from hillbillies to beach bums
...We were hillbillies when we lived in the north
But now that we are Floridians, we have to come forth
Admit that we love wearing pajamas and nighties all day
When I go outside, my attire scares the...
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Categories:
floridians, humor,
Form: Rhyme
How to prepare for Summer reading classes in Florida
...Summer reading classes begins June through August this is a great fun way for the entire family to get involved enhancing students ability to stay focus preparing for the upcoming school year I adore...
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Categories:
floridians, allah,
Form: Manqabat
Sandbags Pray for Hurricane Victims of Florida
...We are hunkered down again
as we watch the land cry
evacuation gathering medication
pets helping others as neighbors
become first responders helping
others checking on elderly residents
r...
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Categories:
floridians, allah, faith, freedom, meaningful,
Form: Hamd
Strange News From Florida
...The alligators will not stay in the water,
they head for strip malls, for chicken noodle joints
or sports bars for fish taco or spicy wings.
They get their nails done in a Korean salon
paying in ...
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Categories:
floridians, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Legendary Kingdom of Florida
...You can almost swim across large parts of Florida, swim and
walk a few steps and then plunge again into the cool sexual
embrace of yet another blue swimming pool.
You can almost cross the peninsul...
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Categories:
floridians, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Alert White Floridians
...Beware, if your skin color is other than brown!
Kamala Harris announced that in town.
Save people of color first, that’s equity?
So, if she lived there, she has superiority?
H...
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Categories:
floridians, america, discrimination, irony, rights,
Form: Couplet
Sweep Stake
...Floridians love a palm tree
With fronds as pretty as can be
Along came Ian
Blowin' and peein'
And now there's nothing else to see...
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Categories:
floridians, weather,
Form: Limerick
More Little Things
...I’ve said this over and over again because I believe it to be true
most of our enjoyment in life comes from the little things we do.
Little moments…little adventures…little wonders
that somehow ...
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Categories:
floridians, happiness, joy,
Form: Verse
Florida Rain Part 1
...Florida Rain Part 1
Robby is sitting in my room on a chair one early evening reminiscing about her thirteen years in Florida. “In Florida, we don’t ring bells, we knock. But there’s a limit to how...
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Categories:
floridians, age, courage, environment, humorous,
Form: Narrative
Irma 9-9-2017
...Irma 9/9/2017
By Franklin Price
Since my last inscription
Irma's moved on quite a lot
Today's the day she's moving north
To show us what she's got
She now is over Cuba
Deciding what to d...
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Categories:
floridians, death, natural disasters, rain,
Form: Rhyme
Fleeing Irma
...FLEEING IRMA
spotlight moon, full, like an Old Testament cloud, leading
Floridians forth, not into the desert, but away from the wrath
of Irma. bumper to bumper, neighbors from pilot to caboose...
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Categories:
floridians, car, people, religious, storm,
Form: Prose Poetry
Hurricane Irma
...Hurricane Irma is barreling down with its monster storm,
Churning 185 mile an hour winds that have eerily formed.
The U.S. is afraid what it will do when it makes landfall.
Unfortunately forecast...
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Categories:
floridians, natural disasters, scary, storm,
Form: Rhyme
Floridians Asking Forgiveness
...In a calm storm
the sea is waiting for refreshment.
The calm is a prelude
to more than peace.
Two times the lighthouse blinked,
abrupt in its stillness,
shy in its intention.
There, the ever...
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Categories:
floridians, sea,
Form: Free verse
Free Cee the Empire Great
...THE EMPIRE GREAT
I still walk in a New York kind of way
Although I now live a thousand miles from there
I still dream of a New York kind of day
Where the sun may shine but the air is never clea...
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Categories:
floridians, angst, new york,
Form: Quatrain
Free Cee the Empire Great
...THE EMPIRE GREAT
I still walk in a New York kind of way
Although I now live a thousand miles from there
I still dream of a New York kind of day
Where the sun may shine but the air is never clea...
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Categories:
floridians, angst, new york,
Form: Quatrain
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