Words of My Ancestors
...By moonlight when the moon shone with all her majesty,
My ancestors told us the story of the Tiger,
Which crouched at every rumble of the jungle-thunder,
Either out of fright or from bravery;
Ti...
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Categories:
antelopes, africa, culture,
Form: Ode
The Jackal in The Bush
...See jakalman standing in bushes with mammary glands looking like a pregnant lion, it is roaming the hills looking for prey and all the animals has to get out of the way and mount the tree above it an...
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Categories:
antelopes, abuse, africa, bullying, community,
Form: Narrative
Corrupt Farm
...Corrupt farm, disdainful politics
Corrupt farm, unedifying ethics
The Lion gorges the subservient animals but not grass page
Or even does he gobble other feeds in the forest sage
The pronghor...
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Categories:
antelopes, allegory, corruption, leadership, poems,
Form: Couplet
Dont Get Afraid Nursery Rhyme
...DON'T GET AFRAID
Are you attracted with my beauty ?
Dance with me, giving you priority.
Me chewing , eating corn.
I'm t...
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Categories:
antelopes, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Limerick
Ode To the Lion
...cat
lion
carnivore
Africa’s joy
he enjoys the chase
making careful choices
antelopes flee before him
each step shows off his pure majesty
his mane serves as a pleasurable crown...
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Categories:
antelopes, animal,
Form: Free verse
My Home Outside
..."The sounds of Earth is the music of my soul."
Narcissus woos a butterfly; waves strong,
Genteel stages filled pages; memoirs sound,
Earth graces life faces, pleased heaven bound,
W...
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Categories:
antelopes, beautiful, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Peace Only
...Once friends, now foe
We are now fighting
Fighting for space
One, An oppressor
The other a small territory
I thought we are friends?
The deeply oppressed said
A rebel replied the oppressor
I...
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Categories:
antelopes, conflict, grief,
Form: Free verse
What a Beautiful World
...W- Who said there is no paradise?
H- Have you ever tried?
A- Around the corner.
T- There you will find,
A-Amazing places that hide.
B- Breathe taking waterfalls...
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Categories:
antelopes, animal, appreciation, beautiful, beauty,
Form: Acrostic
Making Sense
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*Image of No Trespassing Sign by Pixabay.
making sense
no trespassing sign
yon fence deers and antelopes
plays but cannot read
2021 July 05...
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Categories:
antelopes, animal, irony,
Form: Senryu
Peopleless Solitude
...All alone, without woes, worry, or care,
my mind mostly meanders, free from fear.
Silence speaks so softly, stymied to share
secrets; Solitude trusted to her care.
Happine...
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Categories:
antelopes, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Alliteration
Some Memories Linger Longer
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I shivered
I quivered
eyes!
cried!
dried!
I puzzled winkled I bled
I muffled tingled I shed
between the greens some shades
beneath the almond tree
I stood I sat I gazed
I bled she...
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Categories:
antelopes, beautiful, blue, break up,
Form: Rhyme
An Antelope's Tale
...Two antelopes, separated by a gently flowing river, casually grazed in a luscious green valley. By chance or by providence, knowing not which, they
each looked up and across the river that separate...
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Categories:
antelopes, animal, romance,
Form: Free verse
Amazing Alligators Antagonize
...Amazing alligators antagonize anyone’s annual anteaters
As antelopes arrive at the annual annulment.
Annoying Aunt Amanda alleges all anticipation awful.
As anticipated Abigail Alliwogger assassin...
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Categories:
antelopes, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Alliteration
The International Cafe
...Let’s all walk down to the International Café
Where gallivanting is allowed, and the antelopes stomp.
Let’s be merry, and daring, and a tiny bit gay.
We are all welcome. Let’s give it a shout out ...
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Categories:
antelopes, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Arrogance Unleashed
...As the world’s nations fall when all were once strong
Like proud golden lions roaring unsure in the darkness
While gazelles and antelopes graze watchful in the night
Their money and power tremble...
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Categories:
antelopes, earth, nature,
Form: Couplet
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