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Aunt Matties Place
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M. L. Kiser
| Free verse |
canary, appreciation, chocolate, family, food,
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a dogs cat
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STANLEY YARBERRY
| Light Verse |
canary, cat,
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A LOSS OF INSIGHT
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Adeniji Toluwalope Gideon
| Lyric |
canary, atheist, bird, creation, earth,
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Who Stole the Strawberries
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Freddie Robinson Jr.
| Free verse |
canary, imagery, mystery, symbolism, trust,
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Liar-to-Liar
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Freddie Robinson Jr.
| Light Verse |
canary, allegory, humorous, satire, truth,
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Swing
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Pixie Dust
| Rondeau |
canary, sad,
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Daydream
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Carolyn Dewey
| Free verse |
canary, confusion, high school, paradise,
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A Birds Eye View
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Michael Robinson
| Rhyme |
canary, anxiety, deep, depression, hurt,
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Apathy
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Kurt Philip Behm
| Rhyme |
canary, angst,
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for Heathcliff
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Francine Roberts
| Rhyme |
canary, bird,
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Never Enough
by Maria Williams
Why does the voiceless canary stare so bleakly?
Why do the sullen grey clouds desert a sombre sky?
As the ugly black smog blots out the valiant...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
canary, environment, nature,
An Unexpected Tale - The Golden Oriole Found
by Victor Buhagiar
Martin came to a cleft in the rocks
The oriole must have gone this way
It was narrow and curving
A sudden turn and everything seemed to change.
Shrill...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
canary, beauty,
Days in a Forest
by Lindsay Laurie
On the days I’m in the forest,
there is peace and gratitude,
with being where time does move slow,
and there’s the natural attitude,
of the urging for survival,
that...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
canary, nature,
Love Me Or Hate Me
by Lin Lane
"Love Me Or Hate Me" ~ Says the Limerick
I am only five lines written for fun
Mocking someone with foolish words of pun
Love 'em or hate...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
canary, poetry,
Heart of Mumbai
by Freddie Robinson Jr.
Strolling down a busy street at night,
looking up at the
thousand colored lights in the sky
In the heart of Mumbai
stood I
Watching young and old lovers
walk...
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Romanticism |
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Categories:
canary, desire, love, places, romantic,
Lickety Splits
by Kai Michael Neumann
Look this is not a ‘Bang Up To The Elephant’ poem
It splits licks like ‘Bit Buttered Up The Bacon’ but
Come on don’t we poets like...
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Acrostic |
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Categories:
canary, words,
AND THEN IT HAPPENED finale
by Curtis Moorman
AND THEN IT HAPPENED finale
Fast forward to March 17th --- She emerged from the room dressed in a stunning emerald green outfit. ...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
canary, fun,
Aren't Birds Pretty
by Marc Acrich
Aren't Birds, Pretty #210
Aren't birds pretty?
Everything about them screams beauty
They are such cuties
Some have long feathers
Other short ones
They are there to...
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Categories:
canary, bird,
BONNIE BIRDSONG
by Kim Rodrigues
Bonnie birdsong tickles my ears,
echoing in the hall of hearing,
thrusting my head in upward spin.
A yellow canary chirps out secrets.
Bonnie birdsong tickles my ears
in the...
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Verse |
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Categories:
canary, bird,
Such a cliche
by John Beam
I'll drink to that, three sheets in the wind, the Booze cruise ...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
canary, funny, humor, irony, language,
Sping Taunts
by David Bose
Brief respite lapsed,
Gray day too harsh
To venture out
As noontime last
When sidewalks teemed
With jacketless grins
And one pert, lithe runner
Of vernal youth
Flashed her bare palm
In friendly passing...
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Categories:
canary, spring, weather, winter,
By the Numbers
by Freddie Robinson Jr.
Everybody love to say they’re number one,
but it takes two
to make beautiful music,
so we’re told
Pitch perfect
That one favorite song two lovers have,
it never gets...
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Romanticism |
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Categories:
canary, love, metaphor, romantic, word
Tact
by Jack Ellison
Just saying my canary was alive before you got here
Could it be your perfume? No offence to you, my dear
Common sense has eluded me
Need more...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
canary, uplifting,
Home Again
by Carole Duet
From the top of a hill
he felt the thrill
of finally seeing his valley once more,
with vermilion tile roofs dotted below,
where luscious...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
canary, home,
Saw Trump In A Cemetary
by James Horn
Saw Trump In A Cemetary
We just saw Trump in a cemetary
Looking at grave of his cute canary;
With all his followers;
Blooming idiot flowers;
Moved to city declared...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
canary, allegory, analogy,
My Cs poem
by BONNIE Hollywood-Cutts
C's
Clumsy chubby chimpanzee counts cherry cheesecake cases covering corner combined clear ceramic counters.
Canny cat catches canary
Cunning cat chases crazy chattering chipmunk clumsily can't close...
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Alliteration |
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Categories:
canary, animal, humor,
My Best Buddy and Friend
by James Horn
My Best Buddy and Friend
Jesus will be my buddy and best friend;
And what I heard is that he does intend,
Remove my sin;
Save me again:
Differences we...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
canary, allegory, analogy,
Canary
by Nathanial Schlabs
A silent canary
that had died
slowly decaying inside
unsure if they can fly
not much time left
lost and alone
with no one to help
it dies silently....
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Personification |
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Categories:
canary, animal, death,
MY CANARY
by Vivien Wade
MY CANARY
I had a sweet yellow canary,
who'd cheerful whistle all day long.
A tuneful happy...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
canary, bird,
When The Wall Is Falling In Towards You
by James McLain
When the wall is falling in towards you grab a gun.
There is no fun in being hurt by those corrupt that have
Never cared and never...
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Dramatic Verse |
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Categories:
canary, art, poetry,