Egbert the Adorable Octopus
EGBERT THE ADORABLE OCTOPUS & OTHER NONSENSE VERSE
Egbert the Octopus
is so damn cute
& smarter than u
(the point is moot)
'cause he doesn't pollute
when he commutes,
only, perhaps,
when he (ahem) "poots"!
—michael r. burch
Monarch
by Michael R. Burch
I had a little caterpillar,
it wove a cocoon for its villa.
When I blinked an eye
what did I
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Categories:
dupe, animal, funny, giggle, hilarious,
Form: Rhyme
Multilingual Birds of a Feather
The Mockingbird sings out his misleading best,
in hopes to attract a dupe with a nest,
where the squatter believes mate’s eggs should belong;
so mimics and jabbers uncountable songs.
Catbirds and
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Categories:
dupe, allusion, betrayal, bullying, irony,
Form: Rhyme
Souper Dupe
A young Souper was feeling the burn
When his poem count took a downturn
First, he wrote a haiku
Then a monoku too
By deleting some carriage returns
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Categories:
dupe, humorous,
Form: Limerick
The Dupe
poker face
covering a bluff
the all-in bet
intensity
building
under breath
random hit of
chance and skill
cuts her losses
from her wins
AP: Honorable Mention 2020
Submitted on April 29, 2019 for contest THE CRAP SHOOT POETRY CONTEST sponsored by JOHN LAWLESS
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Categories:
dupe, fun, games, loss,
Form: Free verse
Oh!What a Valentine! (For Dupe)
OH ! WHAT A VALENTINE !
As the clock tickles away horarily
On the day set aside for Romeo
In the heart of a Juliet
I waited , I did waited
For a once Golden Dace of a Juliet
Whom I have longed to Romeo on this day
I rang the ring unto her hearing
Behold my Juliet jumps from
One
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Categories:
dupe, loss, lost love, love,
Form: I do not know?
A Golden Dace. (For Dupe)
A golden fish in the
Blui-sh ocean of love
A Flounder with no blunder
That makes me hover at yonder
Like a loose hook surfing for
A Deltan fish with a Yoruba scale
Dupsy, the Dace
Vaunting several medals with curtsy
Dabbling like a Dab in a race
Against the Lampreys and Spermaceti
I salivate endlessly beholding
Your rare but momentous beauty
Portable and
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Categories:
dupe, devotion, love, pets, me,
Form: I do not know?