Best Sarsaparilla Poems
There Was Trouble Brewin' In Soup Creek...As morning glowed pale light over the town of Soup Creek,
Jenna woke with a start when she heard a floorboard squeak.
She raised her gun and took aim at a shadow near the door,
"Hold it right ther......
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Categories:
sarsaparilla, poets,
Form:
Narrative
Billy the Kid...Billy the kid kept roving around,
A campfire here, a cowhand there,
He traveled alone through country & town,
Always headed somewhere,
One certain day he rode into town,
His forty-five strappe......
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Categories:
sarsaparilla, crazy, horse, journey,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
Pie Eyed Spittoon...Out of the west, amide a beautiful sunrise… came a pie eyed son of a gun.
Looking for Armadilly Billy the Sling Shot Kidster… water gun… in hand.
He rode a very slow plug, an inchworm called ‘Giddy......
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Categories:
sarsaparilla, adventure, fantasy, fun, funny,
Form:
Light Verse
Dear Miss Monkey Manners Iii...Dear Miss Monkey Manners, I am writing to you out of desperation,
It seems that I may have a problem with excessive perspiration.
As a lowland gorilla I live in regions of extreme heat and humidity,
......
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Categories:
sarsaparilla, funny, old, old, silver,
Form:
Light Verse
With Gentlemen Ease...
In the unforgiving August heat
of a hot Alabama noonday
They sit in secluded shade,
resting in high-back, woven bamboo chairs
on a mahogany carved veranda
Their bodies face outward to t......
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Categories:
sarsaparilla, black african american, pain,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Attic Journey...
Mr. William Finch had a lot to remember.
What was he doing in the attic in late November?
Wondering about his antics was his wife Cora.
William was covered with the scent of sarsaparilla.
He......
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Categories:
sarsaparilla, adventure, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
Horn Hairy Gorrila Limerick...Horn Hairy Gorilla Limerick
We were drinking some sarsaparilla
Ran into Hun that they named Attila
Pretended he was a gorgeous man
From each country him they did ban
He had turned into a harry......
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Categories:
sarsaparilla, allegory, analogy,
Form:
Limerick
Define A Friend...A friend instinctively knows how to bend,
and not break, when anger is in control.
A Champagne and sarsaparilla blend;
that can quench the thirst of both heart and soul.
A friend is tet......
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Categories:
sarsaparilla, best friend, emotions, feelings,
Form:
Sonnet
Sister Sarah Sucks...Sidney spots spiteful sister Sarah secretly sucking
sticky strawberry swirls, and sarsaparilla spirals
Tongue Twister Challenge Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Joe Sandler
12/30/20......
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Categories:
sarsaparilla, candy, children,
Form:
Alliteration
I Wished I Were a Cowboy...I wished I were a cowboy riding a handsome palomino,
But, I was just a little kid, my sis watching Valentino.
I wished I were a cowboy rounding up the longhorns,
But, I was just a little kid still......
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Categories:
sarsaparilla, childhood, memory,
Form:
Rhyme
Drinking Water...Two glasses of water
wait to be touched by hand and lip.
The water itself remembers the taste
of whiskey, sarsaparilla, Fixodent;
the salty funk
of being swallowed down the throat
of one expe......
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Categories:
sarsaparilla, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Just Vanilla...
There are flavors from strawberry cheesecake to sarsaparilla.
Thirty-one different kinds of ice cream, and you want vanilla?
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Categories:
sarsaparilla, food,
Form:
Couplet
Sprilla - Tanka 99...
Rooted for good health
Centuries of healing man
Better skin and joints
......
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Categories:
sarsaparilla, appreciation, blessing, drink, health,
Form:
Tanka
Found In a Candy Store...some sarsaparilla please
chilled Death Valley soda pop
fizz with a vintage label
9/19/2021......
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Categories:
sarsaparilla, drink,
Form:
Senryu
Flying Love...Sarsaparilla sneezes
Soda wishes blowing bees
past their lemon flower love
swish of air beneath their wings
Carbonated moments
When the lights pop on in minds
Blown to breathing labored breaths......
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Categories:
sarsaparilla, love,
Form:
Rhyme