Sweeping Snow
...angels sweeping out flakes
lackadaisically
successive shift:
fast and furious
angels on break
storehouse still
to be emptied
funniest sight?
a full-size snowman
drops from the clouds
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Categories:
cheeriest, angel, snow,
Form: Free verse
The Sun's Face
...The Sun selects her cheeriest face
when heaviest rains abate
There's nothing worse
than daylight gray
as with baited breath
here on Earth
the Sun's face
~ we do awa...
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Categories:
cheeriest, earth, light, rain, sun,
Form: Rhyme
Saint Nick
...There once was the cheeriest fellow
Who ran a gargantuan toy workshop
Gone by the name of Saint Nick
Throughout the calendar year
He would cram day and night
To keep up with the countdown
Wh...
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Categories:
cheeriest, adventure, children, christmas, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Spring Lady
...Pots of geraniums down the front steps
peeking from the windowsills
the hanging baskets on the front verandas
or the back porches,
Ravishing beds of fragrant shrubs
adorning the sidewalks,
Swat...
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Categories:
cheeriest, spring,
Form: Free verse
Christmas Surprises
...One winter long long ago
It was our first year together
My husband
God bless his heart
Decided he’d go shopping
You guessed it
T’was Christmas eve
We’ll say up front
The man’s on crutches
An...
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Categories:
cheeriest, appreciation, christmas, games, husband,
Form: Free verse
Willy Wonka
...Willy Wonka sang the cheeriest of songs
to every child he did see.
For what other adult could eat candy all day long
and not get a single cavity?...
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Categories:
cheeriest, candy, celebrity, children, humorous,
Form: Clerihew
A Method To My Madness
...If I found I had to search for a needle in the hay,
I would certainly choose to do so on a summer's day.
I wouldn't want it in a hay bale, fed to a hungry horse.
So I must find that sharp needle, ...
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Categories:
cheeriest, funny,
Form: Couplet
Thanks. You Are Souper!
...I thought I would just say
Have a Happy Thanksgiving Day!
For all of You Souper people are
In my estimation, the ones who care.
It is wonderful to have your comments, too
When I write somet...
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Categories:
cheeriest, friendship, holiday, on writing
Form: Couplet