Lemonade Moon
...I was driving our new bus down a rural lane
Potholes, rocks, the bus began to complain
GPS didn't reach, I told the rock band
As we bumped along in no man's land.
This will wreck my guitar, sai...
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Categories:
belted, america, celebrity, children, drink,
Form: Lyric
BUSY BUSY BUMBLE BEE
...Busy…Buzzing…Bumble Bee
Busy Buzzing Bottling Honey
Jumbo Bundled Bumble Bee
With Bold-Brown Buttoned Bottoms
And Billowy Belted Blemished Top
All well-suited for yet another
Busy-Busy Beautif...
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Categories:
belted, animal,
Form: Alliteration
The Cold of Fear
...Cold is the tittering of befitted feet
Cold is the meagre meanders of falling fractals
Cold is the twinge of bitter blues upon reeling retreats
Cold is the roiling retch of frostbitten flesh
Col...
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Categories:
belted, death, death of a
Form: Alliteration
Puppy Love Eyes
...My first crush - Donny Osmond
Puppy Love Eyes
Never over, puppy love eyes;
Pudding melting has no lies.
Eyes stand up, beg for one thing;
Without pudding, could be no offsp...
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Categories:
belted, first love, love,
Form: Sijo
Crocodile Rock
...My heart leapt with all joy, still does, with doe eyes.
Back in that day, before I knew Elton’s face, the sighs
of my sister and I, as we lie in our parents bed,
hours of tuning in to the sounds...
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Categories:
belted, music,
Form: Rhyme
Labor Day Road Trip
...Another test to prove -
if its true that distance is shorter
to mom's house than mine?
And witness -
how belted-in kids can still spin up reasons
to fight and bite;
or explore why -
at least...
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Categories:
belted, family, nostalgia, vacation,
Form: Free verse
Annapolis Too, Do-be-do-be-do
...
Glenn Campbell sang of Wichita
Trini Lopez of Kansas City
Otis Redding crooned of Sausalito, CA
Sittin’ on the dock of a bay
Chicago was Sinatra’s kind o...
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Categories:
belted, celebrity, city, flying, music,
Form: Rhyme
Whether 'Tis Nobler
...
Tried to write something philosophical
But the strain on my brain was immense
Heard something whir then POP
Thought to myself, “that can't be good”
Felt fine otherwise
But suddenly w...
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Categories:
belted, creation,
Form: Free verse
Dan's Favorite Birds - 2 of 10 - Belted-kingfisher
...The belted kingfisher is a cool dude,
But his girlfriend is even brighter hued.
He's loaded with dazzling features, but
What I like best is his spiky haircut....
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Categories:
belted, bird, fun, humor,
Form: Rhyme
The Countryside Conductor
...He perched himself upon his stage.
He stretched himself up tall.
The Countryside Conductor
Fanned his wings and beckoned all
To join him as he welcomed in
A bright new sunny day,
To bring che...
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Categories:
belted, bird,
Form: Rhyme
Breaking Is Down
...Vibrant colors
Incredible Light
Flowing source
In void...night
A flash of pink
Caught time off guard
Pause created thought
Flow gathered
Colors mixed
At what ought not
...be
Accusatio...
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Categories:
belted, beauty, violence,
Form: Rhyme
The Unique Antique Shoppe
...The curiosity shoppe
Was the place to stop,
For something unique
... A rare antique
With floors that creak
A treasure in itself,
Amongst the keepsakes
Lining each and every shelf
Under ...
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Categories:
belted, age, appreciation, character, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Shame and Guilt Sabotaged Mine Healthy Growth
...Shame and guilt sabotaged mine healthy growth...
and let yours truly not forget emasculation
that prickly emotional immobilization
whereby these lovely bones
subject courtesy senescence
upon...
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Categories:
belted, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Nonsense Poem
...boisterous beekeeper was bathed, bound and belted.
besieged by bevy of beauties whose beeswax was melted.
fickle, frantic, frolicking friendly freedom, freshly felted.
persnickety, lickety-splicke...
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Categories:
belted, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Whether 'Tis Nobler
...Tried to write something philosophical
But the strain on my brain was immense
Heard something whir then POP
Thought to myself, “that can't be good”
Feel fine otherwise
But suddenly was a...
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Categories:
belted, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
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