Fiddlesticks
...There was a young man bought a pangolin
but thought it was a mandolin
to be played like a violin
he tipped its scales 'til they creaked
tweaked its tail so it squeaked
and named the bow Anne Bo...
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Categories:
fiddlesticks, animal, fun, humorous, music,
Form: Rhyme
I cannot be trusted to walk
...I fell over a chair, a table and a TV
Jabberwocky fiddlesticks, I am klutzy old me!
Hit my head on the table, knocked myself out on the floor.
I do not believe I can be trusted to walk any more....
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Categories:
fiddlesticks, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Potpourri of silly poems
...In most of my verse, my simple aim
is just sorta to enter tame.
Then, once inside ~
go completely hog wild ~
showing no reserve,
showing absolutely no shame.
"What do you think of m...
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Categories:
fiddlesticks, giggle, poetry, silly, writing,
Form: Light Verse
Ever and After
...A dead world grew his flesh.
Another world, one not yet born,
is even now digging his grave.
Cancer, that coat with reversible linings,
gnawed at him like a hungry dog.
This man, he knows his ...
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Categories:
fiddlesticks, poetry,
Form: Free verse
A Matter of Heart, a Fable
...In the far-away land of Fiddlesticks, in the town of Balderdash, there lived a group of peaceful, loving Whatsits - a creature known to truly never ask a question of science, and would casually reac...
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Categories:
fiddlesticks, analogy, care, conflict, encouraging,
Form: Prose
My Side of the Story
...On a particular subject let's cut the pallava.
When volcanos erupt you must expect lava.
Don't stand in its way Nature's laws to defy
unless, of course, it's your intention to die.
Let me add wit...
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Categories:
fiddlesticks, environment, political, today,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Willow Wisp On High
...Hi, I'm Druzy, and I'm a big girl cuz I'm six
I'm stuck inside today...Oh, FIDDLESTICKS!!!
Mom said I can't go outside cuz it's raining
I cried and she yelled, "Druzy, stop complaining!"
Bored ...
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Categories:
fiddlesticks, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
It Was Never a Hoax
...Covid didn't like being labeled "just a hoax"
So it took revenge on one who made sick jokes
I don't wish him any harm
But he won't buy the farm
It seems his face is covered in rotten egg yolks
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Categories:
fiddlesticks, perspective,
Form: Limerick
Justice Behind Corpus
...No word “yes” and “no”
Never revealed just a fiddlesticks
Never clear and shouted “hang on a mo!”
Emphasize public should demand to jurist
For seeking one by one lines
To avoid mourning foreve...
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Categories:
fiddlesticks, humanity, metaphor, rights,
Form: Free verse
Ya Boo and Fiddlesticks
...Ya boo and fiddlesticks
to the thorns of life and all that pricks.
Ya boo, too, ye plutocrats
who treat the rest like worthless rats.
Fiddlesticks to ivory towers
where boffins sport their men...
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Categories:
fiddlesticks, discrimination, family, irony,
Form: Burlesque
Fiddlesticks
...
Just for calling fiddlesticks
No one makes a sound
Some deny the trick exists
But evidence abounds
Passion lights the smallest fire
Blown by winds of rage
All compete for just a...
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Categories:
fiddlesticks, conflict, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
Doctor Sneeze
...‘Send in the next patient please,
and make it quick before I sneeze’,
asked the Doctor, if you will,
as he was almost always ill.
His first patient was Arthur Lock,
and he said ‘you know what ...
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Categories:
fiddlesticks, funny, humorous, silly,
Form: Rhyme
January
...Just where have the weeks gone
Another year has whizzed past
No New Years resolution, I'd only break it
Unless it’s to meet George Clooney
Ah fiddlesticks he’s ...
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Categories:
fiddlesticks, celebrity, humorous, new year,
Form: Acrostic
Roseanne Barr
...Roseanne Barr a funny lady, so sweet
until her true self appears in an awful tweet,
If the cause was Ambien she should try Horlicks
sleeping pills causes racist remarks, just fiddlesticks.
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Categories:
fiddlesticks, racism, sad,
Form: Clerihew
Zona Man
...Hope Zona Man's okay, didn't get an overdose of pricks
Uh please excuse, cactus thorns, sharp pointy things, oh fiddlesticks
Let's just call them tiny daggers
Making JJ scream and stagger
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Categories:
fiddlesticks, dedication,
Form: Limerick
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