Best Guests Poems

plucked from frozen hills

evergreen scents fill our homes...

     lights flicker with joy




*Entry for Andrea's "Haiku Me a Christmas Tree" contest...

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Driving past the couple 
I could see
They were heading my way
Expecting tea

Now anyone is welcome 
At my humble home
Except those two
Why have they come?

She clanks her teeth when she speaks
His nose always running... he eats like that
My stomach turns because she reeks
Her bladder is dodgy,...

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GUESTS OF EMBERA DRUA

We are guests in this village on the Chagris River shore.
Tribe members of Embera Drua twist palms of Panama -

embrace us each, with this wreath of scented flora,
language barriers break down with food and dance.

In this jungle we’ve no need to be...

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Zombies ate my Christmas guests
Oh Lord you should have seen it
Don't know what the cops will think
But the neighbors won't believe it

Granny dodged and moved so quick
She ran like Herschel Walker
Just as it seemed she'd get away
She tripped, that's how they caught her

Uncle Fred was...

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A post from the past.....just trying to put down all the ones I have written but deleted when I left the site for a while......this is almost too long, but I couldn't find which animal or insect to eliminate.....

Gardens attract a number of guests,
Some are...

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                                This chill
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The beauty of this earth entrances
as water lilies do their dances.
Sky is framed by a storm cloud
while every raindrop sings out proud.

Mother Nature's quite alluring
and of mankind she's enduring.
Let us look out for her needs
and rectify those harmful deeds.

Enjoy the earthly gifts bestowed;
those painted landscapes...

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Rugby SCRUM* DANCE for Divorced and Dis-abused Wedding Guests

(Packs made up of eight « players » (see note below) may be formed indifferently : either segregate the sexes or mix them up. No sweat ! Only keep children away !)

First Half

Step up
Both parties, now 
Take...

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Early this morning, I found, much to my chagrin,
the flowers in my garden were as if they’d never been.

Bitten off above the soil, green stubs left aground.
Mad enough to spit nails, I fussed and stomped around.

It was easy to discover who the culprits were.
They left...

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It feels like they've been here forever,
How long isn't easy to tell.
They claim they arrived from Australia
but I think they came here from hell.

The cats all left home for a fortnight
the fleas on the dog did the same
The washing machine thinks it's having a fit
but...

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He raises his charmed-horn frost-cup                                        ...

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guests...
a walking stick 
and eleven shoes...

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Early this morning, I found,
much to my chagrin,
the flowers in my garden
were as if they’d never been.

Bitten off above the soil,
green stubs left aground.
Mad enough to spit nails,
I fussed and stomped around.

It was easy to discover,
who the culprits were.
They left telling evidence
indented in the dirt...

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Come and stay we urged them.
We’ll have a blast!
We did not have blast.
They came two days too early.
We were prepared in no way.
Worst visit ever.
Last one also....

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Tea for two, for me, for you
Buckwheats for three, you, and you, and me
Huckleberries for four, that's what we adore
Spring rolls for five make us feel alive
Chalupas for six, served on heated bricks
Matzo balls for seven without a bit of levin
Piroshki for eight and won't...

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