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Best Slingshot Poems

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Premium Member Armadilly Billy, the Slingshot Kidster
Armadilly came galloping into Troll Lake, bent on seeking a new life, to unwind.
He’d rode out of the Badlands, leaving only a trail of blowing...

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Categories: slingshot, adventure, fantasy, funny, imagination,
Form: Light Verse



Premium Member Slingshot
"Slingshot"



two morning stars
watch the world
of man collide

two lions roar
one paints the sky 
with tears

the other 
thinks it reigns
winning wars

immersed in blood 
winning souls, covenant
two morning...

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Categories: slingshot, dark, i am, light,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Intrusion In the Fray:Response To Tom
Forgive intrusion in the fray
I'm making comments today
Tom's limericks, three
were cute as can be
But of Kim and Jack, I must say.....

We all know how well...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: slingshot, poetry,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Lest We Forget
I remember those days when just a kid,
the old ten shilling note, and the odd quid.*
Teddy boys in their drain pipes, fur collars
smelling of nicotine,...

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Categories: slingshot, nostalgia, school, old, old,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Am
Being who I am
			It appears that I am ...


A thinker cogito ergo sum
        A Feeler therefore I am...

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Categories: slingshot, caregiving,
Form: List



The Last Purple Pixie
Once upon a time, Prunella
dwelt amid a magic wood
a dainty pixie most rare
whose temperament wasn't good

Last one of her purple line
in that dreary, dreaded glen
where...

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Categories: slingshot, fairy, fantasy, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
God Says I'M Royalty
There are too many people walking around every single day 
And if you ask them who they are most don't know what to say 
You...

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Categories: slingshot, destiny, faith, god,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Armadilly Billy and the Buzzard Rustlers
Armadilly Billy the Sling Shot Kidster, was the Sheriff of our town.
When mangy rustlers went into action, he was wont to hunt them down.
‘The Buzzard’...

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Categories: slingshot, adventure, fantasy, fun, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member S O S - Writer Down
An inspiration surges through your brain. 
If only you can organize, maintain 
Your poignant words, a slingshot to release, 
With measured aim, this writer's block...

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Categories: slingshot, angst, assonance, confusion, feelings,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Premium Member Grit and Guts On the Gridiron - 2
Pittsburgh, hammertown, Chuck Knoll and his boys
established the best Superbowl Era dynasty
with the "Steel Curtain" defense and the "Blonde Bomber" Bradshaw,
a defense disciplined on shrapnel...

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Categories: slingshot, america, sports, war,
Form: Epic
Premium Member 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…...

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Categories: slingshot, adventure, fantasy, fun, funny,
Form: Light Verse
Dear Santa, Let Me Explain
DEAR SANTA, LET ME EXPLAIN


Dear Santa Claus, way up in the North Pole
Please, at least give me a chance to explain!
How was I supposed to...

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Categories: slingshot, child, childhood, children, christmas,
Form: Light Verse
Viewing Life Through a Lens
Viewing life through a lens,
My mind shot like a bullet going 100 
miles a minute, 
Then the journey begins,
I see the beauty in life,
Things I...

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Categories: slingshot, lifelife,
Form: Rhyme
Duck In My Quack
There's a moose a loose with a duck on his back!
If you see them stop dead in your tracks.
Do not engage, for they will fight...

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Categories: slingshot, funny, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dragon Down, Dragon Down
When Dragon was a few months old, his future was already there to see.
He’d tried to fly, with his penguins’ encouragement. Yes! Oh My! Oh...

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Categories: slingshot, adventure, fantasy, fun, funny,
Form: Light Verse

Book: Shattered Sighs