A Circle of Heat
...On her, my mind eclipsed,
a timebomb ticked in a thimble,
muscles bench-pressed the sky.
Under her, I am a sun warmed lake,
a bucketful of moonlight,
a lamb suckling upon a mother lion.
Our...
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Categories:
bucketful, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Catonita Strikes - Part One: a Freezer Mice Adventure
...Continued from FREEZER MICE
The cat had travelled straight from hell, a hell beyond the stars
The cat that theories claim once levied genocide on Mars
She now seeks vengeance on...
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Categories:
bucketful, adventure,
Form: Narrative
Meaningful Look From a Woman
...The Woman gave him meaningful look
But he buried his face in a book
There was I with one other person
“A Fine Wench and he is acting A Parson!”
A Nice Woman asking for Thoughtful Mind
And The On...
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Categories:
bucketful, appreciation, care, love, woman,
Form: Rhyme
I Love Bbq
...Where I come from
there are two
kinds of BBQ
so it’s your choice
for an authentic meal
Sweet and tangy
Vinegar that’s sharp
believe me
you can tell them
both apart
A giant glass
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Categories:
bucketful, food, mountains,
Form: Rhyme
His Wife Shivering With Cold
...Gideon is trembling with fear
His wife shivering with cold;
Some chattering sounds to bear;
A discomfort from The Cold
Now learnt a fitting lesson;
A bucketful to now heat
“Menthol at home a bl...
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Categories:
bucketful, care, death, fear, health,
Form: Rhyme
Sinking Feeling Springs Eternal
...Sinking feeling springs eternal...
courtesy sucker punched by vehicular travails
Truckload of banshees muffled
as more'n yours truly wails
he feels wheely tired
as one after another
significa...
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Categories:
bucketful, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Cupid and Psyche: Part 2
...Cont'd from Cupid and Psyche: Part 1
And so, the tricky goddess
got sacks of different seed.
She mixed them up completely
and said: "Here's what I need.
You have to sort t...
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Categories:
bucketful, myth, mythology,
Form: Rhyme
I Remember That We Rowed, You Were Afraid
...I remember that we rowed.
You were afraid.
And so, I gave the oars to you,
I thought, you see – control
Would help you feel
It was your boat that moved
Beneath your unsure feet.
And then, I sa...
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Categories:
bucketful, boat, cute love, funny,
Form: Free verse
A Bucketful of Misfits
...A bucketful of misfits
that is what we were
Traveling in pirate seas
Waiting for our chances
To stop hitting each other
We had swords and axes
And we were not afraid to use them
Some did not...
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Categories:
bucketful, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
A Tortilla Dream
...Just remembered my dream about tortillas
Mind boggling it was, a revolutionary new idea
A self propelling mouth full
Yum yum by the bucketful
No effort, just enjoy stuffing your cake hole...
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Categories:
bucketful, dream,
Form: Limerick
Memories, Long Sad Journey, Revised Version
...Memories, Long Sad Journey,
Bitter cold that Saturday morning, late in November 1969, I could see my breath parading before me. No breakfast as I had quietly left the house and started my slo...
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Categories:
bucketful, art, death, loss, pain,
Form: Haibun
Blue Day
...I'm having a blue day
I'm having a down day
I'm having a sad day
Feeling despair
Feeling depressed
All I want to do is hide away in bed
And cry a bucketful of tears
I'm having a blue day ...
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Categories:
bucketful, blue, sad,
Form: Free verse
Tales of Wonder
...Dazzled by the
imagination of fantasists
we leave our homes
temporarily
Enter into fantastic worlds
filled with wonder and delight
J.R. R. Tolkien brought us
to the perilous re...
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Categories:
bucketful, fairy, fantasy,
Form: Ballad
Quiggie Snarls
...Quiggie Snarls were maritime snails
Tasted butter in mouth of Hales
He ate a bucketful
With his grandson Gudrool
Then kicked the bucket off the rails...
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Categories:
bucketful, nonsense,
Form: Limerick
Salvation Blues
...Salvation Blues
You don't miss your papa
Until he is slamming the gate
You don't weep for your mama
Until she lying in the grave
You don't stop drinking whiskey
Until the funds have all go...
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Categories:
bucketful, blessing, conflict, confusion,
Form: Free verse
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