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Edgar Guest Poems - Poems about Edgar Guest


Premium Member It Is To Be
..."It is to be..." A bold statement! Demonstrative for it's not preceded with "If." That would leave room for a way of escapement. More of a command as if delivered by the Word of God, or the prom......

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Categories: edgar guest, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Snapshots of Frisky
..."A boy and his dog make a glorious pair; no better friendship is found anywhere." – Edgar Guest It was the happiest day for this boy when our new puppy, Frisky, came. She was a dynam......

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Categories: edgar guest, childhood, friendship, pets,
Form: Quintain (English)



Premium Member You Made Our House a Home
...Vera Selena (Osburn) Hinshaw (June 4, 1935 - July 19, 2018) We bought our house on Judson Street in nineteen sixty-seven. Though we endured many vicissitudes, you made it pure heaven! You loved ......

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Categories: edgar guest, family,
Form: Rhyme
Ode To An Heroic Trio: a Contra Diction
...Hear Me, O Muse, no moos or cluckings, muckings or horns of fog Do sound the clamoring claxons of the bardics that be written by William McGonagal o’ the Bog, That Laird of Lamentations Disastr......

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Categories: edgar guest, hero, hyperbole, nonsense, satire,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Poet Edgar a Guest
...Since I began my poetical journey, Mister Guest has been my inspiration. To emulate this extraordinary poet has ever been my motivation. He had that rare ability to portray the ordinary wonders of ......

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Categories: edgar guest, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member A Happy Home
...I've been musing lately about things that really make a home complete. One thing for sure - a happy home is one with laughter and love replete! 'Twill be a place with affectionate parents who dearl......

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Categories: edgar guest, family, house, family, dog,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Poetical Journey
...All I ask is that you read this with a charitable mind, And if you care to comment, please be verbose and kind! I suppose a lot of what I concoct is for the birds, But ain't it amazin' what you ca......

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Categories: edgar guest, funny, on writing and
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member An Interlude With Bards
...Outside the storm is raging, heaping piles of drifting snow. Inside I'm snuggled in my easy chair, the fireplace all aglow! I've retrieved an old tome of poetry from my library shelf, To spend an ......

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Categories: edgar guest, on writing and wordsinspirational,
Form: Rhyme

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