Funny Autumn Poems

The night falls, a darkened sky,
Stars glitter at me… every second, every time.
From the eastern side of my island, we see an eye—
A bright, round,...

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Autumn with all the metaphors I can muster
The beauty of the season and it's golden luster
The raking of leaves
And cleaning of eaves
And my annual trip...

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Snapping turtle 

The biggest turtle in the world
was gigantic mass of being
in Galapagos they said
all this flesh and shield
was I50 years old
To think once she had...

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You fell in October, like autumn leaves
Funny it was a hot day.
The avocado tree was budding.
I knew you only a short while,
But it broke me...

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onyun soup a bind that ties

spousey wins pulitzer prize

recipe steep

with onyun weep

so tasty it closes eyes.
...

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in this mug chicken noodles

spousey makes whole caboodles

evry single day

chases colds away

gets me back to my doodles.
...

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this mugs jiggy i wont lie

see it caught your peepn eye

unhitch a lip

caffeine a sip

load up man and liquefy.
...

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this mugs cheap yet full of cheer

guarantee from year to year

unworn or tired

strange though admired

budget mojo always near.
...

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Two weeks before Thanksgiving, I got a jolt,
I was driving my old bucket of nuts and bolts,
along the country road on a chilly autumn day,
Saw...

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Merrily, my soda hopped, skipped
…rolled merrily along,
jumping hurdles of falling leaves,
sloping t’wards steep driveway.

The bottle, fizzing, shaken up -
merrily, as I watched
it’s descent, hoping it...

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(Terza Rima Sonnet)


Elated illusions laugh at my reason
Creations of my mind erase dark shadows
I care I search for the joy in each season

Beauties this awesome...

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a farmer under a tree

remarked when stung by a bee

seems each september

rain or fair weather

we seldom seem to agree.
...

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A female praying mantis is so alluring, living in her island paradise -- a small swamp with so many wonderful plants and flowers around. The...

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On Wednesdays I get angry,
and on Thursdays I make pots,
and then I am no longer angry.

When I’m angry I blast Buddy Holly—
but I keep the...

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Afternoon autumn
Our neighborhood goes crazy
Like living in a dentist’s office

Drilling sucking blowing
Whining wincing scraping

Gurgle

My head tilted back
With a book on my chest
Mouth wide open
Staring into...

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