The Young Boy and the Sawtooth, Lyrics
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The reality be told, it was not long past,
Flabbergast by an unfold from my mind’s vague vast,
In reflections of the accounts of my youth,
Echoes formed, all claiming to be truth.
Must be fab...
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Categories:
gators, god, memory, mental illness,
Form: Lyric
In the Swamp
...In the swamp the raccoons romp
And gators ply the waters.
Wild boars snuff and strut their stuff
And eat their sons and daughters.
Take a ride but stay inside
The boat, both feet and fingers
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Categories:
gators, environment,
Form: Rhyme
Sitewide Collaboration
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Let's get involved as a community by collaborating together on Limericks like the one posted here. If you want to join, send me your limerick(s) in a soup mail.
Ghouls and goblins are such a fr...
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Categories:
gators, community, halloween,
Form: Limerick
Autumn' tropical sand cups nut
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coconuts' concuss
light-craze boggles ~ sight failing
tourists blearing up
dented sand cups nut
hammer screwdriver to milk
machete dispatch
caribe-dude's swingin's no ...
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Categories:
gators, nonsense, paradise,
Form: Haiku
Oct 31
...Bell re-rung
lit bag of dung;
no treat, so
a smelly trick
stomping makes
a foot quite slick
serves him right
the cranky old prick --
Horrid Ghosts
shrieking goblins
bloody sacks
cree...
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Categories:
gators, celebration, evil, gothic, halloween,
Form: Free verse
Mad About Towns
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When we set out on a road trip
We didn’t stick to the old script
And were gladly amazed
And rarely unfazed
Hitting strange towns though some were skipped
We started from Thatsnot, OK
Which ...
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Categories:
gators, humorous, travel, word play,
Form: Limerick
Cajun Night Before Christmas
...As promised to Sara Baker... here is the Night Before Christmas,
Cajun style ~ by James Rice
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Twas the night before Christmas an'...
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Categories:
gators, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Swamp
...As I watch the rain coming down in measured bursts onto the dark waters of the vast bayou.
My mind notes the watery circles and bubbles that trace alligators asleep in the slough.
I check my line...
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Categories:
gators, adventure, animal, gothic,
Form: Rhyme
Zydeco House Party
...The bayou sky flies a catfish moon over swamp gators
And cottonmouth vipers. Accordions, fiddles, and rub board vests
Make their ramble through the undergrowth hot on the trail
Of a sultry midsu...
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Categories:
gators, allegory, america, celebration,
Form: Blank verse
Who's To Say
...Who's to say why
Africa bothers him
Some cite the alley gators
Others say ~ It's the jungle, Jim....
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Categories:
gators, africa, animal, people,
Form: Rhyme
Imagination
...Every second, every minute, every single thought about you
Wonders of this still could be too good to be true
Fluttering in my heart, palpitations go amiss
I yearn for the touch of your skin, and ...
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Categories:
gators, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
Not Necessarily Green
...Sausage and custard and ice cream with mustard
Chocolate coated Kentucky Fried Bustard
Whipped cream with mushrooms or frogspawn on toast
These are the foods that an ogre likes most
Volcanic cr...
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Categories:
gators, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
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:
gators, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Pink and Blue Sunset
...Pink and blue sunset, gorgeous
before Ian takes a toll. Silhouette
of tropical palms in Ponte Vedra.
The angst in Southwest peninsula
is more dire. Land exposed, meaning
the surf’s sharpening...
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Categories:
gators, storm,
Form: Free verse
Raining Iguanas
...It’s raining iguanas;
They’re falling from trees.
So strap on the headgear,
‘Cuz it’s fixing to freeze.
Next week, there’s a blizzard;
There’s already talk.
They’re expecting gators,
But tha...
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Categories:
gators, humor,
Form: Rhyme
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