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Premium Member A Cautionary Tale
Great is the battle, small the victory when all that is won is lost to mankind - in this war of worlds its great casualty is the fallen consciousness in our mind. From spear tip and arrowhead to smart bomb or Ptolemy to Hubble looking glass, Luxor hieroglyphs to CD Rom - from...

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Categories: cautionary tale, culture, humanity, perspective, world,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member AI - A Cautionary Tale
A happier couple, you could never see. One blessed day, they would be three. They'd enjoy a picnic in a park or beach, Joe and his wife, Molly, a lovely peach. I would say their lives were very much in check 'Til the day Joe became obsessed with tech. "Where's our simple life?", Molly would sigh, "Before electronic gadgets and AI?" Soon, digital tools...

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Categories: cautionary tale, humor, technology,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Refurbished Nursery Rhymes: Old Mother Hubbard, a Cautionary Tale
When Old Mother Hubbard Examined her cupboard And found not a scrap there to munch on, Not one morsel that clung To an ort or a crumb, She felt foolish and dumb And stood sucking her thumb While her dog, Butch, got nothing for luncheon. "She forgot to go shopping again," grumbled he. She just scratched his ears sighing, "Sorry, pal. C'est la vie." When pangs...

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Categories: cautionary tale, humor,
Form: Light Verse
SMOKERS CAUTIONARY TALE
SMOKERS CAUTIONARY TALE In the haze of smoke, a cautionary tale, I weave a poem of the cigarette's trail. A tale of danger lurking in the ember's glow, Of the destructive nature we all should know. Behold the allure of the slender stick, Burning down from head to toe in a eye's blink With promises of relief & eradication of grief, But...

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Categories: cautionary tale, 1st grade,
Form: Rhyme
Love's Curse : a Haunting Tale of the Lonely Castle ,Part 1,
Once upon a time, in a castle so grand, A girl lived alone, her heart in her hand. Anyone who approached, seeking love's embrace, Met a tragic end, a sorrowful case. Her love was cursed, a bittersweet plight, For those who dared to love her, faced a dark night. Their hearts grew weak, their spirits would fade, As they succumbed to a...

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Categories: cautionary tale, care, cool, crazy, creation,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Cautionary Tale
Ditsy blonde mother of Red Riding Hood Sent her little girl alone to the wood… Once upon a present time That would be a heinous crime, Mom and grandma for neglect would be sued. February 25, 2022 Syllables count: 10 and 7...

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Categories: cautionary tale, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Breakwater Marquette, Michegan
Technically, not a sea at all, Lake Superior churns up its share of sea storms. There is not a lot to do in Marquette, Michigan: Except for high school drivers to "buzz the gut", Or cruise past a courthouse where "Anatomy" was filmed. You could smoke dope or drink underage Under a disused, fourteen story ore pocket dock. Rusted off shards of...

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Categories: cautionary tale, adventure, education, fate, growing
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Cautionary Tale For Halloween
A cautionary tale I have for you. Trust no one that you see on Halloween, especially whom you’ve opened your door to. Trickery diabolical I’ve seen. One Halloween while feasting with a friend on Reece’s pieces (popular for treats), the door bell rang. Who knew it was the end of my poor friend? She thought they wanted sweets. Three vampires with one alien...

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Categories: cautionary tale, halloween,
Form: Sonnet
A Cautionary Tale
Little red riding boots hang from tiny laces on a hook on a wall, a warning for my granddaughter. I would tell her, there are wolves everywhere. I would tell her that there are empty boots everywhere. I told her that the Fairy Tales are all true. Yesterday while walking we found several pairs of empty footwear some merely discarded, but other’s obviously the remains of a...

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Categories: cautionary tale, poetry,
Form: Free verse
A Cautionary Tale
A girl called Lucy loved to trumpet lies And idle gossip laced her lips with ease. Tall tales tripped off her tongue to tantalise Those twitching ears which reddened by degrees. This filled her honest Mother with despair ‘You wash your mouth with soap’ she often cried. Young Lucy shrugged it off and did not care - To those who would do...

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Categories: cautionary tale, death, insect,
Form: Rhyme
A Cautionary Tale
Maybe Walt Disney and his writers new a thing or two As some of their Uncle Scrooge stories could be about to come true, And put us in a stew. In one story Uncle scrooge found out the hard way, There comes a time, if you don't put some jobs and money our way, You will be the only one...

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Categories: cautionary tale, allusion, analogy, blue, cancer,
Form: Didactic
A Cautionary Tale
It says be careful, extra careful, Just imagine the problems if you weren’t Keep your head down Watch your words The little voice in my head that lives in paranoia is protective of me It holds a sign that says “Extremely Fragile, Handle with care” But then HE came. And whenever i felt anxiety digging its claws into my esophagus he...

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Categories: cautionary tale, depression, forgiveness, solitude, sorrow,
Form: Blank verse
Cautionary Tale
A Cautionary tale trail and error Wasted years of Needless drama ups and downs Failed attempts at Reversing damage done...

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Categories: cautionary tale, age,
Form: Lyric
A Cautionary Tale
Once, a little Spanish girl was given a "regalo" - a dainty little potted plant, a purple-petalled mallow. She set it in a sunny spot, beneath a southern window, re-housed it in an iron pot and named it, "Don Galindo". She gave it water every day, and gave its loam a hoeing. She talked to...

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Categories: cautionary tale, humor,
Form: Ballad
Cautionary Tale
Trust true, unwavering confident certain absolute belief shattered, changing views Strength...

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Categories: cautionary tale, courage, life,
Form: Cinquain

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