Best Whirligig Poems

Once
      Oh once
           I wandered the wide world round -
      Hungered
           for meaning -
 ...

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Orange and reds - the vibrant shmooze of Fall.
The social froth of maple shapes, and oak.
The chatty leaves infringe upon us all,
As piney-green hangs back for Winter folk.

A cocktail mixed with children’s play and gaffs.
Their brooms and sheets do trick and treat through streets
Of cold...

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Whirligig sailing across the prairie,
chasing it's own gyrating tail.
Up and down, in and out, merrily,
climbing higher, it almost pales.

Bringing tears to your eyes,
from floating dust in the air.
Breathless, you let out a sigh,
as long as it's floating near.

Reach out and feel it near by,
easing past,...

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My whirligig requires wind
So when the day is calm,
It sits there quite forlornly
Like it's lacking in aplomb.

But when the gusts are squalling
And the trees are pirouetting,
My whirligig starts spinning
And, oh, what a show I'm getting!

It has concentric circles
So it twirls in two directions.
The faster that...

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