Best Francs Poems

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Bonsoir 
He had greeted the trader, for it was evening.
An unusual day it was, the sun still smiling
And shedding light on dark mother earth.

At 37...

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If I had been a governess, I would have been paid.
Maybe a pittance, maybe a penny, maybe in francs or yen. 
Who knows?

If I had...

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Joan was a girl who has the appearance of a boy.  She was born in Domrecy of France into the peasant family of Jacques
d'...

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There once was a branding woman that worked on a ranch
She ran through woods looking behind every branch
Frantic to find a tolerant male to arrange...

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There once was an economist who claimed
Deregulation wasn’t to blame
For the failure of banks
Loss of middle class ranks
‘Til unemployment had to pay him in francs...

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Their  portraits hanging firmly
from the naked wall, all our goods
pawned for the cause.
To see our vision and strike through
Our lively evenings and peaceful nights
conquered...

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THE DIE IS CAST
“I See,” said a blind man to his deaf Spouse, emphatically
I hear the S-rhetoric She replied Sarcastically
The symptoms and signs of Stagnation...

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Always there for the needy,
Doing what should be done
And with great care,

Making us look clean and shiny,
Making us look new and good,
All these for some...

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As to the this and the that and the how and the why,
    I pass no judgement on the tale at hand.
And...

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You are something to behold as I hold you in my hand.
Made of quality gold, you come from Switzerland.
With a value of twenty francs, you...

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Louis came to the café around one,
set his wooden boxes beside a table 
and looked at the chalk board menu as 
he felt through his...

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Everybody has heard the old cliché.
It stubbornly persists right up to today.
It is said all that glitters is gold.
This is a lovely little piece to...

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 April's Torment - The Villanelle Of The April Fool

April couldn't stop thinking about the April Fool
It was just so april fish and pranks
Never had...

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Pounds, Dollars, Rupees, Yen
     Time to stop this if we can
Impossible, I know but still
     When money...

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na·po·le·on   

na·po·le·on [n? p?lee ?n, n? p?ly?n]
(plural na·po·le·ons) 
n 
1.  food flaky pastry: a rectangular flaky pastry shape filled with custard cream...

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