Weather Forecast
...Said the TV’s weatherman,
a bright bloke on grey suit,
and with weeping eyeglasses,
“There’s probability of precipitation.
It’s going to rain from coast to coast.
Umbrellas, raincoats and rain b...
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Categories:
galoshes, weather,
Form: Free verse
It's Spring! Be Happy!
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It’s Spring! Be Happy!
Come on stringbean ~
get up, let’s get silly…
and have some fun !
So it’s grey and drizzling
we’re not made out of sugar
Let’s put on hats and our galoshes
i’ll ...
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Categories:
galoshes, fun, rain, silly, spring,
Form: Free verse
Umbrella
...I wish I had an umbrella for I feel you falling around me.
And I need to stand under something just to protect my head.
Pieces of you are dropping in a way that's most astounding.
And I only wish ...
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Categories:
galoshes, allusion, life, rain,
Form: Rhyme
The Grass is Greener!
...The grass is greener, I will have you know
On the other side of life, its true, I know
Sunny places will keep you smiling for days.
But my home of green is better by far!
Rain is something, I ...
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Categories:
galoshes, beautiful, beauty, celebration, green,
Form: Free verse
RESOLUTELY RESOLUTE
...As the present year slides slowly into slumber
I shall strive, next year, to things somewhat less dumber
Than wearing my galoshes in the summer
I shall, in fact, walk barefoot on the beach
And ...
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Categories:
galoshes, humor, new year,
Form: Rhyme
Strange Happening
...The race for this thing still goes on and you have to meet me before the break of dawn, somewhere beyond the clouds I envision an oracle coming out of the sea and the people are standing in long line...
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Categories:
galoshes, appreciation, blessing, celebration, creation,
Form: Narrative
Weather Related
...Once upon a time
It just got cold and windy.
Now we have felt temperatures
Wind chills
Bombogenesis.
Snow days used to be fun.
NO SCHOOL…..YIPPEE!!!
We would ZOOM down the hills
On whatever...
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Categories:
galoshes, childhood, growing up, winter,
Form: Free verse
Spring Is Not All Rainbows and Butterflies
...Ah, Spring: each laden cloud more rain delivers,
that soaks our clothes and in our new shoes sloshes.
Our streets blockaded thanks to pregnant rivers,
with mud tracked in the house from kids' galo...
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Categories:
galoshes, spring,
Form: Sonnet
The Gs Have It
...glib glassy green-eyed gruesome ghoulish goblins grabbing gloriously
glitzy glimmers of gourmet garnish. Giants give garbled ghosts gruff
growls. Gargantuous groups of glamorous gargoyles give gr...
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Categories:
galoshes, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Alliteration
Stuck and Out of Stock
...my heart was broken in the rain
while being pulled underwater
by overcast vibrations via
sky blue seduction
i carry a black umbrella
for personal therapy and
wear a multicolored raincoat
a...
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Categories:
galoshes, blue, break up, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Sudden Snowstorm
...A snowstorm blew in from the north last night
with blasts of frigid air pounding the loft hard,
paralyzing wind howling brought terrorizing fright.
In the morning I'm expecting a snow-covere...
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Categories:
galoshes, perspective, snow, storm,
Form: Pantoum
School Was Never Cancelled
...I remember plodding through the snow
From my grandma’s house to the bus stop,
Listening to the sounds of the tire chains
The school bus thumping along icy roads,
But school was never ...
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Categories:
galoshes, school, snow, weather, winter,
Form: Free verse
Under Weather
...i’m under weather
tissues are my umbrella
socks, my galoshes
11/15/2021...
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Categories:
galoshes, sick,
Form: Senryu
I'Ve Got My Life Back On Track
...I have not penned a verse for a while because I had no tears left in my eyes, the earth’s crust had soaked it up shooting up roots from the ground and leading me to where destiny is bound. Everything...
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Categories:
galoshes, america, appreciation, international, leaving,
Form: Narrative
Springtime Rapture
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The air has lost that Winter freeze and beautiful nature is awakening again.
Soon we will see baby animals and the yellow bees will be buzzing happy,
the flowers will be blooming. Oh, hello ...
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Categories:
galoshes, spring,
Form: Haibun
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