Gradations of Color
...Hydration day’s a month away.
Online belonging company’s an hour from
startup stardom. Titration hors-d'oeuvre
Viewfinder pigeonholed
to rooftop tourist
traps ruin’d carriage holy woods
Ho...
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Categories:
buckshot, absence, addiction, age, allegory,
Form: Free verse
Freddy The Mailman
...Based on Frosty The Snowman
Freddy the mailman is just out on parole
He did the crime and served his time
For all that mail he stole
Now Freddy is back as Christmas bells chime
Freddy t...
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Categories:
buckshot, parody,
Form: Rhyme
Vagueness inherits the Pond
...Everyone has a favorite pond
where they come to put garnish upon...
Some bring koi and water lily
singing stones- the scent of mint
wading birds dressed in paradise
cattails waltzing with the wi...
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Categories:
buckshot, baptism,
Form: Free verse
Sarah’s Origin
...My eyes stare straight,
fixated on something in the distance,
humming a song that would send chills,
if you ever got the chance to listen.
A padded cell and a straitjacket,
the doctor giving ...
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Categories:
buckshot, dark, death, gothic,
Form: Epic
The Gun Shop
...The gun seems gun-shy in this space;
where deer hides hang on rustic walls
and granddad-tick-tocks beat, instead
of hearts in hollowed skins. The gun
a “trophy-bagger” in its rack,
a loud-m...
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Categories:
buckshot, animal, conflict, death, life,
Form: Quatrain
Font Din Black
...Font Din Black
so u real???
Warning! The following choppy, batty,
dopey: elegy = flaky, goofy, history: iffy,
jumpy, kooky: loopy, matty, nappy, nippy,
sketchy material prone to find the r...
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Categories:
buckshot, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Encounter With the Wild
...stains and paints a deer
after distressing the wood -
husband’s a hunter
her encounter with the wild
finds a buckshot in deer’s chest...
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Categories:
buckshot, animal, art, imagery,
Form: Tanka
Santa Anna Wind
...“Santa Anna Wind”.
© London F. Buss
Don’t fear sadness, only shadows,
who come through walls,
It's always now and always then.
It's loneliness never ends,
e...
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Categories:
buckshot, abuse, anger, betrayal, father
Form: Free verse
Winter Sleet
...
Winter Sleet
2/23/2022
Miracle Man
Buckshot pellets from the sky,
many thinking I’m the bulls-eye.
Frigid cold they sting my skin,
should I be out, or have stayed in.
Could be en...
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Categories:
buckshot, dog, winter,
Form: Quatrain
War Dance
...NO RESERVATIONS!
20th Anniversary Edition
THE LANDMARK ALBUM
REMASTERED AND EXPANDED
Includes rare, exclusive and
previously unreleased recording...
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Categories:
buckshot, allegory, america,
Form: List
Another Four
...ALWAYS CHECK YOUR TANK
Johnny Smiths gang had just robbed the town bank
With gang members scar face Mike, and old Hank
Their getaway car
Wasnt going far
Cos Hank forget to put gas in ...
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Categories:
buckshot, humor,
Form: Limerick
Change Wind
...I can’t breathe
Mon on tony
is suff ocat ing me
Drowning in my own medi oc rity
Something’s gotta give.
Something’s gotta give!
I feel like a cat on a hot tin roof
Gotta get the out o...
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Categories:
buckshot, abuse, addiction, anger, art,
Form: Lyric
Sleeping Volcano
...The breeze nips the bristles of my beard,
The horse carriage squeals while we plunge deeper into the storm.
Fog coats the path, fire in the distance,
Is someone there?
The faintest of lights blin...
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Categories:
buckshot, writing,
Form: Blank verse
Points To Ponder
...Points to Ponder
Thanks to Buckshot for the thought
By Franklin Price
9/25/2018
Here are some points to ponder
About who should have a say
About our lives, and how we live them,
The how, the...
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Categories:
buckshot, celebrity, family, friendship, life,
Form: Rhyme
Butt Full of Buckshot
...He works for the NFL and he is a famous coach.
He shoots my bottom for going on his land to poach.
I go on his land to shoot some raccoons and deer.
But getting a fanny full of buckshot drives me ...
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Categories:
buckshot, funny, humor,
Form: Rhyme
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