Best Peking Poems

Limerick: Once Indian Virgin met Peking Man

Once Indian Virgin met Peking Man
They spoke together in Malay van
North Koreans wondered	
What in her ear thundered
Thai rebels found...

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So far I've done everything I could possibly do this year.
I've given thorough thought to cleaning up my act.
These early-day hours have been rough-house
The storm...

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If I were a prisoner on death row
just hours away from execution
I would NOT order a meal of calamari with ratatouille,
filet mignon with truffles and...

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Autos whizzing by 
   streetlights and apartment lights cut through the shadows
TV is off - I pick  up a pen 
Sit down...

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Unquotable quotes: Tale-Carriers, Gossip-Mongers, Courrier-Pigeon Caretakers, Smoke-Signal Puffers and Tom-Tom Thumpers – XXVI

Could there be such things as political shenanigans or inter-continental warfares, even catastrophes,...

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Limerick: Once Lucy met Heidelberg Man

   for Nelson Mandela

Once Lucy met Heidelberg Man
Then Neanderthal and Peking Man
Tortoise said to the Turtle:
“Where’s your doggone...

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Growin' up on the Hoosier farm, Mom fixed very simple chuck.
(We'd never heard of pate de fois gras or crispy Peking duck!)
But never mind such...

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The three enigmas of Turandot

The well of souls run deep in fabled lands of old.
Of China's ancient dynasty and the lost Great Tartary, 
a ballad...

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We humans like all creatures to have a purpose, an aim,
From one-celled amoebas to fungi-spore glebas,
They need a good reason to compete in life's game.
Consider...

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Thomas Turkey is trying to avoid the dreaded chopping block!

He's trying to become inconspicuous amongst the teeming flock!

As you thank the Good Lord this year...

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A terrifying creature,
This Valley Pond duck,
Attacking innocent Chinese cooks,
Who should have had better luck...

I dedicated my life
To killing this damn duck
That had pooped on my...

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You have very firm convictions;
So, stand strong behind them.
Quality rather than quantity will matter.
You have very firm convictions.
Care not for the van and foolish chatter.
Do...

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Villanelle : Who’s not racist, do stand not up, please

        for Piers Morgan & Anderson Cooper

Who’s not racist,...

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Kidnapped. - for Peeking Through The Keyhole Contest

The hole where the key’s meant to go
Was vacant so I had to know
What was outside to be...

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Let's talk honestly together
about our divinely-inspired inter-related concepts,
like color,
of God's unlimited multiculturing powers
for healthy resilience
and growth of Positive ultra-violet Energy,
yet on an increasingly finite feeling...

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