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October 16th 2018 A Day At The Market With The Missus
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matthew harris
| Light Verse |
bat, 6th grade, 8th grade,
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What Did God Do On The Seventh Day
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Robert L. Hinshaw
| Rhyme |
bat, god, humorous,
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Mysterious Night
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Melissa Tracy
| Rhyme |
bat, halloween,
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Hatless Hattie
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M. L. Kiser
| Limerick |
bat, appreciation, fun, funny, giggle,
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The Thinking Gnat
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Caren Krutsinger
| Political Verse |
bat, humor,
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Halloween Fun
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elijah zmuda
| Rhyme |
bat, autumn, fantasy, funny, halloween,
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light Jesus
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Kim Rodrigues
| Free verse |
bat, hyperbole,
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The Quiet Murder
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Evan Booooooooo
| Ballad |
bat, murder,
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Spiritedly Distilling Social Graces
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matthew harris
| Free verse |
bat, 11th grade, 12th grade,
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This is a rubbish poem
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Dave Timperley
| Rhyme |
bat, appreciation, environment, nostalgia,
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The Stupid Soldier
by Christine Phillips
I cannot stop laughing at the soldier acting
I cannot stop laughing at the soldier gasping
Every time I turned around he is looking on the ground
Hiding...
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Narrative |
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Categories:
bat, angel, confidence, desire, encouraging,
The Champs Visit
by M. L. Kiser
He walked slowly, taking in the sight and smell of the field.
The memories of games gone by, filled his heart with joy as he recalled...
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Tritina |
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Categories:
bat, baseball, games, imagery, poems,
The Strikeout
by Timothy McGuire
Standing at the plate there is no doubt
The pitcher is determined to strike me out
He squints to see the catcher's glove
Then spins and swings his...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
bat, baseball, childhood,
Physco Daisy Mae
by Mike Grant
B.S.C. is what she does to me
Physco Daisy Mae is CRAZY!
She really is a little lazy
The truth is a little hazy
Give me money and...
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I do not know? |
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Categories:
bat, america, anger, betrayal, character,
They Call Me Corvette Granny
by Sonia Walker
They call me Corvette Granny
as I cruise around in my red Sting Ray,
vintage 1965 convertible and what a looker,
the top down with my hair flying...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
bat, humor,
The Bat Concrete
by Josh Davies
The Bat
It’s early August and the air is dry, I shake my head and step outside,
My small dark eyes seem so bemused, everything I...
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Concrete |
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bat, adventure, animal, appreciation,
The Bat
by Josh Davies
It’s early August and the air is dry, I shake my head and step outside,
My small dark eyes seem so bemused, everything I see,...
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Rhyme |
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bat, adventure, animal, august, beautiful,
Inseparable
by Delaney Dow
In sixth grade we discovered our love of volleyball together.
She was the setter, I was the hitter.
The perfect pair.
We bonded over...
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Free verse |
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bat, absence, betrayal, friendship, loss,
Thru Chaos Thru Calm
by Tim Smith
From light to dark to light
the world spins but I am still
struck down in enchantment
relieved of free will
emblazoned
I'm filled with...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
bat, love,
Shush
by Rico Leffanta
Out of the dark, "Shush ….did you hear that?"
A very fat cat purred to a bat
Then a fatal pause
Found bat 'twixt claws
'cause it pooped right...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
bat, anger, animal, cat, dark,
Inner core still intact
by David Smith
Every day I wake up with my inner core still intact,
And that is an established fact,
So, I seldom worry about that
Even when I...
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Imagism |
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Categories:
bat, analogy, appreciation, character, cool,
Freedom of a Bat
by Caren Krutsinger
nocturnal clicking
flying spirited and free
tiny guano drops
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Haiku |
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bat, animal,
Animal limerick
by Wendy Watson
I once had a boyfriend called Matt
Whose cheeks were incredibly fat!
He had warts on his nose
And gargantuan toes;
Well they say love’s as blind as a...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
bat, animal,
Avoyelles Life
by Kristin Bordelon
In a small town, in the middle of the state
Lie many questions; still unanswered to date
Injustice is done without the bat of an eye
It's...
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Sonnet |
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Categories:
bat, betrayal, corruption, death, discrimination,
Ek koshish
by mamta pal
Kisse kahu Dard apna ki koi apna nahi hai ,
Waqt ke saye main meri tanhaye ke siwa kuch bacha nhi hai ,
Badal jate hai log...
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Dramatic Verse |
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bat, age, anger, blessing, care,
Fractured Anna's-versary
by Gershon Wolf
Hark, hark! The shark!
I think that I shall never pee
Into something nasty as puree...
Quoth the raven, "What the...
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Light Verse |
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Categories:
bat, poetry, silly, song,
20-20 Optical Illusion
by Freddie Robinson Jr.
20 nods and 20 winks,
it’s all smoke-and-mirrors
me lazy bones think
Swampy eye creatures
say dey got a thousand-dollar discount
sofa solution
And dey gon put me
on a...
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Light Verse |
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Categories:
bat, corruption, humor, slam, truth,
Living and other ways to die
by Jasmine Koria
Maybe he ate his vitamins and their minerals and oranges and apples all at once again and again
Or ran laughing down the rugged rocks of...
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Dramatic Monologue |
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Categories:
bat, society, suicide,
If I Could Go Back - Collaboration
by Andrea Dietrich
The challenge was to add one stanza into the sponsor's poem. This was my favorite one that he showed. I have italized the last stanza...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
bat, memory,
Oops
by Eve Roper
Oops!
Arriving home early from a company trip
Into my house I silently slip
To the bedroom to check on my spouse
I see four feet, that cheating louse
From...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
bat, anger, husband, parents, wife,