Window Pain
...Three states
in five hours.
Maybe we’ll stop somewhere nice
like a KOA campground.
A kid can hope. It’s hot and it would be great to go for a swim. Instead we stop at the liquor store,
dad buys ...
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Categories:
dooley, addiction, anger, anxiety, child
Form: Haibun
Veterinarian Blues
...i'm confused
at that Dooley
one eyed
sphincter
cat
it
has
two...
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Categories:
dooley, 1st grade,
Form: Diamante
Important Part News Plays
...Important part news plays
Does amaze when God will raise
Me up so Him can praise
have been enduring
we need news reassuring
Can be curing
mad mistake truly
hung down head like Tom Dooley
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Categories:
dooley, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Expression Stressed-
...Solid words liquefied;
Bound and told horrified;
Ancient own;
Dooley honed ;
I am that child
Buck-wild
7/8/21
Written by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021...
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Categories:
dooley, analogy, character, emotions, how
Form: Light Verse
Irish Limericks
...On March Seventeen on St. Paddy's Day
Finbar and Connor drank close to the bay
they ate green saltines
and caught wild sardines
but without any jacks, they couldn't stay
they whi...
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Categories:
dooley, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Who's Got Trouble
...I’ve never put a candidate’s bumper sticker on my car before—
why not take sides—what are you waiting for?
Death puts a stop to daily low intensity warfare but in the meantime—
fight on!
Wh...
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Categories:
dooley, america, art, city, dog,
Form: Verse
Trails and Trials
...look around
you can always
find a bread
crumb or
piece of
string
some have been
compromised
suddenly
stop
when
with any
food trail come
hungry animals
including people
unknowingly ...
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Categories:
dooley, muse,
Form: I do not know?
Seamus
...envision
images of
jesus but when
speaking every
other word
is F@
(Enjoy retirement Dooley)...
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Categories:
dooley, muse,
Form: I do not know?
Heart of Magnificent Author
...T-he
H-eart
O-f
M-agnificent
A-uthor
S-imply
D-oes
O-pen
O-ffering
L-iterary
E-normous
Y-ield
Topic: Birthday of poet Thomas Dooley (June 14)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...
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Categories:
dooley, birthday, poets,
Form: Acrostic
Ina Mae
...She was 79 years old when she passed away.
She was my aunt and her name was Ina Mae.
When a relative passes away, it's always sad.
Ina Mae was the only blood aunt that I had.
She was special an...
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Categories:
dooley, death, dedication, family,
Form: Rhyme
To Take Or Not Take Turn
...To Take or Not Take Turn
Did truly become traumatic
Result of semantic that is static
That you will often experience
And not making much sense.
While waves watched were wretched (Wow all w's...
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Categories:
dooley, humorous,
Form: Couplet
Not On the Menu
...Not On The Menu
Sister girl don’t judge the brothers at
The zip mart with oily stained jeans
And dirty fingernails, judging him not clean
Turning your head,
Sighing with dread
Thinking he go...
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Categories:
dooley, appreciation, boyfriend, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Pinked
...Honey, I'm home!! Did you miss me at all?
Where are you?
Yoo-hoo, anybody home??
Have you been extra good, and mmmm
the house seems so fresh and clean, wow!
Did you eat right?
A-mazing! Yo...
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Categories:
dooley, funny, life, people
Form: Light Verse
Gratitude
...Time drags on in this chair,
As I wait for the brilliant one.
Each time the door swings out,
I look for him to say he's done.
Minutes turn into hours,
and all I can do is stare at the cl...
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Categories:
dooley, angst, caregiving, confusion, dedication,
Form: Rhyme