Best Spin A Yarn Poems

O month
you owned the charm
that gave me peace
if you're far from my heart
please forgive me

You quite knew
my ark is unable to sail
to see your presence
before...

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I have known:
   of wise detectives catching crooks
   of "Thought Police" revising books
   a shipwrecked family named Robinson
 ...

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The Escape from the Turkish Slavery
(Ukrainian historic folk song)

There broke into the Tartar sprites,
And they captured my daughter, nice,
Marusyna, my daughter, dear,
I remained with one...

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Tuck into the public
private seclusion.

My aversion to inclusion
includes a stub, a tub,
a carelessly careful curation,
a velvet rope, a hint of hope,
a folding chair, softened and...

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three vignettes in chain rhyme
alternate title:  What Love Has Won
I
By accident
with no ulterior motive...
On the trip west,
her husband succumbed to the grave;
love took her...

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We grow up together, simple and fair
But we fawn over leaving, "Oh how life is bare!"
We think to ourselves, "One day I'll be out of...

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The Midwife
Written: by Tom Wright
2006 

The mind is the midwife that delivers
each thought of man when bidden.
The man who says he's nothing to hide
is the...

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She is the queen of words who sits 
Serenely at her desk and contemplates 
How she can compose to show her wit 
And put an...

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Browsing through my photo file
Gazing upon your face 
My thoughts travelling to the past
Your pain through illness
The time we spent together during
How close we have...

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Got my eo-eo working
It just don't work on you
When you see me coming
You see my eo-eo too

Got my eo-eo working
I'll bring it to your party
Maybe...

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He drifted into town one day.
We didn't ask his name
Or where he came from.
(Some guessed way up north.)
They called him Chico the Wino.

We didn't muse...

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His name was John Paul Slavens, an old time buckaroo 
when he was young, he’d made a hand, knew just what to do. 
He had...

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If you’re in the mood for a tale
Please come sit with me a spell

I’ll spin a yarn of sheer delight
Concerning October’s final night

Children dress up...

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FABLE 1


Free and easy
Works well for me


Spin a yarn here
To fund more cheer


Tell fond story
In words easy


Speak words profound
As thought expounds


Squeak a swift ooze
Watch fable...

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Those stealers of hearts;
Untrue were some within the waltz,
Wishful toes so carefully stepped on.
So many a fair maiden dipped in deceit.

Twirling their dreams into dizzy...

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