Blame it on Fraternization
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My little sister loved to fraternize
So her newfound curves she just had to hide
Sis wore frumpy clothes
Nothing was exposed
Now, why were those naughty boys’ g...
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Categories:
frumpy, boyfriend, giggle, sexy, sister,
Form: Limerick
Desperation
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Inspiration yields to desperation
with each tick of the clock
underarms damp as the back of your knees
soiling even your frumpy frock...
Time is finite,...
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Categories:
frumpy, anxiety, time, writing,
Form: Rhyme
dowdy drab doris
...Doris was dowdy, drab, and draggle-tailed too
Forever frumpy, frightened, a failure, at age thirty-two
Jaundiced, juicy-gossipy, jealous, and July jailed
Slovenly, slithery, shipwrecked, her momen...
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Categories:
frumpy, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Wondering about Goats
...nanny goats eat grass and leaves of trees
wild mountain goats stand on rocks with ease
tiny pygmy goats know how to climb up trees
frumpy milking goats give product away with ease
long-eared goat...
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Categories:
frumpy, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Monorhyme
I used to be able to
...I used to be able to run full steam all day with little sleep
Now I can barely walk unless I have a little cat nap
because I still am a fitful sleeper at night, up and down
I once ran around my ...
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Categories:
frumpy, age,
Form: Free verse
Mirror Image
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I saw the picture and it definitely is not the same
Is it someone new?
It’s not what I saw in the mirror as I got ready for public view.
The reflection tells me, “Ok, not too bad.”
I’m old, yes...
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Categories:
frumpy, age, angst, beauty, change,
Form: Rhyme
Forever doomed to reside at 2 Highland Manor Drive
...Forever doomed to reside at 2 Highland Manor Drive
A worse fate than death being hull hive,
I just realized after a surprise inspection
our opportunity to relocate cursed
after yours truly and ...
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Categories:
frumpy, anger, angst, community, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
feeling frumpy and grumpy
...When she was young she was her own critic, bad.
She had a stormy face and tried to always be mad.
She thought her world was awful, and was determined to be sad
Now she is older, frumpy and grumpy,...
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Categories:
frumpy, emotions, feelings,
Form: Monorhyme
Suffering
...I crawled and stayed low as I could,
Wanted to be punished for being anything but good. No boundaries in place before I took a walk around the world complete in a block,
Never knew that being human...
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Categories:
frumpy, 12th grade, anger, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Smiles I Remember
...I was an experienced family therapist, helping families maintain functionality,
As wandering, starlit seasons maintain all nature, being rooted in practicality.
I loved preserving healthy relatio...
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Categories:
frumpy, family, fantasy, grief, love,
Form: Couplet
Freddy Farkle
...Freddy Farkle, fumbling forecaster for Forestville,
friggin' fudged Friday forecast....fair?!
first florid felicitous, falling flurries followed,
froze flowers, foiled!
faraway farmhouse, furrowi...
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Categories:
frumpy, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Alliteration
F Having Fun
...forever fragrant flowers
freshly frozen French fries
frosty frigid French pie
frightfully frumpy frogs
F is frolicking, having fun
frilly frisky Frankenstein
freezing frivolous frazzled fried...
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Categories:
frumpy, word play,
Form: Alliteration
Lena's Lament
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Heroines fought battles, overcame
hardships to proclaim victory
Lena's sedentary reel, same same
Pristine paged humdrum story
Secure foundation led steadily...
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Categories:
frumpy, anniversary,
Form: Rhyme
Nature's Way
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Blue bliss above shady shadows,
grand graceful tree where the leaves flutter fly;
crisp creeping and fragile frail,
precious prancing stuck to bramble branch !
Cling climb then gle...
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Categories:
frumpy, nature,
Form: Verse
Snail Overseer Is Sluggish Today
...The snail overseer is sluggish today said the ant.
Mouse and rabbit laughed at the worker’s rant.
He’s the first person you’ve complained about today.
Three unhappy snails ran the other way.
Se...
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Categories:
frumpy, 4th grade, 5th grade,
Form: Rhyme
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