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A dud acrostic - Pretty Elf Owl
Preferring darkness, to forage and hunt, night they choose
Relatively world’s smallest owl, yelping is their unique call
Eyes highlighted, gray bill, brown birds that feign death to bluff
They are listed enangered, they migrate, mob their predators too
To rear, parents work hard, hunt-feed-defend to put up best...

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Categories: dud, bird,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member She Was An Ace He Was a Dud
I used to teach night class
For those who hated school
And dropped out

A couple came in once.
Took the pretest.
She was an ace.
He was a dud.

He beat her for this....

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Categories: dud, abuse,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I'M Not Sure If It's a Dud But It Went Thud
Some monsters were mashing in a vault
Then Caspar screamed "it wasn't my fault"
Dracula turned on the light
To reveal Halloween fright
Old Frankie lost his head with loose bolt...

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Categories: dud, halloween,
Form: Limerick

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member Donald the Dud of a Dude has Dudgeon
Donald, the dud of a dude has dudgeon, Denise told me.
dungeon? I asked
she shook her head ‘no”
Dudgeon

I looked it up
Dudgeon
Ill humor
That said a lot

probably means
we will never be friends
because I have dusted the negative Neds
off of my sandals

and it feels terrific
to be free of all...

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Categories: dud, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry