Best At The Drop Of A Hat Poems
Crack House of the 13 Gables...I wrote a great book, part memoir, part novel
Shopped it around, I ain’t too proud to grovel
Got kicked upstairs to a big publishing head
He invited me in, and here's what was said:
This screed......
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, angst, humor, humorous, self,
Form:
Rhyme
Collaboration Can Be Fun Join In Here...I'm a firm believer
In limerick fever
(This isn't news)
"It'll cure the blues!"
Says Jan (who is no deceiver)
Written by Jan Allison:
Writing limericks is a fine art
Yes I write abo......
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, appreciation, fun, nonsense,
Form:
Limerick
The Taste of a Wish...Tonight I felt the deep inner desire to conform, to feel at right with the crowd for fear of being scorned. But don't be fooled dearest reader, this ain't a story of morals and how I got consumed int......
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, confusion, imagination, introspection, world,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Readycat...When you look at me, you immediately form an opinion.
Your inconsiderate opinion is more often a wrong one.
You look down on me as if I were a bum or a stray.
I was......
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, cat, pets,
Form:
Personification
2013...2013
I don’t remember any one moment or act that brought myself
and my friends to this moment….maybe it was the night we had
dinner at Aunt Elaine’s house….she had boiled water for the pasta ......
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, imaginationwater, water, , cute,
Form:
Narrative
Wicked Witch of Time...Once upon a time
Present became past
Engaging in your rhyme
You forgot, it wouldn’t last
You abruptly awoke
From an afternoon slumber
Equivalent abode
Different postal number
You couldn’t......
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, age, time,
Form:
Rhyme
Moonlit Path...Fresh out fresh in *snap*
just like that
Regrets, worry’s, nd fear’s
Fall at the drop of a hat
MOON LIT
Hearts and weary soul
The have done the have nots, the cant waits, the "wonder what the......
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, analogy, anxiety, courage, dark,
Form:
Rhyme
3 Peas In a Pod...We were a trio, three peas in a pod
These days our encounters seem a bit odd
Trying times came and left me solo
Fertilizer for their friendship to grow
Reunited and feels so good
But thi......
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, change, conflict, feelings, friendship,
Form:
Free verse
Us Vs Them...Laying down kindergarten knowledge for all too see
Fish they have fins, and birds they have wings
Standing against the crowd, boasting banners of equality
Daring to discern the difference of thing......
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, bible, christian, love, today,
Form:
Rhyme
Rat-A-Tat-Tat...The typewriters tap,
with a rat-a-tat-tat,
like a fourth estate rap
to provide us the pap
(that serves as a snack with a rat-a-tat-tat)
in a newspaper scrap
crammed with meaningless crap
from ......
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, society, violence, war,
Form:
Rhyme
A Filthy Rich Baboon...At the drop of a hat, your life could change
If you win the big jackpot of ten million
You'd have all the things you've ever wished for
And every day would be bright vermillion
Wi......
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, happiness, money, perspective,
Form:
Narrative
My Grandfathers Dying Wish...See problems they no worry Timothy
He was raised by his Great Grandmother
One day she taught him
Miho you can make life beautiful or ugly
Work hard, find a woman who has a strong back
Beauty fades it......
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, faith, family, father, funeral,
Form:
Free verse
Minstral...Mainly a friend that loves and amuses
I often would be lost without you
Never a moan parts your lips
Steadfastly you guard our home
Tenderly you wash and groom the cats
Ready to go for a run at ......
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, dog, friend, love,
Form:
Acrostic
Sometimes Things Just Happen...The accident happened...
there's no going back.
Your life it all changed...
at the drop of a hat.
If I'd only chose different...
you frequently say.
Do you think it would have made
for a m......
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, change, emotions, forgiveness,
Form:
Fancy-Free...My fancy isn’t costly
though sometimes it can be.
I fancy this; fancy that,
or at the drop of a hat,
I’ll fancy things TOO fancy.
Since I’ve not got lots of money,
if too costly is my fancy,
......
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Categories:
at the drop of a hat, freedom,
Form:
Rhyme