Tale of Two Cities and Two Captains
...Well what the Dickens is going on?
My choice as the greatest scribe and voice of our tribe
Charles not himself a cricketing man but definitely a fan
Twas…the tale of two skippers and two cities
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Categories:
flunked, sports,
Form: Prose Poetry
Things I think now that I'm old
...The older I get, the more I forget the names of colors.
Would you call this paint amber, burnt ochre, or clay?
Would it were the same with all of my dolors.
But age hasn’t washed an...
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Categories:
flunked, age, dark, grandparents, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Extra Mile
...We were friends in our college days,
no distinction of our riches,
Were all the same living our days.
Of the four years, three passed,
In the finals, few flunked in test,
For the few, year l...
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Categories:
flunked, friend,
Form: Verse
Road-Side Test
...There was once an old boozer named Dale
Who guzzled copious pints of ale
Although he tried his best
He flunked the road-side test
And was remanded sans bail ...
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Categories:
flunked, drink, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Dena's Life's Story Introduction
...Dena, was born in Yakima Washington May 1943. Carole, her sister was born
nine months and twenty days latter on March 1944. Carole was born,
prematurely. To save to her life, she was placed i...
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Categories:
flunked, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Narrative
Demons and the Devil
...Short and sweet, Brandon
I see you have your 'game on'
'Don't demonize the rioters,' you say
Well, why should we bother
When YOU, sir, are the DEVIL ~ all of Chicago pays
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Categories:
flunked, chicago, evil, leadership, violence,
Form: Rhyme
A Foregone Conclusion
...Life has surely broken me.
I’ve flunked out at Everything.
Why consider equally
When Options just desert Me?
Too grimed up, I cannot see
A single reason surfacing,
Hiding Places changing,
Co...
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Categories:
flunked, depression, divorce, emotions, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Macbeth Low On Meth
...And signifying nothing, upon life’s stage
meaningless, endless, a cruel war he waged
Fretting and strutting, as the curtains narrowed
Out, out, foul vegan, who doth hate man’s marrow
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Categories:
flunked, allusion, conflict, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
For the Millions He's Paid
...Phil Mickelson is a fine golfer, one of the best
But his mouth just flunked its first diplomacy test
Said, 'Saudi executes people for being gay'
No way to talk for the millions he's paid
Now ...
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Categories:
flunked, business, money, pain, satire,
Form: Couplet
Party Time
...McConnell's a Kentucky fool
Who thinks Republicans should rule*
But everyone knows
Stupidity shows
Who flunked The Golden Rule in school
*Senate Minority Leader McConnell
agrees with Chin...
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Categories:
flunked, political,
Form: Limerick
Lament
...LAMENT
"You will forget me, the love we once shared
Has vanished in the attempt at disguise.
The dreams we once knew can't be repair...
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Categories:
flunked, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
Flunked Again
...We are no stranger
to our sudden anger
although each outburst
still seems like the very first
differentiated by recovery rate
from state feral to tranquility sedate
yet the truth stark we do r...
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Categories:
flunked, anger,
Form: Rhyme
Home Schooling Mum
...Welcome to Home School today,
A typical mum might say,
We'll start with Maths, okay?
First, I have an empty glass,
There is 0 wine here for a blast,
Then I'll pour in half,
Before I top it up,...
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Categories:
flunked, angst, drink, family, homework,
Form: Free verse
A Stormy Prison Turned Mercilessly Stubborn
...i hardly recognize the brand new you
the fog has changed me and left my canvas monotonous
you remind me of the day we first met
i was a streetlight transient sneezing out prayers
you were the app...
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Categories:
flunked, i miss you, lost
Form: Free verse
Thorns and Rose
...Gracious are those petals of rose,
Whose beauty heralds love in the world,
Whose fragrance with its divine wand,
Steals the heart of appealing ones.
Cursed are those thorns of rose,
Whose deeds ...
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Categories:
flunked, dedication, hate, world,
Form: Free verse
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