Croc
We gathered eggs each morning
from atop these ancient walls,
lined with copies of the Oban Times
to keep out winter squalls.
The thatch had long since fallen in,
a repository now for owls,
cushioning and keeping safe their brood
from anything that prowls
in the silence and the darkness
of a highland clachan night.
Past generations long forgot
had lived and toiled without respite,
their
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Categories:
croc, community, history, home, life,
Form: Rhyme
A Croc On Vacation
Some words in English can't be mistaken
Like “SNUBBED”, a silly word that leaves people shaken
If you've been “SNUBBED”
Or if you've been clubbed
With a tree stump or bitten by a croc on vacation... ?
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Categories:
croc, humor,
Form: Limerick
Cook, Crook and Croc
I cook a rice, so I am a cook.
I need a cooker, so I can cook.
I didn't learn to cook from a book.
I only learnt, not to feed a crook.
I paddled on brook, there was a croc.
I wasn't to look, only to hear them talk.
Purple Couch
16 Nov 2016
12:09 PM
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Categories:
croc, addiction, angst, beautiful, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Croc
a skeleton in disguise they call me crocodile
but truly I am an alligator swimming with the sharks
the caiman I left in Barranquilla and wearing my croc
I walk the streets of Brooklyn looking for a tree
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Categories:
croc, art,
Form: Free verse
Croc
In one foot of water
Little girl splashes ankle deep
Coffin bay in winter
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Categories:
croc, angst, daughter, death,
Form: Haiku
Croc
Watched them eat first hand
Faster in water than land….
On boots he looks grand
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Categories:
croc, animals
Form: Haiku
Croc Salad
There was a man Lute
Who jumped from a pane with a parachute
He played on a flute
While eating a fruit
The crocs said here comes a salad with mute
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Categories:
croc, funny
Form: Limerick
What a Croc
Has a baby bear hair?
Well, yes!
Is a baby hare bare?
I guess.
But the funniest thing I ever saw,
Was a crocodile wearing a dress.
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Categories:
croc, animals, children, funny, baby,
Form: I do not know?