Absence
...Though the carpet teemed with costumes, toys and figures, laid orderlessly, it was barren.
Distant echoes of the battery powered monkey clapped naively through the still air, and its dim LED eyes s...
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Categories:
battery powered, divorce, family, father son,
Form: Narrative
A BIT LATE
...
Twas the night before Christmas, Santa in panic.
Each year Christmas Eve became more and more manic.
The world’s population was growing and growing
And, with climate change, it never stopped sno...
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Categories:
battery powered, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Santa May Be A Tad Late This Year
...Kiddies, I'm sorry to say that Santa may be visiting you late this year,
As he struggles to circle the Earth spreading his delightful cheer!
Santa had to retire Rudoloph and his friends leaving the...
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Categories:
battery powered, christmas, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Exhaust Fumes
...E-bikes, E-scooters, E-cars
Darting through the streets
Even E-mountain bikes
To take you to the peaks.
One problem with this E-solution
Is the amount of E-pollution
as we plug them in at nig...
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Categories:
battery powered, environment, green, humor, irony,
Form: Rhyme
Panic In the Panic Room
...At last I was a fruitful writer, and my new novel was selling well,
Like the stars of a moonlit evening, putting lovers under a spell.
I had ever loved self expression, the power and beauty of wo...
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Categories:
battery powered, anxiety, books, fantasy, home,
Form: Couplet
Ghost Train
...Oh station , station
Yee of intermittent locomotive
thoroughfare
Once standing proud now
sadly scheduled surplus to
moderna
Redundant made it's ticket
booth , collector and so to
it's ...
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Categories:
battery powered, slam,
Form: Free verse
In the Darkness of the Storm
...Hear the thunder - see the lightning - rain's up above
The wind blows wildly - and the rain does pour.
While the thunder roars and the lightning strikes
It's rather heavy and quite strong tonig...
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Categories:
battery powered, poetry, storm,
Form: Rhyme
One Last Beer Before Christmas
...One last beer before Christmas
Sitting in a run down bar
Toasting Christmas' once again
Making New Years Resolutions
That in eight days I'll amend
Watching Christmas Specials
On what happened t...
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Categories:
battery powered, christmas, society, sorrow,
Form: Rhyme
That Was Then and This Is Now
...When we made a call it cost a thin dime
We had no paramedics or fancy defibrillators
We had no microwaves or food in a box
We had no trash-compactor or garbage disposal
We had no gas lawnmower or...
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Categories:
battery powered, time,
Form: Free verse
Welcome To the Throne Room (Doc, It's Not a Slam)
..."Er, What's up, Doc?"
the doorman will say
his partner snickering behind
as you pass by the open doors
into a hall of guitars and music posters
you peer into rooms with televisions
or childre...
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Categories:
battery powered, fantasyevil,
Form: Free verse
The Wind
...we are battery powered
need propelled
corresponding switches
turn me on- turn me off
lick away the metal
surface
acidic saliva fizzing
the bad- all gone;
touch is the weapon
that conquers-
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Categories:
battery powered, allegory, love, passion, me,
Form: Free verse
Liza Loo
...How many times can I say
that I miss you?
How many nights will I think
"what would Liza do?"
how many ways do I think of Liza? -
as many and big as the sky is blue!!!
but I'm stuck in here in ...
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Categories:
battery powered, daughter, father, children, love,
Form: Rhyme