Horatio Nelson
Years ago I did so choose, to go on a Caribbean clipper ship cruise,
and, in addition to several other islands,
anchored off Nevis, northwest of Saint Kitts,
where, in the late 1780's, Nelson had lived,
and still bears traces of his presence today,
in various parts, pieces and bits.
When our windjammer Skipper informed us,
'Shopping here's good, snorkeling is bad,'
I
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Categories:
bowl over, boat, character, fun, journey,
Form: Rhyme
Dust Bowl Dream
Play a role till the gold of your soul runs dry
leave the ghost town far enough behind
through the parched winter of the mind
search for virgin glitter on the next horizon
The sirens sing to endless weaknesses
it takes everything not to cave in... again
take up the rusted sifter and battered spade
while digging for gold you're making your
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Categories:
bowl over, dream,
Form: Rhyme
Feline Foibles
I have a cat
(or a cat has me),
a furry cat, a very purry cat
when on my lap it's sat,
independent it is
(egotistical too),
yet demands attention
(self-centred through and through),
and when well-fed, its purr
(a four-stroke motor),
is full of condescension,
when behind its ears you scratch
(it's expected of you),
you may believe you heard,
“Meow, meow, meow,”
(sorry, here's the catch),
what it really
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Categories:
bowl over, animal, cat, fish, fun,
Form: Rhyme
watching Mallie and her Mother Bowl
She was a force to be admired and feared at the bowling alley
We stood back and watched, shocked by the ways of Mallie.
She stood up straight and tall as she walked to the line
Her strikes were amazing, her repeated spares were fine
Who taught her to bowl? We asked each other
Was it her grandpa, her father?
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Categories:
bowl over, women,
Form: Rhyme
SUPER BOWL BOUND
The roar of the crowd, a sea of red,
A kingdom united, hearts and heads.
Mahomes' magic, a dazzling sight,
And Soaring through the air, with all his might.
The Kansas City Chiefs, a team of fire,
Their passion burns, reaching ever higher.
Through trials they fought, with grit and grace,
Now victory's smile lights up each face.
To New Orleans they journey,
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Categories:
bowl over, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Insatiable bowl
Fury of cage,
Forbade him from rage.
For he knew he was in pain,
Which gave him joy from the sorrowest gains.
Deemed to be horrid,
Demise from torrid.
He was slandered,
For the world’s a foul stage.
Scowled, dreaded, hated,
For the lack of unamounted goal.
Jokes, what happens to you’re bowl,
When you chose to find beauty in horrid ghouls.
All you’ll taste is, are
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Categories:
bowl over, absence, allegory, analogy, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
purple bowl in the window
purple bowl in the window
he didn’t like city buses spouting black smoke,
park benches overtaken by pigeons,
or towns with straight, one-way streets.
he didn’t care for department stores featuring girls
with plastic smiles
or big-nosed politicians smoking short, fat cigars.
he was raised in the south
and chewed words longer than
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Categories:
bowl over, fruit, memory, purple,
Form: Free verse
Congratulations Philadelphia Eagles
A phenomenal day not writing poetry..
Watching excellence and physical symmetry!
Creativity in the ads were total artistry…
Halftime show done, with needed decency!
2/9/2025
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Categories:
bowl over, celebration, football,
Form: Rhyme
Prelude to the Super Bowl
On his way to another Super Bowl
Patrick Mahomes is on another roll
He does just barely enough to win
And then displays that silly smug grin
Some Super-Bowl bound teams thrash their
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Categories:
bowl over, football, star, success,
Form: Couplet
A Dust Bowl of Glitter
A blessed soul has won a role, The Prince of Peace,
Of noble birth, a novice born a blue-blood,
Pontificate average those brevities,
Stemmed full of thorns wrangled beneath his rosebud.
Won The Papal States, Mona Lisa smiled, lost,
His tenure was mired in doubts--parts that he crossed,
A scorned tag as unfortunate of the popes,
A Florentine, a Medici, useless hopes.
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Categories:
bowl over, conflict, history, military, political,
Form: Rispetto
God said to me, a begging bowl
On bowing to the deity,
I hastened to leave the temple.
God said, you seem to be in undue hurry,
I demurred and said, no it’s just my worry
I might ask for something
That you are hesitant to give,
Which might our long-held rapport spoil.
To that He just smiled graciously,
But what he said set me thinking,
And what
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Categories:
bowl over, faith, god, prayer,
Form: Free verse
Fish Bowl
Trapped in a bowl to live
On display to be picked apart
Every move watched and discussed
Judged by their own reflection in the mirror
Disconnect from the mind hive
Ignoring and avoiding a good start
Their word farts making me disgusted
The way of their thinking is sheer horror
Trapped in this bowl their vice
Control and manipulation impart
The are trapped in what
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Categories:
bowl over, emotions, environment, freedom, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Bassoons Drippings
21/2cups of flour( self rising)
2 tablespoons of cornstarch
2 whole eggs+ 1 yolk
2 Tablespoons of lemon juice
1 Tablespoon of Gin
1/2 Teaspoon of lemon zest
1 cup of bread crumbs
1 &1/2 cup of buttermilk
1 Tablespoon of cayenne pepper
2 tablespoon of dried chives
1 Teaspoon of salt
1 Table spoon of dehydrated onion
1 Tablespoon of garlic powder
1 Tablespoon of Paresean
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Categories:
bowl over, analogy, beautiful, creation, culture,
Form: Ballade
When urinating into the toilet bowl
When urinating into the toilet bowl...
yours truly (me) could not help but notice
while living social at various residences
within Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
the following described phenomena
actually observed quite some time ago
maybe back during
my carefree boyhood days of yore
that the uncontrollable spurt
analogous to a golden arch
of micturition arcing
toward parts unknown
(frequently missing the target altogether,
and
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Categories:
bowl over, 12th grade, crazy, house,
Form: Free verse
Super Bowl Bound
Off to see the Super Bowl in Vegas, fullfilling a lifetime dream
People from all over the world gather to engage in the excitement , and to chher there favourite team
Vegas with its reputation for being such a vibrant and fun loving place to go
A trip to the casino a place where you hope to see
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Categories:
bowl over, sports, travel,
Form: Rhyme
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