walnut what knot shelf
...1950’s walnut what-knot-shelf
small compartments with tiny doodads
crystal doohickeys and miniature thimbles
variety of teensy ceramic trinkets
displayed in woman’s living room
every mother I kn...
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Categories:
doodads, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
paying the piper
...The soup has a shortage of ads
Let’s call for more saying egads!
While they interfere
With the reason we’re here
We'll learn about doodads and fads
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Categories:
doodads, angst, humor, irony,
Form: Limerick
Majestic Princess
...A misty sky hovers over the bay
Awaiting the Majestic Princess
Suddenly appearing on the horizon
Like a garganuan beast plowing
Through frothy watery furrows,
Eager shopkeepers making ready
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Categories:
doodads, boat, vacation, voyage,
Form: Free verse
The Fine Things In Life
...I believe the fine things in life are free
Not cash or opulent trappings of wealth,
Material doodads purchased with glee
At the top of my list would be good health
Nothing valued obtained by gree...
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Categories:
doodads, happiness, health, life,
Form: Dizain
Oddities
...On occasion, I have,
Obsessed over weird things.
Odd and unique doodads.
Old or new will do too.
Orange, purple, red, blue,
Objects are welcome; an
Oasis for strange stuff.
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Categories:
doodads, beauty, old,
Form: Verse
A Fundamental Concern
...I am aware of the dangers of being judgmental
When it comes to the so-called celebrity “faith leaders”
However, calling them out, in my opinion, is elemental.
I cannot understand how they can...
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Categories:
doodads, conflict, irony, jesus, religion,
Form: Rhyme
Our Yard Sale
...Salvaged trinkets from less mindful times,
doodads and trifles - mainly yours.
Electrical dinosaurs,
wrapped in wires and plugs – mine.
Not much furniture: particle board,
cheap impulsive clu...
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Categories:
doodads, poetry,
Form: Blank verse
My Saviors
...I had a pad that was not vinyl clad
sad to say it was bad , would drive you mad
sold it in an ad for just a tad to some young lad
I was a dad, poorly clad, never felt glad
life was a fad, a four ...
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Categories:
doodads, faith, moving on,
Form: Rhyme
Shucking Evil In Favor of Good
...Shucking Evil In Favor Of Good...
(courtesy of tasseled colonel corny maise aye aire)
Challenge more difficult than threading
camel thru eye of needle, hence catchy title
scotched, and I aim to...
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Categories:
doodads, angel, blessing, devotion, faith,
Form: Free verse
Chandelier
...My parents had a chandelier
When I was growing up,
Above the table in the room
Where company would sup.
Its crystal doodads dangled down
And sparkled in the light,
Creating quite a festive mo...
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Categories:
doodads, home, light,
Form: Rhyme
Barren Land of Illiteracy
...Barren land of illiteracy ,
Soil never having been loosened,
Not fertilized by education !
Prejudice from heart difficult to eradicate,
Aspirations vacilitate, soon disheartened,
Barren land o...
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Categories:
doodads, desire, education, hope, prejudice,
Form: Villanelle
The Prize
...Doodads
Figurines
Rings
and waterguns
Kazoos and underoos
what's the next prize
a sticker?...
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Categories:
doodads, parody,
Form: List