The Pet I Never HadThe Pet I Never Had (a conceit)
by Russ Dodson (c) 1968. 2025
I've never had a unicorn
because I couldn't catch one
And I know no virgin maid
whom I could send to fetch one
...
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Categories:
allegory, fairy, funny, magic,
Form: Verse
THE CRY OF A MOSQUITOA mosquito once cried
Why do you all always
Clap your hands
Whenever you see any of us
Some of you buy chemicals
To get rid of us
When you all know we're harmless and homeless.
An insecticide
Screamed from a corner
You're big liar
You blood sucking vampires
Not just that
You also go around
Spreading diseases; eg malaria.
A human replied
You're...
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Categories:
fairy, africa, creation, dark, deep,
Form: Narrative
Druidic MuseA slow and joyous path beneath the skies,
Earth holds me close in rooted ground each day,
While wind blows cloudy liquid dreams that rise,
Islands are adrift in clean clouds that stray.
You, wise young Druid, cloaked in ageless green,
Stand firm upon the soil where Nature dwells.
Limpid and true, your waters flow serene.
A gift you give when I...
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Categories:
analogy, beauty, environment, fairy,
Form: Sonnet
Brown EyesIrises color of an ancient oak.
Ancient oak with hues of warm golden honey.
Honey merging into the ancient oak, creating a spellbound glen in those irises.
Irises with such a glow.
Glow only the sun rays catch with their stunning beauty.
Beauty so unique to see in such eyes.
Eyes such an escape from...
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Categories:
beautiful, deep, earth, fairy,
Form: Free verse
KNOWN TO THE UNKNOWNI was well known
When I was alone
What was the necessity for you to come into my life?
To mess things up with no sign of strife?
You were the sweet dream that made me sleep a little longer
You have become my nightmares that made me a sleepwalker
My happy world is broken into bits and...
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Categories:
fairy, faith, fantasy, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Celestial CyberspaceCyberspace, my blue astral projector
I'm not seeking new friends to entertain
I dwell in a big celestial sector
Cradled in great cool mists and northern rain.
Yet, from funny dark galaxies above
Comes bright celestial advice, kind and wise.
The Oak Grove beckons those whom nature loves
To stretch their wings where faery nature flies.
A faery soars through Cosmos, fierce and...
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Categories:
fairy, environment, sky,
Form: Sonnet
Categories:
earth, england, fairy, introspection,
Form: Haiku
Of course Fairy Tales can come true Daws
Have I done something wrong..8 long years..regretted being forsaken not feted..more pong than gong it appears
Charismatic Selectors mistaken..phlegmatic..enigmatic or erratic
Dramatic not pragmatic nor didactic tactic
Despite the fans throng that he does belong
After an en song bounty..one of the best county careers
Applaud PCA top award for 2024..for the way you play..stack of wickets taken and runs...
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Categories:
fairy, sports,
Form: Rhyme
sunflower faeriesunflower faerie appeared in a Kansas field
in the middle of sunflowers with an unusual yield
She flitted between the faces of these large flowers
Giving them a teensy bit of her sunflower powers
The sunflowers she landed on now had a face
And mouths that moved, but they could not chase
We want legs now said one with her new...
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Categories:
fairy,
Form: Rhyme
Fairy Comes with a PromiseTwirling her fairy skirt,
a lace and pearl dessert.
His eyes hypnotized by
the lace and pearl overt.
Bells on her fingertips,
this lace and pearl concert.
She gives her all to him
in lace and pearl exert.
Her father hides her in
the lace and pearl turret.
But marriage...
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Categories:
fairy, beauty, humor, music, sensual,
Form: Ghazal
Revisionist Fairy TaleShe came to a peaceful, shimmering pond
and took out her pearl-handled witches wand.
"Make me beautiful as the swan who slides
on your calm surface as she smoothly glides."
Since that day, at toll booths she doesn't pay,
and, at intersections, gets the right of way....
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Categories:
fairy, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Come Back Colorful Butterfly Faeriecolorful butterfly faerie flew into the garden today
The marigolds, lilies and lilacs all leaned her way
Wanting a favor, a glimpse, a look at her gown
She had a terrific personality, and no kind of frown
She is such a beauty! The elves and dwarfs did agree.
Tomato worm never saw her; he was watching TV
The radishes and carrots...
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Categories:
fairy, 2nd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Beachside Fairy
Categories:
fairy, emotions, magic, nature,
Form: Haiku
I Love the Way she Twirlsfrolicking faerie girl danced in the woods on a summer day
I love the way she twirls, laughs and moves with a sway
That was said by an elf, and a dwarf, two prominent fey
They adored her joy and loved her enthusiastic way...
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Categories:
fairy,
Form: Monorhyme
Palace visitA pretty big gate it was...
Overseeing the strict soldiers at the entrance.
Firmly, they stood with heavy weapons.
Stepped inside the picturesque place,
Gentle girls welcomed with grace.
A beautiful big lawn,
Guarded by patient pawns,
Ample aesthetic rooms around,
Occupied by pretty people abound.
Classical songs were playing on one side,
Dancers accompanied them the other side.
People indulged in their adorable arts,
Celebrating...
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Categories:
dream, extended metaphor, fairy,
Form: Free verse
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