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Best White Elephant Poems

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The White Elephant
Attention all voters
Who love a great scam
The Republican Party
Now welcomes flimflam

Republican healthcare
Fell apart at the seams
Through an absence of facts
And a surplus of dreams

Republican planning
Takes...

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Categories: white elephant, corruption, culture, health, leadership,
Form: Verse



The Promises of White Elephant
This might not be a pleasant flow of appropriate language
A somewhat complicated and abstruse diction
Maybe, a puerile illusion…
You think so?
Imagine and picture that clearly
Because if...

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Categories: white elephant, africa, depression, discrimination, fate,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Xmas
“Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever.” – Richelle E. Goodrich

Xmas...

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Categories: white elephant, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Elmo Elmo
Elmo Elmo was an elephant seller
He kept a white elephant in the cellar
He swigged all the bottles
Down a hundred throttles
And was turned into a big...

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Categories: white elephant, fun, nonsense,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Bread Pudding Thieves
Almonds encased in hard red candy
Brandy from snow white walnuts
Collateral damage to the left front bumper of the sled
Dietary restrictions on anything considered a spice
Everything...

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Categories: white elephant, christmas,
Form: Abecedarian



Ode To a Generous Friend
Ode to a Generous Friend

I’ve a long time friend
That loves to go fishin’
Where you throw out some bait
While doin' 'strong wishin'

That something down under
Will be...

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© Old Buck  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: white elephant, appreciation, fish, fishing, friend,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Kelvinator
Evening has quietly tiptoed away on slippered feet
Houses up and down the street are silhouettes

A garden looks white- washed in moonlight, 
And the faint sound...

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Categories: white elephant, childhood, family, memory, nostalgia,
Form: Narrative
Po-Mo Remix
That's not MY elephant!
A spiteful conceited elephant that ran away from the circus
MY elephant provides copies of the Bill Of Rights to all 2nd graders...

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Categories: white elephant, animals, on writing and
Form: Narrative
That Is Not My Elephant
For Matt Caliri's contest-that's not my elephant.

"That's not my elephant, Ella"
You have to sell this junk by yourself.
The faster the better.
I have the second graders...

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Categories: white elephant, fantasyrights,
Form: Narrative
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How some students grew up on the Computor? 
and can't function in the real world right click the bus mommy and place it at the...

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Categories: white elephant, introspection, on work and
Form: Prose Poetry
Find a Big Bucket
It is ok to think small if you have a big bucket.
It is ok to think small if you know how to paint a big...

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Categories: white elephant, appreciation, best friend, brother,
Form: Light Verse
Together With Loved Ones Priceless
Christmas is here
The family is gathering for the holiday cheer
We should all be excited
Completely delighted
We are all invited
To the bowling alley again this year
For a...

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Categories: white elephant, adventure, appreciation, celebration, change,
Form: Rhyme
The Season For Giving
Christmas time.... known as "the season for giving"
Now let me give you a piece of my mind:
Everyone talking about what they want for Christmas
Fancy toys,gadgetry,...

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© Jp Thomas  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: white elephant, africa, christmas, december, giving,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Desire
The white elephant castle of my desire,
Looms large in the mist of my fading stars;
The paradise birds of my refuge flew haywire,
In all my sprung...

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Categories: white elephant, life, uplifting, , Lullaby,
Form: Rhyme
Family Traditions
Christmas is here
The family is gathering at Darrell & Lola's
Bowling alley this year
For a few good laughs
And lots of good beer
Potluck don't have to cook...

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Categories: white elephant, christmas, culture, engagement, family,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs