The Loneliest Elf
...He was Santa's unknown Elf
That they hid in a thicket
Cuz he worked all by himself
They called him Chimney Cricket
On the night of Christmas Eve
He's the first one down the chute
Using not...
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Categories:
chute, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
What My Daughter Doesn't Know About Friction
...At three years old,
she slides down the playground chute
again and again—
screaming joy like a law of nature,
not knowing her thrill
relies on two surfaces
refusing to agree.
I don't tell he...
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Categories:
chute, science,
Form: Free verse
Mind the Step
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Mind the step,
see the crack
that let's light in.
Take care,
tread in the prints,
of my foot sures and fells.
Hold my hand,
to pause-a-while,
to quell leap's surge.
Wait-a-while,
till t...
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Categories:
chute, angst, anxiety, faith,
Form: Free verse
The Gallery, Gala, Larry, Part 2
...Students their little burning harmonies | you compos’d it
One single gallery | public arras blasé debate re-placed
Sheets just- | cool on clothesline whiskered with wear.
Variousness was it| trus...
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Categories:
chute, art, humanity, metaphor, natural
Form: Free verse
The Ship Came Like A Flying Horse or Homage to the Famous Poet Franketienne
...The ship came like a flying horse, at an inexact time
Our brother-sailor, from the Pantheon of Poets, was on board
Jean Pierre Basilic Dantor Frankétienne D’argent
Who wrote, in haste, ...
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Categories:
chute, celebration, eulogy, farewell, journey,
Form: Free verse
YouTube’s Shorties
...All these are subjects of YouTube’s mostly entertaining short videos
Bet to win and dare the bucks
Largest fish escapes, oh shucks!
Splash for gold in running streams
Fight, defeat the scammer ...
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Categories:
chute, culture, internet, life,
Form: Rhyme
Egbert the Adorable Octopus
...EGBERT THE ADORABLE OCTOPUS & OTHER NONSENSE VERSE
Egbert the Octopus
is so damn cute
& smarter than u
(the point is moot)
'cause he doesn't pollute
when he commutes,
only, perhaps,
when...
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Categories:
chute, animal, funny, giggle, hilarious,
Form: Rhyme
Animal Poems 3
...Animal Poems 3
These poems about animals include man's best friend, dogs, as well as cats, hamsters, whales, sea lions, caterpillars, butterflies, and even snails!
Hell-Bound Hounds
by Mi...
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Categories:
chute, animal, best friend, cat,
Form: Rhyme
Past Nothing Nice
...Written By: D. Collins 11/22/24
Now that we’re up in it, speak your mind.
Say whether or not you had a good time?
We cut no c...
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Categories:
chute, corruption,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Santa versus The Grouch
...'Twas the night before Christmas, and there sat the Grouch,
waiting for Santa and his present filled pouch.
I'm sure that all of you have heard of the Grinch,
but the Grouch is far worse, at least...
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Categories:
chute, christmas, holiday, humor, sports,
Form: Rhyme
The Climb The Fall
...Depression is like a game of Chutes and Ladders.
We climb and climb until our arms and legs are so numb and weak we can barely move. We want to give up but keep moving on. Until eventually we land o...
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Categories:
chute, depression,
Form: Other
da ding
...I will eviscerate you with wit
and promise to make it uncomfortable to sit...
with descriptions of mundane things
designed to make you go QUIT l...
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Categories:
chute, rap,
Form: Rhyme
Cataclysmic
...When something cataclysmic
occurs in our life
when that curved ball is thrown
when belief is suspended
when reality gets warped
when normality
the everyday
is thrown out the window
when it fe...
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Categories:
chute, life,
Form: Free verse
Circle In The Sand
...
Circle in the sand could tell a story
of a lost world, where celestials and machines
were one.
A crafty place where symbiosis is tasted
on the tongue.
Chimera epoxies ely...
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Categories:
chute, art,
Form: Rhyme
Scrap
...The solder was pointed the wrong way
falling scrap metal through the Scrapyard's chute
"Please, be loved," it said,
"this automaton has nothing left for itself,"
resonating equally 'warm'....
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Categories:
chute, hurt,
Form: Free verse
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