Crayon Box Dreams
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Written: May 27, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Miranda Hawley
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Colorful crayons, the dreams of my choice,
Chalk, white, and red alle...
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Categories:
allergens, child, inspirational,
Form: Sonnet
Sneezing fit tests nasal septum
...Sneezing fit – tests nasal septum
The word Gesundheit was first used in English in 1914. It became popular in the United States due to the many German immigrants who moved there. Many Americans ma...
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Categories:
allergens, 12th grade, body, endurance,
Form: Free verse
Allergies
...ALLERGIES
I’m tired of these rains of salty tears
Caused by allergens in my atmosphere.
Since allergies last the entire year,
Why they’re called “seasonal” isn’t clear.
The stinging spores a...
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Categories:
allergens, age, health, seasons,
Form: Rhyme
Salutations, Spring
...We sing your praises long before you’re due
and after you’ve departed—all year long!
You bring green grass and flowers into view—
plus bugs, torrential rains, and winds so strong.
You come with...
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Categories:
allergens, spring,
Form: Sonnet
Downside of Spring
...On the frigid wings of the northern breeze
waned winter with frayed feathers flies away,
clears the mist from shining sky out of freeze,
song of birds brings life in ambiance grey.
On silke...
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Categories:
allergens, analogy, nature, spring,
Form: Sonnet
Within the Contained Behemoth
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"Within the Contained Behemoth"
we think we travel
strange universes
in our planetary
reconnaissance devices,
transporting initial
contact communication
for export...
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Categories:
allergens, muse, mystery, philosophy,
Form: Narrative
Cousin Wesley and Weird Aunt Edna
...I am terrified I will die, Wesley said. It is raining.
Rain does not usually kill people, I replied.
But lightning can, and thunder is scary.
Lightning has never hit me, I replied.
It will probab...
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Categories:
allergens, christian,
Form: Narrative
Pollen Is Kicking My Petootsie
...Pollen is kicking my petootsie today
Allergens yelling “up and away!”
Spring time greenery is here to stay.
My nose is running in every way.
I am crying although not sad.
My scratchy throat is...
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Categories:
allergens, sick,
Form: Rhyme
Breezes and Sneezes
...Freedom flings out the summer breezes
In a park where allergens make sneezes.
Men gather to toss their plastic frisbees,
Taking off from work for sick day freebies.
written February 17, 2022
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Categories:
allergens, fun, games, humor, nature,
Form: Light Verse
Dust Collects
...Dust floats in the air like it belongs there,
and then accumulates on everything.
Dead skin and mites suspended in mid-air
adhere to practically anything;
sullying surfaces to which they ...
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Categories:
allergens, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Dizain
Doggy Puddle-
...Urination reigns rains flowing
Covering the firmaments grasses
Backing splashing on the oak tree
Nose to the grindstone Kentucky bluegrass
Sniffs out allergens striving to mark a pat...
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Categories:
allergens, adventure, crazy, dog, funny,
Form: Free verse
The Business of Autumn
...The Business of Autumn
David J Walker
1. The season of dry clouds and Canada Geese
Arrived over the weekend
2. The weatherman says the freeze was
too light last night to ha...
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Categories:
allergens, allegory, environment,
Form: Free verse
She Is Poison Ivy
...Her brilliant red veins can blind you
The shimmer of her leaves is deadly
Her allergens will find you
Thoughts of her vines weigh heavy
Ur mind will find no cure for her poison
Itching at ur des...
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Categories:
allergens, allusion, crush, desire, longing,
Form: Free verse
Allergy
...I was sitting outside in the garden,
and stroking me cat on the back,
when I must have brushed on a flower,
which angered a wild bee to attack.
Accidentally I made the mistake;
a mistake that ...
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Categories:
allergens, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Allergens
...a
smelly
cigarette
hurts my asthma
perfume even worse
labored breathing
suffocate
awful
breathe...
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Categories:
allergens, perspective,
Form: Ninette
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