
so where should we go
when riding a bike?
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Categories:
alike, america, car, england, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Take two to tango
2025.04.28
It takes two to tango.
It is very true, if you believe otherwise,
You are naive and a simple minded soul.
It applied to all the keeping promises too.
I made so many on my own will,
Devotedly to someone I loved, adored or idolatry
Ended up breaking my promises frivolously and painfully.
That was because I wanted the very best,
Of the
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Categories:
alike, art, dance, desire, hope,
Form: Free verse
Other Days, But None Alike
Other Days, But None Alike
Miracle Man
11/19/2024
Yesterday is a storage bin for all my past adventures,
there recorded is wins and losses of all my past ventures.
Today is that brief span of time stuffed in between,
and when it quickly passes, no more will it be seen.
Tomorrow never comes yet I may experience more.
I oft pause and wonder
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Categories:
alike, life, today,
Form: Couplet
On 'Great Minds Thinking Alike'
Our habits define us
We are what we do
If you don't mind me saying so
~ That's why I'm not you
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Categories:
alike, conflict, identity, psychological,
Form: Rhyme
We Are All More Alike Than We Know
I will stay till the end
I am that kind of friend
Your dark bitter days
where you navigate the maze
Life gives everyone strife
and the lumps and the bruises
and the causes we take up
and at times joyous cruises
But it's the friends that can bandage us up
as we accidentally open a vein
and inadvertently cause ourselves pain
We struggle against
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Categories:
alike, age, courage, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Great Persons Think Alike
Steven Grant : “ Every idea is a juxtaposition of existing concepts.”
Wilson Mizner : “ If you steal from one author, it’s plagiarism, if you steal
from many, it’s research.”
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Categories:
alike, 12th grade, how i
Form: Rhyme
American and African Women Not Alike
For bold references
Are the fat differences
Between Women of America
And The Sun-Blackened of Africa
Who in torrents sweat
But over this not fret
In no hurry to involve air-conditioners
Rather through prayers to God Petitioners …
The Jilted-By-Her-Lover cries her head off
While The American could The Idiot’s head blow off,
Knee-low skirts only for a nice story,
The American sure in Mini as
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Categories:
alike, africa, america, body, character,
Form: Rhyme
Fight Putin Alike Churchill Fought Hitler
We’ve all been young dumb
and unaware so has everyone,
we too were the first generation
growing up with tech others hadn’t
I was born last century so to kids I’m old
Born the same year as Back To The Future
predicting widescreen television, video calls,
audio control, using fax but not computer
Fax and
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Categories:
alike, freedom, future, war,
Form: Rhyme
Look Alike
look-alike
my look-alike
was a book-keeper
I was one too
But got bored,
Joined the navy
I have not seen my look-alike
For forty years.
There is a mirror
In the hall
Tell me of times gone.
He has sent me a thousand email
But it feels like
I have sent them myself.
I want to be free of him
He occupies
Too much space in my head
But, the
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Categories:
alike, anxiety, betrayal, emotions,
Form: Burlesque
All Those Amphibians Look Alike
Frog and Toad were on the road
When they met a Chinaman
He said, 'Harro. How do-you-do?
I nevel see two flogs rike you.'
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Categories:
alike, discrimination, perspective, prejudice, silly,
Form: Light Verse
My Eyes and Heart Are Falling Alike So
My eyes and heart are falling alike so
The stars tonight may even fall like leaves
Sprinkles of raindrops are falling
The sunset fell and darkness falls
A waterfall falls so sparkling t'was clear
Petals off a rose bush dramatically fall
Feathers fall from a bird ready to fly
The sun watches the moon fall and rise
That butterfly looks as if its
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Categories:
alike, analogy, day, for her,
Form: Rhyme
We Are More Alike Than Different
We are more alike than different; don’t judge us on our packaging.
Let us find each other on a soul level; do not mess us up with stereotypes.
Music finds us in barns, bars, cars, boats; beside campfires with strangers.
Just people we have not understood yet; let us play it out, listening.
If we all wore blindfolds, would
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Categories:
alike, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Verse
Not All Butterflies Alike
i have it here for safekeeping
the epitome of your life’s work
the crown jewel
the holy grail
a little butterfly
barely a teenager
the first workshop project
held in your hands
sanded
caressed
polished
for hours and hours
dedication
focus and determination
you had a vision
to transform a lifeless piece of wood
into the silky smooth finish
with
devotion
drive
ambition
passion
it’s only a butterfly
i think not
you gave it life
it’s got soul
a flavor of
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Categories:
alike, dedication, devotion, life, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
How Artists Are Alike
Life of an artist
Always more of a big mess
They never confess.
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Categories:
alike, art, character, depression, emo,
Form: Senryu
No Two Snowflakes Alike
There's never been two snowflakes alike
Whoever came up with this one can go fly a kite
Of the trillions since
Saw at least a couple of twins
With these astronomical odds, a few might see the light
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Categories:
alike, image,
Form: Limerick
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