The odd codgers
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For Craig's : Blue cheese and old pickles contest
15.03.2025
In the background the Ukraine War and Europe’s dilemma whether to rearm to defend itself or go to the table to discuss a peace treat...
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Categories:
buildups, age,
Form: Haibun
Things Not Mentioned
...I was listening to our Commissioner
of Economic and Community Development
speak of how happy she is
our State and Federal tax revenues
now subsidize two,
possibly even three, submarines
per yea...
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Categories:
buildups, caregiving, earth, education, health,
Form: Political Verse
A Natural Mystic
...Whether in desert
Or in orchard
Ducking
Or flirting
Wearing a shirt
Or a mini skirt
You look really romantic
And a classic connoisseur too
As mildly
In a cinnamon glee
And so softly
Like ...
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Categories:
buildups, adventure, appreciation, beauty, desire,
Form: Free verse
Head Cold
...There is a vicious, ground-dwelling creature
Burrowing into my skull,
Maybe a mole,
It doesn’t matter. What matters is
My head is cracked and pillaged.
Instead of gray matter, it’s full of snot...
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Categories:
buildups, anger, humor, sick,
Form: Free verse
Simple Prayer
...A SIMPLE PRAYER
grant this Lord i pray
draw your sword without delay.
slay
fatal flaws of my ways
of deed, thought, every case
that may set Your wrath ablaze
old nick is up to tricks
of his ...
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Categories:
buildups, prayer
Form: Rhyme