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Elephant Security
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Maurice Rigoler
| Light Verse |
elephant, humor,
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Dogs Dream
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Steve Sant
| Limerick |
elephant, animal, fantasy, nonsense,
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We Don't Need No Stinking Poetry Contests
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Eve Roper
| Rhyme |
elephant, feelings, poems,
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Lighthouses
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EL UU
| Dramatic Monologue |
elephant, adventure, analogy, appreciation, emotions,
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ELEPHANT'S GHOST
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JENNIFER PROXENOS
| Rhyme |
elephant, africa, grief,
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HARMATTAN
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Anyabolu Ifeanyi Gentle
| Rhyme |
elephant, africa, environment,
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Short Ribs E: Beware Old Demon Rum
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Jim Slaughter
| Light Verse |
elephant, animal, humor,
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OCEAN'S MOST VIGILANT
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Beata Agustin
| Limerick |
elephant, blessing, character, courage, environment,
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Lithe Lovely Me
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Caren Krutsinger
| Free verse |
elephant, self,
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Married to the Slob
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Freddie Robinson Jr.
| Light Verse |
elephant, humorous, imagery, love, marriage,
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OKAY WHAT FIEND STOLE THY BODY ELECTRIC
by matthew harris
Thine distorted reflection rippled
within rain maker's pool
upon a midnight clear
full moonlight sonata
flooded shallow abyss,
cleaved fractal...
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Categories:
elephant, 11th grade, 12th grade,
I am in a Paradox
by Todd Aguilar Jr.
I am in a paradox with visions of backwards clocks
knee high socks people popped with chicken pocks
the purple elephant has entered the room full of...
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Categories:
elephant, analogy, deep, hip hop,
Critterary Verses: If you could be an animal
by Jim Slaughter
If you could be an animal,
Which one would it be?
Which one best fits your personality?
Would you be mammal, or amphibian,
Perhaps a reptile, or a fowl,
The...
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Light Verse |
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Categories:
elephant, animal, humor,
If you see
by Kevin Shaw
If you see an Elephant
Climbing up a Tree,
Ask yourself this question,
Is that where it should be.
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Epigram |
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elephant, animal, nonsense, silly, tree,
Tigress
by Vidya Raghunathan
She was a tigress but not cruel
Her long uniform stripes to some distasteful
She chose to display it grandly
For to such a life she was grateful.
She...
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Personification |
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elephant, animal, class, courage, love
Nuff Said
by Jack Ellison
Hitler accidentally bombed his nephew's house in Liverpool
So his nephew joined the U.S. to fight with the Allies
A blue whale's tongue weighs more than an...
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elephant, inspirational,
Humble Thunder
by Nick Trim
All the others row the boat slow while I crank up the motor....
Here we go let's start the show, I'm the show boater.
The entrance of...
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Categories:
elephant, confidence, crazy, hip hop,
epigram
by jan hansen
Saying
I used to say the elephant, people and the giraffe are not needed.
How wrong I was the elephant reminds us how small we are...
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Epigram |
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Categories:
elephant, allegory, allusion, animal,
Animal Company
by Billy TheKidster
I have given a bear hug to a grizzly,
and the grizzly responded gently in kind to me.
Zoo born cheetah cubs have played with each other...
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Categories:
elephant, self,
A Normal Day Down Brylee Way
by harry horsman
An apple a day
down banana way
one takes the car for a run,
the dog stays home.
An elephant in the
fish tank?
Someone left the gate open
the horse escapes.
Strawberry...
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elephant, fun,
I Wonder If Its Too Late To Do It All Over Again
by Kim Rodrigues
I wonder if fate had me pegged all along life’s path. My sagging smile and breasts, still lifting though depressed. My husband and I adapt...
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elephant, age, fate,
Depression is real but we're told not to talk about it
by Alex Duffy
Depression is real, but we're told to not talk about it
We're told to "Just get over it" and to find a way to walk around...
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elephant, anxiety, depression, discrimination, judgement,
Elephant
by Phil Capitano
I am an elephant,
I can't forget
and what I can't forget
is gone from me,
will not return
and still I yearn
for what I can't forget....
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Categories:
elephant, analogy, loss,
Order Of Disorder
by Duncan R. M. Ferguson
Rust spotted chains n' latter rains
n' those with sights set
on monetary gains
When the line
becomes indistinguishable
'tween real or imagined pains
Steam to diesel artist with...
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Categories:
elephant, allusion, society,
My Grandma's Garden
by Kitty Lou
My Grandma has a garden
In which she will spend hours
Watering and weeding
And tending to her flowers
Many types and species
At least that’s what she said
Grow and...
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elephant, animal, flower, humorous,
Very Interesting Facts
by Jack Ellison
Once read that a kangaroo can't jump
Unless its tail is touching the ground
I've tried it and I couldn't jump either
I too was literally earthbound
Heaviest land...
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Rhyme |
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elephant, humorous,
Elephant
by Owen Yeates
My friend is grey and he has a trunk
Sometimes he talks to me when I'm drunk
For their written on a bright red heart
Are the words...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
elephant, drink,
Snoring Battle Rap
by cheryl hoffman
Now don't you be complaining that I snore
when you be the one sounding like a chainsaw
cause of you I toss and turn every night
pull the...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
elephant, humor, silly, sleep,
The Boom
by Duncan R. M. Ferguson
When they lower the boom
The elephant in the room
With a trunk pacydermed full
of impending doom
Enough to make P.T. Barnum
and his sidekick Bailey swoon
When the...
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Verse |
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Categories:
elephant, nonsense, perspective,
Haiku |
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Categories:
elephant, nature,