I have always been a bit wary
of Gary, Mary, Sherry and Larry
They each seem a little bit contrary
Fighting over blue, straw, or raspberry
I took this to Carrie, our head faerie
She thought my query was a tad bit airy
Looked it up in her faerie dictionary
Experts’ opinions appeared to vary
Enter an expert from a local dairy
his name was Smart Guy Mr. Perry
Sherry and I intended to someday marry
But count not agree on the right berry
Next, I consulted my wizard friend Hubert Harry
His preference is for a soft, dainty, pink raspberry
In the meantime. Sherry eloped with my cousin Terry
Now I have no use for them or Larry, Gary or Mary
Categories:
consulted, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
She never was the kind of cook
who consulted a recipe book,
and he never complained but swallowed.
He ate with that habitual look
to the ER that always followed.
Categories:
consulted, humor,
Form: Light Verse
I had a feeling this was an unusually hot September.
I said this to a few people.
They pooh-poohed my idea.
Most said they could remember lots of warm Septembers.
But this warm? I asked them.
ninety-one degrees on September 17th in Kansas?
Most of them do not live in Kansas,
but they live in the Midwest.
They insisted I was exaggerating the hotness of 2024.
I finally consulted a weather tracking system.
This system stated that this is the hottest September
in one hundred and seventy-four years.
Do I feel validated?
Not really.
But I know that I am not crazy now.
Categories:
consulted, september,
Form: Prose
Monday is coming..I can taste the dread.! a sacrifical
Summit i see ahead.' The condemed has long snorted
A magical power.? Dusty corners await now a'quiver to
Devour' aquaintances are many, and friends will be few.'
Times and a half times, once upon a time! (you were new)
You've consulted the augeries, and laid out the bones
Burned up the ether; been all hours on the phone' yet all
Comes to nothing, as when you were in power.? Your drop
Is fast coming, on the hill (you will cower!) Will it be steely
Silence? slippery as ice? Will there be great tumult?
When you are squeezed in the vice.! Will you go out the
Statesman?? It won't be that nice..Yet you tore down and
Ravaged now you'll receive; your own slice' oh yes they are, awaiting in style, in Ottowa to renounce you. Old trudeau.
And your well tarnished wiles.'
Categories:
consulted, appreciation, city, house, september,
Form: Rhyme
I consulted with Spinoza
he spoke of God and Nature
I want something ovid
that cant be destroyed
Truman and Eisenhower
grew the Military Industrial complex
but in my dreams
I cannot deny that I'm agog
but since they have gone
My life has never been the same
Categories:
consulted, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
I consulted with your everyday Cleopatra
they said it wasn't there
Ike and Tina argued anyway
saying it is not fair
I bombed Croatia's Library creativity
on a Stuka'
I dreamed Patagonia was healthy
in the spring
I saw a picture on the wall
but it doesn't bother me at all
Can we say Amen , anymore ?
Categories:
consulted, analogy,
Form: Free verse
When consulted, the mailman said,
"Sure, put a little daisy on the mailbox if you want."
So we all put on daisies.
Martha put one daisy.
I put up two, the girl down the street put on a marigold.
The mailboxes were now in a little competition.
One day we discovered Glory had bested us all.
Her mailbox was saturated in a bed of purple clematis.
The joke was on her.
She received this note “mail cannot be delivered due to bees
until removal of bush”.
Categories:
consulted, flower,
Form: Prose Poetry
Inciting "animosity" in Tasmania could become an offence under proposed new laws and attract two years' imprisonment.
Consultation: State changes to punishable offender's actions.
Anyone found guilty of inciting anger which has the propensity of turning violent may be jailed for up to two years.
It's extreme to the utmost and should be consulted out of exitance.
Categories:
consulted, anti bullying,
Form: Prose
'Several opinions on same issue if followed simultaneous prime target may be
spoilt’ ..... Poet
OPINIONS
Own opinion is priority on any outcome or happenstance.
Person to person opinions vary on same topic or occurrence.
Invariably some are strong, some weak.
Next comes analysis, not to be influenced to pick up quick.
Inevitable controversy : Take advice but don’t be prompt to apply.
Onward , rationalise the matter from all aspects to justify.
Need to establish prime consideration before to certify.
Several opinions may be consulted but own decision to rely.
