Best Squiggles Poems

~ Curlicues and squiggles ~


A skywriter flew by
   He drew a straight line
I looked up with a sigh
   What if the writing were mine

I'd draw curlicues
   jagged lines and squiggles
Loop-di-loops with corkscrews
   lithe wiggles and jiggles

I'd fill...

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Anacreontic Verse, for Edward Ebbs's Contest 
Written January 16, 2016

   I red of your blue
             in strange yellow ink
     While viewing your lips
    ...

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Characters on a page
squiggles, but meaningful ones
on the page.
Shuffle those around and put them on the page.
Shuffle them around and try again.
Think about them. 
Shuffle them around and try again.
The characters on the page
meaningful squiggles, but not quite right
so shuffle them around and try again.
Use...

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John Q. Squiggles, 
at the opera one eve

had a bad case of the wiggles.

He dug and he scratched. No relief in sight.
From the row behind there came giggles

Preparation H was unknown at that time.
And he felt he was being harassed

He jumped to his feet
ripped his...

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Squiggles on a page.
They mean nothing.
Pay close attention.
Get enough right no one will know.

Go through the motions.
They mean nothing.
Take them apart. Copy them diligently.

Application is everything, 
This is a lost cause.
You are lucky to bit by bit copy.

Knowing no significance.
Nothing in your world relates.
Do not...

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