Billionaires hunker down in their Queenstown bunker lairs
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Let’s pester Uncle Fester
After dafter Luxon
Pushed the button
Welcomed every glutton
To the isles of mutton
Theme of the meme
Team New Zealand
It does seem
No longer a
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Categories:
dafter, money,
Form: Rhyme
Majesty of Spring’s Tapestry
...Meandering meadows broken by a tossing garbling brook…boulders embossing...marbling and moss flossing
Awoken whispers spoken..cantankerous coughing eddy wheezes..then a curmudgeonly icy mirror hus...
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Categories:
dafter, nature, spring,
Form: Rhyme
The House of Lords
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Bored of deplored
Hordes of frauds
On abhorred company boards
Who applaud flawed
Seats stored…for cheats
Apply or buy on the fly
Enjoy till they die
Getting podgy..bet...
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Categories:
dafter, political,
Form: Rhyme
political ruminations
...Whereas and wherefore hence and hereafter
An idle balloon sits high in the rafters
It’s hard to decide which one is dafter
The one who just bought it or the “arts” crafter
the media just primps...
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Categories:
dafter, america, political, satire,
Form: Rhyme
The Mouse with the Hat
...I once spied a bold mouse with the hat
is there anything dafter than that
at this sought after headgear they’ll chase
on their crown crown it would seem out of place
in some way it was strange a...
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Categories:
dafter, animal, fun, funny, giggle,
Form: Rhyme
Surf and Turf
...I went to the butchers to get me some fish
I asked for some haddock to bake in a dish
The butcher said, “Sir, if it’s fish that you’re after,
You’ve picked the wrong place and you couldn’t pick da...
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Categories:
dafter, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
World War 3 Poetry Contest
...You have the power to crush me
Did you think idle threats would push me
To the brink
If defeat is what you are after
To underestimate couldn't be dafter
Stop to think
You crossed the borde...
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Categories:
dafter, war,
Form: Rhyme
Once More Plebiscite
...Kirk's reply was tacit:
Still his points 'Explicit':
"Don't try the opposite
Once more a plebiscite..."
A plebiscite most fit:
Plebiscite that flaws bit;
On paper clearly writ
Flashing frank ...
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Categories:
dafter, care, devotion, love, people,
Form: Rhyme
Straight Outta Lockdown
...You are now about to witness my lack of street knowledge
Straight outta lockdown,
lazy brother named THE DUDE
Formed a gang called diggers With Altitudes
Work is called off, I got a paid off
Str...
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Categories:
dafter, poetry,
Form: Free verse
I Never Wanted To Grow Up
...The clothes pile has started to form itself into a grotesque man
The bedroom door will no longer open due to the heavy garbage can
The stench of the dirty dishes is annoying to say the least.
To g...
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Categories:
dafter, self,
Form: Rhyme
God Is a He She
...What if God isn't a he or a she but a he she
eating quiche in a teepee with a toupee
in the company of a grumpy hippy
seeking to unleash a fart storm our way
solar gusts of gigantic proportion...
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Categories:
dafter, funny, god, humorous, tree,
Form: Rhyme
A Willowy Wisp
...A Willowy wisp of nights dark scent
My Rose colored glasses have loss their tint
Love came and I wish I could say has went
But loves not like that no matter it's intent
It came and brought me s...
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Categories:
dafter, beautiful, blessing, deep, devotion,
Form: Prose
Laughter On a 125
...Cackle, Chortle, Chuckle with glee,
Crack-up with crowing, and giggle "tee hee",
Hilarity, merriment, rejoice with a roar,
Shrieking, sniggering, Cheering, Guffaw
"Hi-di-Hi", har-de-har,
Snort...
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Categories:
dafter, fun,
Form: Free verse
Our Nan
...She’s always very clean and neat
With chocolate, sweets and other treats
When mummy says no, nanny wins
Like when we want to do baking
Peek-a-boo to nursery rhymes
Mischief making, pull faces ti...
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Categories:
dafter, appreciation, children, family, children,
Form: Rhyme
You Are the One
...You are the one I have long waited for
The one who filled with love this empty heart
Who gave me meaning and courage once more
To follow life’s hazardous unmarked chart
And salvage dreams...
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Categories:
dafter, appreciation, beauty, son, soulmate,
Form: Ottava rima
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