Your Smile
...They have all tried,
long before the great da Vinci,
both ancient and modern cartographers,
to wit,
‘Goode’, the Evil Mercator,
tried and failed.
Not one
had the skill or imagination
to map...
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Categories:
caliper, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Hyundai Sonata Malfunctioning Brake Caliper Blues
...tweaked to pass inspection broadcast on the double
(alternately titled snafu: ma bell heave hubble
vehicular repairs (prohibitive)
finds me bleary eyed stupefied
and countenance grizzled with pri...
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Categories:
caliper, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Hyundai Sonata Malfunctioning Brake Caliper Blues
...(alternately titled: ma bell heave hubble
vehicular repairs (prohibitive)
finds me bleary eyed stupefied
and countenance grizzled with prickly stubble
collapsed amidst virtual rubble).
Best...
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Categories:
caliper, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Desperation Fuels Go Fund Me Campaign
...Desecration, desertion, designation,
yours truly doth poetically dislodge
destabilization, destination, description
I auto deftly, but did not dodge
regarding destitution, hodgepodge
compris...
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Categories:
caliper, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Time
...Time
You are a master manipulator
The Jekyll and Hyde of then and now
At first, you're in my favor
But then a drifting shroud
Boastfully, you dance to the wind
Taking away my breath
Shri...
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Categories:
caliper, age, growing up, time,
Form: Rhyme
Favorite Words Contest(Andrea)
...Fragrant* bliss* whispers* splendor*
Wafting* through the open window's breeze
Lavender* blossom surround me with tranquility*
Like my lover's lilting* caress and eloquence* of voice
Nature's dul...
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Categories:
caliper, nature, on writing and
Form: Light Verse
My Poetic Gun
...I’m a poetic gun;
Shells of great caliber.
I measure each poem,
With my trusty caliper.
I load my own rounds,
Thoughts are the primer.
The powder’s my inspiration;
I’m a quick draw rhymer.
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Categories:
caliper, imagination
Form: Quatrain