Best Herring Poems

I am known as a sky rat, or a beach thief,
most call me a seagull and a nuisance.
I love to fly across the ocean freely,...

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I could not paint a better picture,
Than the one in front of me,
Of twists and turns of the canal,
Bordered by endless trees.

A warm day with...

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the gods …

awoke early that day
for the sun had swallowed the moon
and left a ragged, gaping wound in the sky …
it bled darkness like cold...

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Blink if the title drew your eyes in

See, the breadth of our human functionality
Sparks interest
Curiosity

Thankfully, no evil kitty cats were killed because of it.

But, humanity...

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SAD SEA TALE

There was once an old man of the ocean
For a mermaid he had a devotion
But instead of two pins
She’d a tail and some...

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Written: November 06, 2023
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A swarm of herring gulls amassed
Nexus Nautilus nabbed by zealous...

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It was way after eight, at the Cat in the Hat.
    The whole plaice was swimming, quoth the mackrel to sprat.
 ...

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Long ago
a year or so
I received accolades a plenty
I won this, and I won that
I was on top of it all
I was almost the whole...

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PoetrySoup …

I Was Heartily Welcomed… As I Sat At Your Table
By:  Carol, Sara, Carolyn, Dane Anne,  Moses, and Abel
    ...

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Dad, Wynken, Blynken, and Nod's not right;
    Seems to me they’ve not a clue.
For starters, they tried to sail at night,
 ...

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A Whale of a Tale

"There yet are plenty of 'soulmates' in the sea -- 
in all seven seas, in fact."
-- a non-fishy fish fact for...

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Releasing the rigid anchor line
Leaving the safety of land in our wake
Warm July zephyrs filling the sails
Resting even hands upon the tiller
As the bow broken...

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*Image of Betty White by Pinterest.



Betty White RIP



Alas!
She Passed,

Betty,
Firstly,

Then White,
Finite,

Icon,
Like On,

TV,
Marquee,

AM,
FM,

Invest,
Her Best,

Female,
Prevail,

Guinness,
Booked As,

Premiere,
Career,

Shadows,
Gameshows,

Mary,
Murray,

Ted And,
Sue Ann,

High-Strung,
Sharp-Tongue,

Antics,
Frantics,

Leaven,
Seven,

Golden,
Stolen,

Bea, Rue,
Stan Too,

Miles And,
Nylund,

Fourth Gal,
Estelle,

Neighbor,
Failure,

Drop Dead,
She Did,

Gun Shot,
In Shock,

Hearts Race,
Shot Vase,

Herring,
War...

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A broken torpedo got wedged in my eye,
making me squint out some tea
Laughed at a submarine sauntering by,
hoagies afloat on the sea

Gathering minnows from dams...

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“The Lewis Trap”



Well, of course he's misanthropic
He’s a Misanthropic Man
The Devil’s in the details
Buried deep under the covers
Of bedtime stories, slithers ‘neath loose sand

A Liddell...

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