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Aesop Arizona
A bunny can hop, jump, and leap
And sit up straight whilst fast asleep 
A tortoise must climb
One step at a time
Spurred on by the Roadrunner's beep...

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Categories: aesop, america,
Form: Limerick
The Spider and the Fly - An Aesop Fable Retold
The thread of love and understanding that grows thin with distance is very fragile 
Unless anchored well at both ends.
Just as a spider weaves her web with but a few anchors to support her beautiful creation, so must love be built.
But, as a spider lovingly...

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Categories: aesop, allegory, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Aesop Redux
He squandered time, left fields unplowed,
in search of highs, pursuing thrills,
neglecting that he'd been endowed
with gifts to cultivate and till.
He wandered where his heart did please,
but pleasure slipped by small degrees.

A random walk, no certain line:
the storms in life were kept at bay.
But with no...

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Categories: aesop, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member Aesop - Condensed
   An ant 
     never says
       “I can’t”

   Grasshoppers
     dream up
       whoppers
...

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Categories: aesop, dream, insect, work,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry