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Homespun Wisdom
Got sent to the principal's office
Sex Ed teacher made the call
Said I didn't raise my hand,
and spoke out of turn
That I said some racy things,
that had the whole class giggling
Well, Mr. Principal, sir ...
I simply said my parents told me
that sex don't work like that
They...

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Categories: homespun, humorous, parents, parody, wisdom,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Homespun / Maine 2004
Nostalgia draped the counters and walls
The smell of bacon sizzled in the air.
Diners in baseball caps and ponytails
noisily chattered there.

The grill popped
to the teakettle’s screams
To harmonize with the babies cries
sitting on their Daddies knees.

Time drizzled by on the Chevy Belair clock
like the syrup on my...

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Categories: homespun, nostalgia
Form: Quatrain
Homespun
spinning yarn rumpled                                          ...

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Categories: homespun, allusion, fantasy, humorous, introspection,
Form: Senryu

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member Homespun
Simple- homespun poems
no fancy ribbons or satin bows.
Her words taste like earth
a landslide of the soul
unbridled
"Come ride my wild bucking mind
if you dare" she cackles.
The reader sits bare-back
nibbling her words like snacks.
There's no tricks or perfume.
Only soul sweat, the musk elephant of truth...
trumpeting fearless in...

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Categories: homespun, butterfly, poetess,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things