Categories:
consulted, confusion,
Form: Acrostic
He consulted a warlock, a wizard, a priest and a witch.
The witch finally asked “did you pick up something you shouldn’t have?”
He thought about this and remembered.
He had collected seashells, sticks, rocks, and soil from a national park.
"Kind of", he admitted.
“From Volcano National Park?” the witch asked him.
He nodded yes.
“You have to send it all back. Then your luck will change.”
He had not taken anything important, but his luck had changed.
His child had nearly succumbed from Covid-19, his wife left.
Sales were down by forty-six percent since he returned to the mainland.
He refused to do what she asked at first.
Then his mother and two uncles died.
A voice in his head said “send it back; send it back.”
When the box arrived at the post office in Hawaii they loaded it into a truck.
Heading for the beaches and the forests, to return all ninety-six boxes together.
After his items were returned to the national forest, order was restored.
His business perked up, and his wife returned home.
He decided to never pick up souvenirs again.
The witch had been spot on.
because she had done the same thing
years earlier....
Categories:
consulted, travel,
Form: Prose Poetry
When consulted, the mailman said,
"Sure, put a little daisy on the mailbox if you want."
So we all put on daisies.
Martha put one daisy.
I put up two, the girl down the street put on a marigold.
The mailboxes were now in a little competition.
One day we discovered Glory had bested us all.
Her mailbox was saturated in a bed of purple clematis.
The joke was on her.
She received this note “mail cannot be delivered due to bees
until removal of bush”.
Categories:
consulted, humorous,
Form: Free verse
The quest for a better way is a noble pursuit
whose navigation needs to be thought out with care.
Questions must be asked to ascertain whether it is
really superior to the present and familiar way.
Mapping out a better way also demands a better map.
The chosen destiny may well be presently seated and
duly situated, but the route thereto may have changed.
The mind of a certain man longed for a shorter route.
Having a route in the rural convinced him that he could
not always trust the maps, and this was before the broad
usage of GPS. So he did what he considered the best thing,
which turned out to be the very best thing.
He first checked with 'the locals'. After asking one of the
locals if there was a shorter route to a certain town, the
reply was, "Yes there is a shorter way, but they have guns'.
The conversation ended there, and the inquiring gentleman was
proud of himself for having consulted first with 'the locals'.
He continued his regular route.
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Categories:
consulted, wisdom,
Form: Verse
It goes without say how most times
We vote for the party and not the person
That's why we've seen many times
We don't really vote in the right person
There's something about being in a party
Being under people who've been at it
It's from the political party
That one grows politically, right at the heart of it
Forming alliances within the party ranks
People who not only just share ideas
They even finance you into those ranks
Bringing to reality your vast ideas
At times in the primary party elections
One is forced to take a seat back
And wait it out in the coming elections
Being told next time we'll have your back
But with time in the political party
Voicing your opinions you get attention
And even when you not the one in the seat for the party
You'll be the man consulted for your vision
The PO£T
Categories:
consulted, integrity, people, political, power,
Form: Rhyme
we koi are not normally curious about debris dumped into our pond
This time things were different
A land animal had been dumped
One of the giant land animals!
We swam closer and found a channel open
Not that close! Papa Koi chided us
"I have seen their kind before.”
He had barely escaped one of them.
The pretty pink haired girl stared at the koi.
They were vibrantly golden, pretty.
She had consulted her runes this morning.
She was to find the leader; but how?
Categories:
consulted, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Personification
Xendier was terrified of the golden dragon, Zandechina.
He had heard of her exploits, and she was fierce and ruthless.
It was said that she could sneak up on the stealthiest dragon.
In battle many ran off, when they heard her name.
He had asked several if she was expected to show tonight.
They had no idea; Zandechina had her own agenda.
She consulted no one, possibly not even the gods.
Zandechina knew Xendier’s reputation for loving and leaving dragons,
but she thought he was truly handsome, and she heard he had asked around about her.
She decided to pursue him, and make him hers.
She resolved to find him tonight.
She began her descent at four thousand feet, landing on his back.
He made a sound she had never heard a dragon make; it intrigued her.
She began to chase him. He was screaming now.
Let the courtship begin!
Categories:
consulted, fantasy,
Form: Prose Poetry
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