Life Is Good
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Thinking is a thing of the past
they see no profit in that
looking on is easier for them
and they'll follow the herd at the drop of a hat
committees are but cash cows for the incompeten...
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, how i feel, word
Form: Rhyme
Magic Rabbit
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A funny-looking bunny dropped by the other day
black white and brown fur a stray who'd lost his way
and
he let me hand-feed him with carrot tops
and spinach leaves but that is ...
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, animal, fun, word play,
Form: Rhyme
Rock Bottom
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You know you've hit rock bottom for sure
when you find your track
in a used record store
under a stack at the very back
of the ten pee CD rack
(does anyone buy them anymore?)
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, how i feel, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
'So-Sue-Me Street'
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In our litigious society
folks sue at the drop of a hat
Employees and employers
Students and teachers
Wives and husbands
Even parents and children
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, conflict, family, school, society,
Form: Rhyme
I leave buying food at the market to the spouse
...I leave buying food at the market to the spouse...
one helluva comparative
humdinger savvy shopper,
who can rattle off the best buy
for most any given item,
at the drop of a hat
analogous to ...
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, adventure, angel, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
I'm Just Being Me
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I may be just a hat but from way up here I can see
that she has her clothes hung up like little soldiers
ready for service at the drop of a hat
As I tilt my linen peonies and squint in her c...
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, analogy, appreciation, imagery,
Form: Free verse
three faeries bring joy to the meadow
...three faeries with beautifully veined transparent wings arrived at midnight
Not unlike Pan who had been there before, they brought happiness light.
Their mission was to add some levity and joy to t...
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, fairy,
Form: Rhyme
Helpless Hopeful Hanker
...I just want to bless
All that's around me with no stress
Even those within me, with love and ease
For peace and prosperity I have made decrees
A life is pretty stale, somewhat sad, so static
S...
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, blessing, desire, endurance, hope,
Form: Rhyme
And that my dear is a poem
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Many do not love my direct way
They shy from the truth
many just loved my looks
in my happy youth
some liked the achievements i had and wanted in on my fame
And some thought what I did fo...
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, journey, life,
Form: Rhyme
The Last Organ Grinder
...Down the faithful brick stones he goes with his favorite monkey Spiff
through the alley where twilight glints soon turn from pinkish to gold
beneath a yawning sun. Bringing forth a new day,...
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, appreciation, music,
Form: Haibun
Advertising This and That
...Advertising this,
And advertising that,
At the drop of a hat,
Is making cats fat,
And enabling wallets to fold flat....
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, addiction, age, analogy, autumn,
Form: Burlesque
An Idiomatic Chicken Tale
...An Idiomatic Chicken Tale
Don’t count your chickens before they hatch,
you may bite off more than you can chew.
But if you do count, make sure you have
a bird in the hand rather than tw...
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, bird,
Form: Free verse
Satisfied Cat
...Satisfied cat can sleep at the drop of a hat.
She can squeeze herself into those, this and that.
We find her asleep this morning in a goldfish bowl.
She is snoring away, like a fisherman without a...
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Wrong Side of Heaven
...welcome to my reality
who’s reality of their self falters at the drop of a hat
the sudden tantalizing change is surely overwhelming
it’s at the point where I’ve been on the moon so long
the l...
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, deep, imagination, introspection,
Form: Free verse
If Robots Like We
...If robots, like we could walk, talk, and breath
make love and drink Cabernet wine
if they could remember last night and December
then what about you and I?
If robots could dance and bet on th...
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, allegory, allusion, integrity,
Form: Rhyme
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