The Carafe
The carafe
Bought a bottle
Of red wine.
It looks at me
I look at it.
Furiously.
It is empty now
threw it in the bin.
Who wants to?
Look at an empty
bottle
If you are not
a collector of labels
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Categories:
carafe, best friend, fashion, halloween,
Form: Blitz
Gary Giraffe
A tall lanky lug named Gary Giraffe
Acted so awkward he made others laugh.
He never reacted or even to mind,
For Gary seemed to be much too refined.
Gary the gangly, sweet spotted Giraffe
Drank water from a cracked golden carafe.
Some snarling zoo neighbors felt he was odd,
Perhaps an arrogant herbivore clod.
Still, Gary sipped his carafe at the zoo
As
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Categories:
carafe, animal, drink, health, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
A Carafe of Wine
She was the hub of Christmas time but
when she got sick, the world they knew fell apart
The empty freezer hummed void of cookies and tarts,
as the old tree lay in the shed undecorated and bare.
In the lobby the doctor gathered her offspring and gave
them the sad news. "Your mom has
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Categories:
carafe, emotions,
Form: Free verse
The Carafe
The carafe
Bought a bottle
Of posh red wine
I look
It looks at me
I look
It looks at me.
I get furious
It is empty now
Threw it in the bin
Who wants to?
Look at an empty
Bottle
If you are not
A collector of labels
...
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Categories:
carafe, addiction, confidence, courage, crush,
Form: Blank verse
The Caracaras and the Carafe
There were once three Caracaras; who sought water of a carafe.
The first thought to use it to bathe a big giraffe,
but found the vessel very small for indeed the giraffe was so very tall.
The second thought to use the water to brew a giant wild game stew,
but alas there
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Categories:
carafe, animals, introspection, life, native
Form: Free verse