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Extra Extra Read all about it
..."Extra! Extra! Read all about it!" Not a crock of ... but bull heave me, you heard (read) right here from me the horse's mouth, who never neigh says, cuz Trump (unexpectedly) nixed presidenti......
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Matthew Harris
Categories:
bookies,
adventure, america, anxiety, betrayal,
Form:
Free verse
Off to the Bookies
...Off to The Bookies I’m off to the bookies To lay down a bet Of when I will receive A text from you next I reckon February A courtesy ‘hi’ Happy birthday dad Well I know that’s a lie The tw......
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Dave Cox
Categories:
bookies,
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
DIVORCE poetry contest - 12-19-2023
...D-evotion In Vain; Open Rawness Consuming; Ex-spouse I-nconvenience; neither one willed to stay the course V-intage it is of matrimony failing; now get back on the horse O-ccurred in percentages t......
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Anonomus Scorpio
Categories:
bookies,
break up, divorce,
Form:
Acrostic
It's Pick On Santa Season
...It's "Pick on Santa Season." Have a go Making fun of him peeing in the snow He's a red-faced fellow When it changes to yellow He tries to distract folks with, "HO HO HO!" Santa Claus loves go......
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Jenna Logan
Categories:
bookies,
christmas, humor,
Form:
Limerick
The Book of Ruth - With Apologies To the Notorious RBG
...Came from Baltimore by Pigtown Where they like to lay the law down. He rebelled against the ground rule. Had to grow up in reform school. Got acquainted with a curveball Dealing pepper by the ch......
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Michael Kalavik
Categories:
bookies,
allegory, baseball,
Form:
Bio
Miss Davidson Irish Eyes Are Smiling Down With Equality On Rachael
...Note this weekend's time and date carefully on any diary and calendar you can find For it should not be taken with a pinch of salt but rather go down and be marked in terms of it's historical......
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Christopher Flaherty
Categories:
bookies,
crush,
Form:
Free verse
You Inside It
...All the time trying not to become until i realised i was vice took your bet to the bookies screaming out my chest tide is always going in never felt the win would be such more if i did care ab......
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Christopher Quigley
Categories:
bookies,
poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Six Relatives
... Here are six tales of six relatives of mine Now all have passed in the passage of time Mostly seen through the eyes of a child Poetic licence used for I’m no Oscar Wilde ~~~ Aunt ......
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Ann Gilmour
Categories:
bookies,
character, family, scary,
Form:
Rhyme
Little Bit of Yorkshire
...Ey-up uncle Ken, I bet tha goin, bookies Agen! I'll go with thee, If it's or rate. I go that way, To see mi mate. Wats tha backin, in two thirty? Mi gran ses put a Bob, On flirtin girty. Gon......
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Simon Hamill
Categories:
bookies,
childhood, fun, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
Someone Just Like Me
..."I'd bet on Someone Just Like Me", the lovely stranger said. "I know the odds are long, but I just have this lucky feeling!" The bookies gave a 10 to 1 for her prized thoroughbred, I knew t......
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John Watt
Categories:
bookies,
horse, loneliness, longing, race,
Form:
Rhyme
Boxing Ring - Rattling Rhyme
...Punch to the left, punch to the right, Hold nothing back, in a boxing match, Show him no pity, hit him real tight, One in the tummy, punch to dispatch! crowds cheering, coach’s swearing, This ......
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Krish Radhakrishna
Categories:
bookies,
career, confidence, courage, dream,
Form:
Rhyme
Crumlin, of a Sunday
...The rain. Unrelenting. Cats and dogs. The dreary architecture of the souless grey-brown urban landscape worthy of the matchstick man fella But. Hopeful. The smokers hunched by the bookies, ......
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James Smyth
Categories:
bookies,
art,
Form:
Ballad
Reality
... as builders spend pennies flipping profits on houses lifestyle gurus show us how to fold trousers and chefs under pressure scream out all their orders while people in need are labelled as ......
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Gary Radice
Categories:
bookies,
life, society, technology, today,
Form:
Rhyme
Elitists Part 2
...Now you know full well what they're about, they're about using you aint know better than wizards of wall street, rockin the beat with a juke. Vegas bookies abetting frauds taking odds right against......
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Jude Herrick
Categories:
bookies,
anger,
Form:
Rhyme
The Horseman
...You knew he was in when you heard the loud din, his trademark for letting folks know, he had arrived and his voice loudly cried, to make sure that we knew it was Joe. The whole bar was alert, w......
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Deric Barry
Categories:
bookies,
horse, humorous, smile,
Form:
Rhyme
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