Once Upon a Long Ago
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~ Once upon a long ago...
Three kids were raised on my family's farm
I am the middle child who spent more time
working in the fields with Dad, my Galahad,
for I found household...
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Categories:
galahad, childhood, memory,
Form: Rhyme
I Will Always Wonder
...I will always wonder what sort of love we had.
I was naive and blindly infatuated.
You were seventeen years older than I, and sad.
From the beginning our shaky love was fated.
We had met and I...
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Categories:
galahad, confusion, emotions, feelings, mystery,
Form: Rondeau Redouble
Camelot
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O Camelot! O Camelot!
The winds have changed, the land got hot!
Though dromedaries are quite neat,
A bactrian's hard to unseat,
And so the knights still joust a lot.
At banquet feast...
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Categories:
galahad, fantasy, silly,
Form: Quintilla
Daddy-A Christmas Tribute
...Daddy!
You had to drive me to school everyday and pick me up.
I was only six and we had noschool buses.
One wintry afternoon, I came out, a blizzard whirled all about.
Wearing no boots or legg...
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Categories:
galahad, christmas, dad, girl, memory,
Form: Free verse
Dragon's Tooth
...We rode out of Camelot, sun arising,
five knights led by Galahad all bold and true,
on a quest to slay a marauding dragon,
at Arthur's request.
T'was noon when we discovered the dragons l...
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Categories:
galahad, death, evil, fantasy,
Form: Sapphic stanza
Sir Galahad Returns
...~ SIR GALAHAD's RETURN ~
Sir Galahad's returned to life
Hurrah! Huzzah! and Yippee-Yay!
He's bought himself a hunting knife...
Strange appetites of steeds these days
Demanding noodles, but n...
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Categories:
galahad, adventure, food, for him,
Form: Sonnet
A Pirate's Love
...All across the continents I chased her
Following the rainbow to win her gold.
Hoping somehow, someday, I’d embrace her,
A treasure beyond price that I might hold.
Beyond the Seven Seas my ship ...
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Categories:
galahad, adventure, rainbow, romantic love,
Form: Sonnet
'Mum, you okay'
...Why did this happen; how can I survive
A son should never die before his mum
One day so alive; next day you have died
Forty nine years young; life has gone my son
Your own son now a man of ...
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Categories:
galahad, bereavement, death, heartbreak, mother
Form: Dizain
My Heart Is Full
...Your feelings surface, and tears
spill from your eyes as you speak.
You say you've loved me for years,
wiping the drops from your cheek.
Your wrenching words sound so sad,
layered wit...
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Categories:
galahad, 10th grade, angst, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
The Treasures In Old Books
...The treasures in old books
Historic events,
The times that have been,
Adventures to live in,
Those wonderful dreams.
Thrillers and killers,
And spies by the score,
Dancing, romancing,
The h...
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Categories:
galahad, appreciation, books, imagination,
Form: Verse
My Valiant Knight
...You are my Galahad, the purest and noblest of knights,
in your light, others are but shadows in the dark.
Valiant, stalwart, and compassionate,
you take my hand in yours, and I'm in heaven...
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Categories:
galahad, beautiful, desire, first love,
Form: Free verse
My Son, Lancelot
...My hero of late is my son, Lance.
He's nearly eight years old.
No one can tell him who he is.
My son, you see, already knows.
When others seek to change him,
He clings firmly to his way.
He's...
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Categories:
galahad, boy, father, father son,
Form: Couplet
wandering knight
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once a knight named galahad
prayed for an olympiad
walking into a church
the people besmirched
now he is a nom-y-ad.
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Categories:
galahad, community, funny, giggle, gothic,
Form: Limerick
Gallantly On a Galactic Voyage
...Galactic marvel; Gallant Galahad to swimming gala.
Gallery of sirens lying galore; a sexy display.
On bed of Galax, a living Galatea, he sees Hallah.
A tactical Galago, he jumps wooing the ga...
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Categories:
galahad, adventure, humor,
Form: Rhyme
My First Visit To Movies
...My first time at the movies
I was young at 13 years old
really excited I was that day
watching the big screen was true gold
The big feature was ' Kid Galahad'
starring Elvis the rock 'n' roll ...
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Categories:
galahad, adventure, film,
Form: Rhyme
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