Best Crunches Poems

I used to like barbells, enjoyed pumping iron,
   my Nautilus* gym was one happy environ.
Those posters of 6-packs and marbled biceps
   inspired me to start counting carbs, pounds, and reps.

My trainer would coax, "hold as long as you can!"
  ...

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Gold Fever 

History will not record the bloated weight
Of this pious and bigoted race 
Or count the fat and flaccid wealth
Of religions idolatry

Those pages have been scrubbed clean
By prosperous forgivingness 
And the cruelty of established political dominion
Will not tally the bodies of the oppressed

To them,...

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Life is frozen, an endless winter night
My heart, deep inside, pumps slower now
My bones are brittle, as the cold encroaches
Locked in a sheath of frigid ice

Frost runs down the window panes
Of my soul, scarring me with a terrible beauty
Snow falls into the empty catacombs
Of my...

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Luscious leaves brush against my face,
pulsing veins deep enough to trace
time with a wind gust embrace.

Maroon, copper, gold they dangle
glistening to sunset's angle
with zeal of wind chime's bangle.

Lully leaves descend freestyle
becoming a striking pile
beaconing a playful smile.

Before dried crunches can accrue,
lively, I toss a pile...

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Write a limerick of your own about a Muppet. 
If you post it in a comment or in soup mail to me, 
and I find it appropriate, I'll add it on. ;-)


Sesame Street's Count von Count is dressed in black
He spends his time counting bats...

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across the Doggerland dogged people trudge
  Neanderthals, Heidelbergers...Sapiens, the last ones standing
  hairy mammoths, heavy life bearing down
  the mighty maw of an ice wall crunches, enforcing southward retreat
  remoulding the land for the next migration
  steady thawing reveals a...

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Cold blue sky and water are frozen hard as iron
Our noses get stuffy it needs a little need lube
Lovers curled up on a bench, lined with the finest fur
Drifting emotions with romantic snow crystal kisses

With frosty mornings, crisp days and powdery snow
Ice spikes in the...

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A Cup Of Tea

A cup of tea is a gift unique
In every cup it stands supreme
In restaurants, hotels, bazaars and homes
It’s a great dose for relaxing bones
Historical demand from ancient times
Light and strong always served by host
A cup of tea makes people close
In a friendship...

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My cat crunches her chunky canned food,
My cat crawls and creeps, curious-   and shrewd;
My cat chatters and croons, so cheerful and charming,
My cat is clever and captivating, carefree-  and often alarming.

My cat is so cute and chubby and likes to cuddle...

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Curled in the fetal position, snug and warm in the bed under the fluffy down
comforter dreaming as day breaks.  Then suddenly a storm brews and explodes
through the large double-paned window lifting me up higher than I had ever been
lifted before.  Sucked up out...

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Warm clothing in mystifying layers
Portrait painted by mist and light
Naked branches catch the sun
Ice crunches underfoot  
Noisy crows protest
Breath ghostly white  
Squirrels chatter
Head home
Numb...

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CATERPILLAR: 

Sweet, moist, musky earth pervades all of my senses 
In safe darkness, beneath this leaf, my cool canopy 
I have no wants as I slumber here in contentment 
I am humbly grateful, alive with my blessings 

Rested now, I feel a need to explore...

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Dear LORD, I contemplate Your greatness
I am in awe of Your majesty
The exquisite detail in all things
To live in Your powerful harmony

As I walk in the November woods
Where tree limbs have become barren of leaves
And the ground crunches with ev'ry step--
There a mystery dwells, I...

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Staring into the stratospheric abyss 
Cumulus clouds swiftly drift along.  
As I stand at a dusty precipice,  
The white-hot heat of the sun beating down,  
Microscopic gravel crunches beneath questioning feet.

A flood of overwhelming emotions washes forth,  
Whilst a broken heart...

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I'm walking the dog and when I stop
     I get bathed in sunshine
   it's the warmth of before
  like that feeling in the London Underground
     when gusts of dusty air rush over you
yet this...

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