Twisted Knickers-Collaboration Open to Poets
...Some people wind up with twisted knickers
When they get insulted by nitpickers
Words are sticks and stones
Causing moans and groans
When they hear heckling whispers and snickers
Women used to ...
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Categories:
elastics, humorous,
Form: Limerick
The Crow Bar
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"The Crow Bar"
she said,
here I bury my dead,
you can hear them sleeping
somnulent forget-me-nots,
snoring blithely unaware,
in neat rows between
the thick,
ink injec...
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Categories:
elastics, love, muse, satire,
Form: Narrative
Bathroom Blues Blessings
...There was a time when the taps used to shine,
and the porcelain basin with pomp and pride,
A font where the essential waters of life ran freely,
now blocked by the remnants of last week’s make-up,...
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Categories:
elastics, blessing, family, love,
Form: Free verse
Pretend Little Princess
...Oh the elegance of diamonds
Soft allure of indulged perfume
A beautiful, ceaseless onslaught
As it wafts clearly through the room
I dance blissfully in ball gowns
If only urban elastics
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Categories:
elastics, child, cinderella, daughter, kid,
Form: Free verse
Obese
...Now, I am not a huge man
I'm not large by any means
In fact it is surprising
I still wear normal jeans
My pants don't have elastics
I still use normal towels
But, my BMI stats tell ...
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Categories:
elastics, age, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Happy Days
...GOLDEN DAYS
CHILDHOOD DAYS ARE LONG GONE
BUT THE MEMORIES LINGER ON
HAPPY TIMES, SOMETIMES SAD
FRIENDS REMAIN, BEST WE HAD
HOPSCOTCH ON THE NEXTDOORS PATH
ENDURING THIER RAGE AND RATHE
KNOCK! KNOCK...
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Categories:
elastics, childhood,
Form: Rhyme