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Premium Member Tally-Ho
Tally-ho, the young steeplechase rider cried
As his horse stumbled over the barrier he up and died
The rider went flying
He heard as he lay dying
“Welcome cowboy” he heard a voice from the other side


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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Categories: tally, sad,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member My Rally I Tally
Crossbones and arches 
Need cats and axes 
In a governmental brass taxes
I circumcised the heads state of those 
Who pick up the pieces off the sofas spanning too much for their sodas Bicarbonate 

This is my rally as I tally 

I count all the joy
I...

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Categories: tally, allusion, betrayal, blessing, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Toll and Tally Taken On Valley
Toll and Tally Taken On Valley

What Trump did  was to dilly dally,
When he had been at the big rally;
Those supported,
Were all shorted;
Tossed trash took its toll and tally.

Jim Horn...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tally, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Took a Tally
Of poem soup poems, took a tally
Found this to be right down my alley
When I had read poem every time
Was similar to mine and did rhyme

Dashdashdashdotdotdotdashdashdash
Which is S-O-S and hate to be brash
I'd rather be smart and never dumber
There is Morse code for each number.

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tally, environment,
Form: Couplet
Tally Ho
2 + 2 - 4 = Freedom

(Dreamsleep: April, 2021)...

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Categories: tally, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Tally Ban
The Taliban all took a test
To see who would govern the best
If Win, Place or Show
Muhammad will know
Exactly which ones to arrest...

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Categories: tally, humor,
Form: Limerick



Tally of Rally Vacated in Valley
tally of real rally
had been vacated in valley
submerged by sally

(evaporated in valley)
(a vagrant ((virgin)) in valley)
(very variable vaunting veracity vibrantly voiced in valley)
(got eaten in gally)
(took God for granted in galley)
(has a lot of gall by gully) 
(murdered in Mali)
(was sort of smelly)
(would have big...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tally, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
More Tally Tea
Our morticians are thanking their god
For a year where they all earned a wad
Though some were burnt
Many more weren't
Still, their best work lies under the sod!...

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Categories: tally, culture, memorial day,
Form: Limerick
Tally Ho
Another day in paradise; where all the ladies sing;
With their honey tasting ruby lips; and their garments that do cling.
    And Jimmy sings of unknown soldiers; to the timed and the weak;
    And Edgar speaks his darkest lines; on...

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Categories: tally, allegoryday, light, day, light,
Form: Rhyme
Tally Tally Ho
2 + 2 – 4 = Freedom
Black + White – Gray = Vision
He + She – Them = Anguish
Yes + No – Doubt = Prescience 

(Dreamsleep: April, 2021)...

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Categories: tally, life,
Form: Free verse
Toll Took Tally While in the Valley
was an incredible parable
which made life bearable.
when we were down in valley
heavy toll had taken a tally...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tally, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member The Crippled
THE CRIPPLED

Walking toward foreshore
I saw the devil seated on a fence
Fishing
Next day I heard he got a thrashing
It was intense
Blood trickled from his core
He would fish no more
Baby and Mommy shark were out to score.

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Categories: tally, baby, corruption, family, innocence,
Form: Bio

Book: Reflection on the Important Things