Woody Woodpecker
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Woody Woodpecker happily pecks in his tree-house decent,
mean landlady Meany evicts him, for he doesn’t pay the rent.
So, he plans his antics, stops real estate to sprawl in his forest,
tricks...
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Categories:
evicts, funny,
Form: Clerihew
Strayed Sheep
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Cliff hanger story -
Freshly shorn scrawny
Steady assembly ruptured
Atop rocky bluff rugged
Shivering survival questionable
Seceder’s dream quenchable
Reject herd abi...
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Categories:
evicts, adventure, animal, character, confidence,
Form: Couplet
In the Surreal Solemnity of Nature
...in the surreal solemnity of nature
a solemn ant colony
passes in a funeral-like
procession
carrying bits of crumbs
and one of their own…
a lone ballooning spider
ceases his kiting
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Categories:
evicts, animal, extended metaphor, imagery,
Form: I do not know?
Onslaught
...Grief comes uninvited, like a marauder,
like a one man army charging,
he makes an unexpected onslaught.
A thief in the dark who comes stealthily,
without pausing to seek permission
a...
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Categories:
evicts, angst, conflict, depression, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Evicting God
...He who lets hate reside in his heart God evicts from his soul!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
07 December 2021...
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Categories:
evicts, god, hate, heart,
Form: Monoku
Salt On His Wounds
...Harold is a model tenant who pays his rent on time each month, despite barely making ends meet. He's suddenly reeling from a perfect storm of unfortunate events. He unexpectedly lost his job and is s...
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Categories:
evicts, life, perspective,
Form: Haibun
Bright Beauty
...If a maturely individuated ego...
Honey, you just left out most of us.
Could you work on being more inclusive?
is organically
holistically SelfAware,
co-redefining as
Not some Other consc...
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Categories:
evicts, birth, earth, health, light,
Form: Political Verse
Such Is the Joy
...When my day is hard and heavy
And the world’s too much to bear
I simply think of you, my dear
And just the thought, evicts despair.
I never dreamed of such great things:
You refresh like mountai...
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Categories:
evicts, angel, birth, daughter, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme
Fear Not
...Failure is refusing to willfully engage, encounter, or face that which we perceive will do us harm.
Effective threats can render timidity, rendering void the realization of our own ability and po...
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Categories:
evicts, anti bullying, confidence, conflict,
Form: Acrostic
Obama Is In My Shower
...I have no cell phone
I have no cable TV
How then is the Whitehouse?
Listening in on me?
Well Obama is in my shower
His singing well its getting louder
I think he’s spying on me
Or maybe Mich...
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Categories:
evicts, angst, evil, fairy, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Dedicated To Donald Trump
...Dedicated to Donald Duck
You are greatly admired
By the following
The deplorables
Kellyanne Conway
She will con you all the way!
Adolph Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Mussolini
Sarah Palin
P...
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Categories:
evicts, bible, butterfly, death, nonsense,
Form: Free verse
What Actually Is School
...What Actually is School?
The Education Act 1996 (UK) defines a pupil as someone “for whom education is being provided at a school,” and as a person under 19, seeing a school as an educational inst...
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Categories:
evicts, child, children, cool, desire,
Form: Haibun
At the Wall
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A Vietnam veteran and a mother
Stand shoulder to shoulder
Before it's patriotic domain,
Amazed at the hard stone's ability
To accept the lost with such soft hands.
Their faces, caught in...
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Categories:
evicts, bereavement, death, death of
Form: Free verse