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Best Ruled The Roost Poems

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Premium Member Females Finding Football Fame
For years the men have ruled the roost
so it’s high time ladies soccer got a boost
In July the winning team will lift the cup
it’ll be...

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Categories: ruled the roost, football, humorous, sports, tribute,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Queen of her stage
There once was a canary full of rage.
Who shrewdly trapped a sly cat in her cage.
Without a feather ruffled
and Kittie's meows muffled,
she now ruled the...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: ruled the roost, fun, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Oh Boy Sisters
Oh how unlucky can a boy be
Not to have one sister but three
I was always the one who got the blame
And had to hang my...

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© Peter Dome  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: ruled the roost, angst, bullying, growing up,
Form: Free verse
Half a Couplet
It's couplet time but I am shy one person short of a couple.
If I don't find a partner soon, I'm going to be in trouble.

I...

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Categories: ruled the roost, absence, adventure, retirement,
Form: Heroic Couplet
Premium Member I Liked Ike
Dwight D. Eisenhower, a heroic general in World War Two
  Elected thirty-fourth President of the USA in 1952 

Fondly remembered as an American Golden...

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Categories: ruled the roost, courage, freedom, hero, military,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member For the Love of Chicago - Mayoral Parade
In Chicago, Mayor RICHARD J ruled the roost DALEY for 21 years,
  Til he breathed his last, giving way to the 'next sir:' ...

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Categories: ruled the roost, city, gender, political, race,
Form: Rhyme
Fear
Though fear is an instinctive characteristic
It is implanted by some suckers, on the society
Giving birth to an intimidating practice; hoary
That has gripped the humanity since...

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Categories: ruled the roost, angst,
Form: Free verse
Inferiority Complex As a Kid, Adolescent and Emerging Adult
Inferiority complex as a kid, adolescent and emerging adult

Yours truly (an amazingly,
gracefully, and markedly modest
passively aging baby boomer -
formerly introverted long haired
pencil necked geek),
prattling wordsmith...

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Categories: ruled the roost, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Forgiveness
Venomous poison ran through my veins
exuding an emotionless nihilism
that led to everyday iniquitous quarrels
that left us devoid of truth and peace.
 
Why did I lose...

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Categories: ruled the roost, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Humble Hearts
The cinnamon red rooster lost
His place in the pecking order
Of the flock where another rooster
Battled him to near death
Leaving him with one eye pecked out
And...

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Categories: ruled the roost, marriage,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Tom and Jerry
Saturdays, Tom and Jerry ruled the roost
Their antics gave my young life a real big boost
Laughing was the rule
Hallelujah, no school
They were hilarious, many chuckles...

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Categories: ruled the roost, fun,
Form: Limerick
Inferiority Complex As a Kid, Adolescent and Emerging Adult Part Two
timid, meek, and demure (effeminate) me,
essentially ruled the roost
regarding Harris household
sole son characterized vis a vis
presented passive resistant
outward nonestablishmentarian mold
worst case scenario
would witness Matthew Scott...

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Categories: ruled the roost, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Fears and Knives
My mind ruled the roost in my little world.
My mind is the fury below the calm water flow.
My mind is the darkness behind the blue...

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Categories: ruled the roost, care, for her, identity,
Form: Free verse
Who The Police Protect, Part I
Tyler was a real happy man,
looking down at his phone,
the mayor said,“We need less police,
their crimes are so well known.”
They’d not arrest if you stole...

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Categories: ruled the roost, conflict, corruption, dark, evil,
Form: Narrative
Dear Old Heather

(Inspired by Silent One's limerick,  "Queen Of Her Stage" ) 

There once was a canary full of rage.
Who shrewdly trapped a sly cat in...

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Categories: ruled the roost, animal, appreciation, humor,
Form: Limerick

Book: Reflection on the Important Things