Best Croquet Poems
Clipped Crops and Croquet MalletsI miss so many things: the old pear tree, which once lived by the walk and the bees inside. The bees almost never stung, but made the most delightful buzz. The smell of the pear blossoms and the fruit as it rotted on the ground....
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Categories:
croquet, beauty,
Form:
Haibun
The Croquet LawnBorder
guard hoops
and hedgehog balls;
striking flamingos; painted-rose
walls...
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Categories:
croquet, books, writing,
Form:
Cinquain
Croquet AnyoneThere once was a lady with a story.
She made it up for fame and glory.
Her topic, a bit risque.
A naked game of croquet.
The description was very gory....
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Categories:
croquet, funny, humorous, nonsense,
Form:
Limerick
Croquet On the Lawn At Three Pm1 2 1 2 in a tutu playing croquet at three pm
Abracadabra is a giant kilo of horse manure thrown at the head with a boom. But a boom is neither a boomerang nor a pickling gate in a jar of curdled milk. Sour then?...
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Categories:
croquet, addiction, america, baseball, basketball,
Form:
Spatterdock CroquetWhen Nature frees the lotus
(This year's debut emergence)
From their sleeping seeds,
When they begin to cress the surface,
I shall stand with broadened smile,
My heart's joy augment threefold;
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Categories:
croquet, flower, nature,
Form:
Beating the Dead Horse In the Ribs With a Croquet Malletand now we bask in the bloodlust
waiting for another reason
to whimper,
“why do they hate us?”...
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Categories:
croquet, political
Form:
Free verse
CroquetYou’ve always
let me win at croquet
and I could never
figure out why
until the day
I saw you smile
into the sun
and move your lips
in silence
and wink to a passing cloud
and purposely hit
the ball astray....
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Categories:
croquet, fun, games, love, summer,
Form:
Free verse
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Categories:
croquet, sports,
Form:
Shape
Neither Cricket Nor Croquet
Discriminating palates
garnish salads with shallots
But when eating croquettes
avoid mallets
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Categories:
croquet, food, games, giggle,
Form:
Rubai