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Mother
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Brendan J. Simons
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bombay, mother, mother son, parents,
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A very quick quack
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Taoi Chanan
| I do not know? |
bombay, analogy,
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Two Pairs of Shoes
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Judy Valko
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bombay, humorous,
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Beware the Coming of the Minx
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Alexander Blackie
| Verse |
bombay, cat, fun, giggle, humorous,
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A Beautiful Sailing Ship
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Alfred Berggren
| Rhyme |
bombay, beauty,
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Late Summer Nights Dream at the Cat in the Hat
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george seal
| Couplet |
bombay, imagination, nonsense,
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Week 1 - Brian's Poet of Note - 'Jack Gilbert'
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Brian Johnston
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bombay, joy, life, love,
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winter's film star
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stephen pennell
| Villanelle |
bombay, romantic,
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HE WAS A FLOP
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JAN ALLISON
| Limerick |
bombay, age, body, humorous, lust,
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Baseball Trash Can Cats Vs Downtown Stray
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Robert Stoner Jr
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bombay, baseball, fun, poetry,
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Alcohol Closet
by Jimmy Qin
In my house
intoxicating liquid
lies unlocked
in a closet.
Subject to the anti-drug
campaign since birth,
I never thought
to try it.
Why? Fear
of addiction,
or of drunkenness?
Both are reversible,
and I...
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Categories:
bombay, addiction, child, dad, destiny,
The lady from Bombay
by Jude Kyrie
The lady from Bombay
The inner ciity school was big and noisy.
I remember being scared and overwhelmed.
When I saw her for the first time...
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Categories:
bombay, appreciation, career, teacher,
Mince Meat Pie No Lie
by James Horn
Mince Meat Pie No Lie
Oh great! Found that some guy forgot to stipulate
How he knows people hate to wait or set a date
Important enough and...
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Categories:
bombay, allegory, analogy,
Carols
by Dennis Brickles
Carols
The old story
Revives in the dying year, when carols begin to play:
The familiar tunes open advent windows on scenes we know:
Stoic figures by the crib,...
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Categories:
bombay, december,
BAWDY BEVERAGES
by Dan Cwiak
JACK DANIELS met JIM BEAM at the CANADIAN CLUB
to discuss their upcoming trip on the CUTTY SARK.
They were planning a vacation to a Caribbean cove
to...
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Categories:
bombay, drink, fantasy, humor,
The Wound That Never Heals
by Robert Ronnow
Science can’t save you, neither can religion,
at least Popper and Niebuhr, philosophers and poets,
are entertainers, which is why actors and athletes
are paid so much. Thanks...
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bombay, christian, husband, mother, music,
Right on Time
by quincy cannon
I think about her everytime that the sunset and sunrise
She just a piece of ass to some guys
But she's more than, loyal, the type to...
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bombay, beauty, cute love,
Rumor Has It
by Dr.Ram Mehta
Returning to India, with a prestigious Award,
From USA after a long period of three years.
Some friends in Bombay desired and insisted
That I should stay at...
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Categories:
bombay, fun,
Bombay Duck
by Nigel Fox
Bombay
The gateway to India
Sadly now Mumbai
Where is my Bombay
duck
Who now passes
through these golden
gates...
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Categories:
bombay, food,
The Store
by Keith Trestrail
I
The rising...
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Categories:
bombay, nostalgia,
The Bombay Grocery
by Dr.Ram Mehta
Shyam*, finds cat food at special rate near the door.
Goes to check out to manager of the grocery store
Doubting manager asks him to bring cat...
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Categories:
bombay, fun, humor, , 9th
Slums of the world
by jan oskar hansen
Slums of the World
In Bombay I got lost in a slum so vast, a maze of poverty its inhabitants
survive in a mysterious way living...
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Categories:
bombay, anger, angst, betrayal, class,
Gods, Rains and Traffic
by Rohit Pandey
A new day arrives; I'm waiting for the morning sun.
Rains pissing on me, God must be having fun.
I crawl myself out of bed & move...
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bombay, emotions, god, rain,
A Story My Mother Told Me
by Scribbler Of Verses
someone always told me this with tears in her eyes...
(for Lata Sethi's late-mother, who was my mother’s ‘sister’ and who took us all into her...
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bombay, forgiveness, freedom, friendship, grandmother,
Limerick: Once a measly Miser in Mumbai
by T Wignesan
Limerick: Once a measly Miser in Mumbai
Once a measly Miser in Mumbai
Liked watching dancing girls on the sly
He went to Bolly-Wood
Though he felt jolly good
His...
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Categories:
bombay, humorous,
The murder of Civilisation
by steven cooke
An Englishman lost in afternoon tea,
Memories of a lotus flower love
Rajas and elephants in Delhi
Livingstone the explorer
Religion to convert
Laurence of Arabia
A leader of men
The Boers...
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Categories:
bombay, patriotic, freedom,
For the World's Best Boss
by RIMA ANIL.NAIK
Calm and composed to the core…
What from a boss could I ask more?
Humble, patient always gentle,
On your ethics, you can never fumble!
Path of peace...
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Categories:
bombay, thank you, tribute, me,
haiku 16
by Debbie Guzzi
a rangoli pattern
in a Mumbai courtyard --
oil lamps flicker
*Mumbai /m?m'ba?/, also known as Bombay, is the capital city
of the Indian state of Maharashtra....
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bombay, holiday, nature,
Were We There At All
by John Posey
From the Ferris wheel in Memphis to the sunset in Bombay --
From the sunrise in the Smokies to the rain on Frisco Bay --
These memories...
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bombay, love, heart, heart,
Friendship's Gifts
by Debbie Guzzi
Christmas nears, I am gone but Yasmin fills my mind
in old Bombay she sits and writes to aged dames like I.
So far away, all we...
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Categories:
bombay, devotion, friendship,