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Down at the end of Our Road
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Laurence Tye
| Light Verse |
ernie, nostalgia,
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you suckers will pay the price
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gate low
| Crown of Sonnets |
ernie, addiction, allah, analogy, animal,
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stalking drug dealer
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gate low
| Cowboy |
ernie, addiction, allah, analogy, animal,
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Sesame Place
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ilene bauer
| Rhyme |
ernie, family,
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Avid Bookworms On The Loose
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matthew harris
| Dramatic Monologue |
ernie, 11th grade, 12th grade,
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Unpleasant Bruises to a PG Pic
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Normie Payton
| Rhyme |
ernie, art, aubade, word play,
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Pigeon Farm
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Jim Kilduff
| Rhyme |
ernie, animal, bird, community, conflict,
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I CALL ON YOU
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James Edward Lee Sr.
| Free verse |
ernie, allusion, analogy, change, community,
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Muppets in the Soup - Join In
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Lin Lane
| Limerick |
ernie, fun,
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Diehard Fan
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Jennifer Marie Oliver
| Free verse |
ernie, appreciation, celebration,
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F is for Fired
by ilene bauer
Bob, Luis and Gordon,
Names that might just ring a bell,
Lived, at least to little children,
On a street* they knew quite well.
The actors who portrayed them
Started...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
ernie, nostalgia, people,
The Kidnapping Of Big Bird
by Mike Hauser
It was late into the night
When Bert Ernie and I
Were traveling across the plans of Nebraska
Much to my surprise
Bert looks me straight in...
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Categories:
ernie, funny, humor,
Stumble
by Keith Bickerstaffe
...inspired by 'The Outing' by Dylan Thomas
His waistcoat full to bursting
he harrumphed through the public house
like Hell itself was after him
and tripped, and missed his...
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Verse |
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Categories:
ernie, character,
Stumble
by Keith Bickerstaffe
...inspired by 'The Outing' by Dylan Thomas
His waistcoat full to bursting
he harrumphed through the public house
like Hell itself was after him
and tripped, and missed his...
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Prose |
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Categories:
ernie, humor, writing,
Fur Trader
by Wallace Du Temple
Pantoum about Ernie Petersen,
Trader At Rose Prairie
Fur Trader
The buyer and trapper jawed trade
“What’s fur fetching at the Winnipeg auction?”
At Rose Prairie the deals was made
At...
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Pantoum |
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Categories:
ernie, adventure, history, memory,
Bless Your Pea Pickin' Heart
by Celine Rose Mariotti
Bless Your Pea Pickin’ Heart
Bless your pea pickin’ heart,
That’s what Tennessee Ernie Ford
Would always say,
I watched his show religiously every day,
Back in 1965,
I’d come home...
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Light Verse |
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Categories:
ernie, blessing, music,
A Chicago Cubs Fan Prayer Answered
by Tim Collins
A Chicago Cubs-Fan...
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Free verse |
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ernie, baseball, celebration, dedication, inspiration,
Take me out to the ballgame, Mister Cub
by Tim Collins
...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
ernie, baseball, childhood, growing up,
A Chicago Cubs-Fan Prayer
by Tim Collins
A Chicago Cubs-Fan Prayer!
In nomine patri et fili spiritu of Ron Santo
...
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I do not know? |
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ernie, baseball, business, devotion, dream,
Ever Jumped A Train - Part 10 - Robert and Ernie Adventures
by Robert Gruhn
Well, I had promised Ernie and Snowy I'd walk them downtown,
It was cold so I tucked them warmly inside my jacket pocket.
Sneaking out of that...
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ernie, adventure, growing up, travel,
Ever Jumped A Train - Part 9 - Robert and Ernie Adventures
by Robert Gruhn
Well, here we were, me, Ernie, and Snowy on this new train,
Both of them were still inside my jacket and sound asleep.
I knew now that...
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ernie, adventure, childhood, growing up,
Ever Jumped A Train - Part 8 - Robert and Ernie Adventures
by Robert Gruhn
As we reached the top of those stairs the sun was blazing,
Ernie peeked his head out of my pocket and screeched,
Robert, he said, I think...
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ernie, adventure, growing up, travel,
Ever Jumped A Train - Part 7 - Robert and Ernie Adventures
by Robert Gruhn
There Ernie and I were standing, at the edge of dark steps,
They descended into a concrete tunnel to somewhere below.
Robert, do you think she could...
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Narrative |
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ernie, adventure, childhood, travel,
Ever Jumped A Train - Part 6 - Robert and Ernie Adventures
by Robert Gruhn
Here Ernie and I were in this loud New York train yard,
I had just promised him I'd try to save his new found love.
She was...
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Narrative |
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ernie, adventure, growing up,
Ever Jumped A Train - Part 5 - Robert and Ernie Adventures
by Robert Gruhn
I woke up that next morning after arriving in New York,
Oh boy was my stomach sore from laughing so hard last night.
Could tell Ernie...
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Narrative |
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ernie, adventure, growing up, travel,
Ever Jumped A Train - Part 4 - Robert and Ernie Adventures
by Robert Gruhn
That train took us north after our Washington D.C. stop,
Suddenly there it was looming grand on the horizon.
I told Ernie I was so excited to...
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Narrative |
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ernie, adventure, growing up, travel,
Ever Jumped A Train - Part 3 - Robert and Ernie Adventures
by Robert Gruhn
One morning Ernie and I awoke to a noisy train yard,
It was that place many hitchers feared known as Chicago.
Since Ernie had traveled there before...
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Narrative |
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ernie, adventure, growing up, travel,
Ever Jumped A Train - Part 2 - Robert and Ernie Adventures
by Robert Gruhn
One morning I sat down with Ernie to explain English,
I know you're a mouse but that squeak can only go so far.
He looked up at...
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Narrative |
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ernie, friendship, growing up, travel,
Ever Jumped A Train
by Robert Gruhn
Ever Jumped A Train?
I have and it took me on a ride I'll never forget,
A journey like no other I have ever taken.
Traveling along those...
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Narrative |
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ernie, writing,
Faces Of Loneliness
by Donna Jones
The routine ride home from a neighboring town, seemed different today.
As I glanced at the dirty, sandy spot left on the usually spotless...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
ernie, introspection, loneliness,