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Morning Perambulations of a Carp
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Maurice Rigoler
| Light Verse |
carp, analogy, imagery,
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Wear Your Courage As A Glove, Never Fear To Speak
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Robert Lindley
| Carpe Diem |
carp, confidence, encouraging, faith, happiness,
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Bruce
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Stephe Watson
| Free verse |
carp, philosophy,
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Respecting animal species
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fauxcroft wade
| Free verse |
carp, beautiful, flower, insect, inspiration,
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A Proud Woman
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Mario Vitale
| Free verse |
carp, art,
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What'll we Drink Now
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Lindsay Laurie
| Rhyme |
carp, humorous,
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TOXIC
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Leon Enriquez
| Quatrain |
carp, allegory,
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haikai - ANOTHER DAY IN MY GARDEN
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Mick Talbot
| Haiku |
carp, nature,
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Hurtin' Jim
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Edward Ibeh
| Limerick |
carp, fishing, humor,
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A half hour garden safari recorded in haiku
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Mick Talbot
| Haiku |
carp, nature,
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haibun
by Mick Talbot
AT ONE WITH NATURE
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The sun shines, brightly lights my day. My garden verdant many hues of green. Greater speedwell, resilient, blooms no matter the season....
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Haibun |
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Categories:
carp, garden, nature,
04-22-18 - A haiku ANTHOLOGY
by Mick Talbot
mallards... a pair
koi carp can't compete... duck feet
strang orange shapes
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sunshine... summertime
fickle spring... climate changing
muted cuckoos
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Jenny wren... begging
let summer have its way
seasons confound spring
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first orange...
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Categories:
carp, nature,
Attilas Axe
by Donna Ahsinger
Attila's axe quick and witty.
Wallering away in self-pitty.
Double edge bladed words,
characteristic of a domestic carp.
I take what you say in stride,
think and analyze.
Calling me ugly...
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I do not know? |
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Categories:
carp, character, emotions, how i
Killifish
by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
I've got a dish of killifish
I wish to eat that silly fish
Baked, or fried in peanut oil
Roasted, dried, or let to boil.
Make me a star-gazy...
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Categories:
carp, animal, fish, fishing, food,
The girl and the Fish
by Bev Stewart
The girl kneels on the concrete slabs.
Dipping her hand into the water-
She spooks the carp within.
Laughing, she drops in tiny crumbs of bread,
That float around...
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Categories:
carp, animal, childhood,
A Test of Alliterative Conscience
by Gershon Wolf
My conscience came to a clearing,
Freed from clamorous cacophony
Of criers, critics, and claimants
That commonly carp at me.
Calm, cool contemplation
Called out its care and...
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Sonnet |
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Categories:
carp, destiny, fate, motivation, psychological,
the polar bear
by cheyanne lewis
The white beast of the arctic circle
Stomping on the iridescent ice
Traveling far and wide across Alaska
Hunting for its next carnivore’s meal
He likes the ocean...
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carp, animal,
a barren soul
by Lu Loo
he carried a barren and naked soul,
stoic and...
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Rhyme |
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carp, angst, music,
Love Went Back To Wallingford Bridge
by Jonathan French
Love went back to Wallingford bridge;
rowed a skiff upon a dreamer's dream,
upstream, to drowsy Day's Lock.
Like small boys fishing,
drawn by the hungry thought
of a mother's...
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carp, love, nostalgia,
Rainbow Clouds of Pain
by James Edward Lee Sr.
I came through the birth canal
Fluids surrounds me
I pass the window of uncertainty
Covered with drops of pain
Once we stop, the rain drops
My mother begins to...
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carp, abortion, adventure, anxiety, birth,
OOniversal OO
by Taoi Chanan
OOOniversal oo
Frightened tepid antisocial ant was football training avidly but failing to attend a fragrant tailor army. Oh dear. That was sure to be put...
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I do not know? |
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Categories:
carp, absence, adventure, angst, anti
Flying Fish
by Jack Ellison
A species of fish can actually jump into your boat
Asian Carp they're called, six feet in the air they can float
Up to 100 pounds
Can bust...
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Limerick |
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carp, fish,
I am lost
by Chris Green
I am lost...
I am lost…
wandering aimlessly
among towering pines,
sweeping branches
of shaded bliss
leaving pine cone markers
along a soft needled path
The breeze is cool,
fragrant wisps through
clinging vines braided
in...
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Categories:
carp, beauty, nature,
City of Lakes
by James Marshall Goff
...early Spring walk around 3.2mi. Lake Calhoun...so named after controversial industrialist sotten with checkered past...movement underway to return name to Native American Dakota "Bde Maka...
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carp, happiness,
Token Monarchy
by Michael Coy
There is an hour
which interferes with work -
"our hour".
We use it, or are used by it,
to bound round supermarket chains
or...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
carp, work,
High Noon at Karnak
by Debbie Guzzi
Tex’s shadow defines him—cut-out
from the heat haze of Karnak’s quartz,
a scintillating contrast to Egypt’s questing sun.
He slouches among the other black castings of...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
carp, history,
Harp and Sharp
by James Horn
Harp and Sharp
This on I surely do have to harp
With me should stop being sharp
Be more patient and understanding
Less drawn out and also demanding
This more...
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Limerick |
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carp, angst,
Without a coming spring
by Chris Green
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I thought I found my forever,
just a few words walking the path
I have traveled by myself,
watching trees grow and weeds fill
as squirrels frolicked from branch...
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carp, lost love,
my take on the bible
by catherine labeau
the gods are crying they tell you from the clouds
the thunder of sins created to flood your house
if only you closed your window from...
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carp, bible,
constellation of cattle
by Taoi Chanan
How many pieces? They disappeared. Where have they gone? Nobody knows. Wisdom isn't in a glorified turning pin. And nonetheless many hands many ingredients long...
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I do not know? |
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Categories:
carp, arabic,