Gee the Giraffe Dreams Big
...Give me a cozy armchair and my pajamas said Gee
He liked sitting on the savannah, pretending he had a TV
Why not get one? Asked the meercats, who wanted to watch.
Gee decided to turn his dream up ...
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Categories:
dream up, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Stuck Separated together , part 5
...She’s awake, though, wide awake, her mind miles away, spinning stories she knows aren’t true, dreams she knows will never come to life. She imagines, with a kind of detached satisfaction, what it wo...
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Categories:
dream up, allusion, betrayal, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Alexa down!
...Alexa down!
She, the brainchild of Rohit Prasad -
India-born person who breathed life
into Alexa, and lead technology side
of project almost from its inception.
Amazon Alexa Echo
a marvel o...
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Categories:
dream up, addiction, appreciation, best friend,
Form: Free verse
tell her you saw me
...
tell her you saw me ...
tell her I was out on the bluff at the Cape during a gale, much too close to the rocks … tell her the surf was tormenting the ledges, its roar far too loud for me to hear...
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Categories:
dream up, adventure, analogy, anxiety, break
Form: Epic
Let them Wonder - in Kamala's own words
...I am Indian by birthright,
Simply black when it feels right,
A gender champion through and through,
A Southern Belle from the Bayou.
I cover all the bases from Gay rights to MeToo,
Environment...
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Categories:
dream up, allegory, leadership, parody, political,
Form: Quatrain
I Won't Give Up
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Quiet colors contemplate the night,
Hesitating for the wind to sing
Praying, praising, preparing for the joy
Beyond the clouds, balanced
Like a heart inspired, stirred by the yearning
For a...
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Categories:
dream up, appreciation, blessing, christian, gospel,
Form: Free verse
Aesop - Condensed
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An ant
never says
“I can’t”
Grasshoppers
dream up
whoppers
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Categories:
dream up, dream, insect, work,
Form: Rhyme
Ceasefire
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Two lured hearts intertwine,
dream up life’s tapestry with lattice of desire
on cloud nine.
Two paths diverge,
master courage to defy her
spat surge.
At night
lovers ceasefi...
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Categories:
dream up, conflict, courage, marriage,
Form: Rhyme
Grim reaper forever guaranteed eternal plentiful harvest
...Grim reaper forever guaranteed eternal plentiful harvest
the following written
for no particular rhyme nor reason
quite aware the exit (stage door left)
allows, enables, to provide every seaso...
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Categories:
dream up, 12th grade, absence, angel,
Form: Rhyme
Canning Berries
...April was the koolest month
we walked in the green uprising,
to gather berries,
would eat them as we trekked
the crunching woods.
It was1999 and the sky was clear
for months after;
we had ti...
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Categories:
dream up, poetry,
Form: Free verse
When
...When I die
will the sky be rhetorical,
will it still turn red at eventide
or shall the world die with me?
I think it may become
a hypothetical fur-ball,
just an idea
I had been anxious about...
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Categories:
dream up, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Latest Trend
...Satanic is in
Christianity's out
Jesus, man
What's THIS all about
Oh, it's this year's trend in after-school clubs
I'm sure it'll pass by this Spring
If not, just text me to...
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Categories:
dream up, religion, satire, school,
Form: Rhyme
Parental Magic
...When he was young and the fear he’d dream of monsters filled his mind with dread
his mom made him a Dreamcatcher and hung it above his bed.
“Whenever you start to dream, “ she said. “That’s when ...
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Categories:
dream up, parents,
Form: Rhyme
Listen and Believe
...Listen
To the sigh
Snowflake, breathing
Brilliant joy
Through the thoughts
Into the sparkling
Blue skies
Listen
To the leaves
Crackling, coloring
Autumn peace
With amber, gold
And scarl...
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Categories:
dream up, christian, faith, hope, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Mrs Mallowan Takes a Walk
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when autumn’s last but long exhale
left mists of winter in its trail
her thoughts turned to the past to look
at greenway and the paths she took
where reading signs inside her skies
she'd dream...
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Categories:
dream up, adventure, murder, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
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