Best Sammy Poems

Sang like a whippoorwill, up high on a hill
   Played trumpet like Satchmo, with panache and skill
To watch that man tap-dance, gave even Gregory Hines a thrill
   As Ella Fitzgerald told us, 'Sammy's pure talent' distilled



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Sad Sammy starfish, all alone on the beach
Wishes to find  a soulmate, but no one is in reach

He looks around, raises his hands into the air
Is there a lonely starfish somewhere out there

Suddenly Sammy espies upon a rock 
A stunning pink starfish wearing a...

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everyone said
he was too small
for a good watch dog....

why did he leave
such a big hole in our hearts?







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3/24/15 
For Andrea's Contest: Tanka 3 Return To Top Ten...

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Sammy Taylor was a good kid, as everyone could see
He was destined for greatness unknown to you and me.
From the hills of West Virginia, a place called Whittlers’ Bend.
He left one day in ’66 never to return again.

Folks all remember Sammy for the goodness in...

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Sammy the snake had a stutter
His "S" sssssss he  couldn't say. 
When eating his fish and chips
Path the thalt pleath is what he said

The other snakes made fun of him
Calling him Thammy to his face
He will have his come uppance
I think for sure he...

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Sammy snake had a cold
with a nose that was always runny
now where could he keep a hanky
no pockets in his skin life wasn't funny

he tried to spear it on a twig
carried it with his tail
but when he sneezed it shot out
so many times a fail

got...

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In the spring, Sammy loves planting trees.

With his son, he flies kites in the breeze.

But his favorite thing

Is at night performing

With his wife like the birds and the bees!



For A Brian Strand July 6 Poetry Contest...

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My new best friend was Sammy Snail
I found him slithering in my pail
I tried to keep him without fail
But from my pail he did abseil!
Our kitchen wall he tried to scale
Dad took him out, I start to wail
my little face it turned quite pale
I really...

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Today we celebrate 
Sammy the Seaman
who caught enough
to overfill his big net.

It's truly amazing that
he fed every family
from one single catch
which we'll never forget....

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Little Sammy Humperdink
He had a brain but could not think
He had no plans, he had no dreams
He had no imagination it seems
He did not work, he earned no pay
He drew a paycheck anyway
He had no dog, he owned no cats
His sole companions were the rats
He...

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He was only two months old when he came into my life. 
The joy could not be measured he brought to me and my wife. 
He had brown eyes and hair with freckles on his arms. 
I promised I'd always be there to protect him...

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The creature at the bar loved to get drunk
But townsfolk kept well away cos it stunk
At this bar with his friend
Drank whiskey till night's end
You’ve probably guessed its Sammy the skunk.

Joe the mayor asked the townsfolk to think
For an answer to that horrible stink
They came...

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Once long ago
In the streets of Atlantis
I lived next to
A natural born dog whisperer
The Pied Piper of dogs
The neighbourhood dogs 
Followed uncle Sammy everywhere
Every time when he went
To go and chop wood
He was safe in the forest
With all our dogs
Rumour has it he could speak...

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He looked so lethargic sitting there in the parking lot of the oldest city in the world. I was perplexed as to why they harnessed him and tortured him in the cruel hot sun. I am no veterinarian of desert animals, but I knew something...

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“No Words Spoken: Eyes of a Soul to Eyes of a Soul”



No words. Eyes of a Soul speak to Eyes of a Soul.

No words 
can interpret the loss of such beauty, such innocence, such promise.

No words 
will ever express the internal evaluation of such another,...

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