PETE THE PERCUSSIONIST
...PETE THE PERCUSSIONIST
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There once was a drummer named Pete,
whose rhythm was funky and sweet.
He dreamed of the stage,
a rock star despit...
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Categories:
gazillion, 12th grade, humorous, music,
Form: Limerick
Twisted
...Little Red Riding Hood took a lunch
to her grandma who liked to munch
Riding Hood liked to play like waiter
until Wolf spied her and then ate her.
Little Bo Peep had trouble with sheep
They'd ...
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Categories:
gazillion, adventure, fantasy, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Look ma! I'm rich!
...Warm gold under my tiny bare feet,
Why should I keep my bounty discreet?
So please, look in this little green pail!
A gazillion sand dollars. Careful, they’re frail!
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Categories:
gazillion, beach,
Form: Free verse
The Human Race
...The human race is ugly, yet beautiful,
Humans are destroyers, yet saviors, Humans are impure with many imperfections,
But also,...
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Categories:
gazillion, emotions, humanity, poems, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Ah the glory of a restful sleep
...Ah... the glory of a restful sleep
Nothing beats the refreshing
blissful peaceful easy feeling
resulting from shut-eye after
feeling zonked out staying up
late after a hard day's night
binge ...
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Categories:
gazillion, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Gold
...Greed is not a financial issue. It’s a heart issue.
—Andy Stanley
Gold
feel free to share
insidiously
to murder
decree
what’s not worth
gold
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Categories:
gazillion, abortion,
Form: Free verse
Move on over ole Joe
...Move on over ole Joe...
and let the youngbloods take the reins
infusing our promised land with hope.
You done good for America,
serving as laudatory President
from 2020 to the present
Vice ...
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Categories:
gazillion, america, anger, anxiety, care,
Form: Free verse
A Garbage Bag When Full
...Why is it
that a garbage bag
when full
and being “put out”
will always lean
in exactly the opposite direction
to the one you’re aiming for
no matter how you position that bag
before putting...
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Categories:
gazillion, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Golden Godsend
...Good-gesture greenthumb gatherers gleaned grain,
gargantuan granary,
grower's great goodwill greeting,
gazillion grade-schoolers, grownups,
gingham-garbed grandmother's,
grievous growling guts g...
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Categories:
gazillion, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Alliteration
Colin the Caped Cabbie
...Colin is a cabby with a proper taxi cab
He drives for all the passengers an Uber didn’t grab
Which means he has a lot of time to kill most every day
And lots of evil folk to deal with if they come...
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Categories:
gazillion, hero, humorous,
Form: Narrative
Do We Matter
..."You matter," she said. Those two words. I had been feeling really down of late, like a worm that isn't even worthy of becoming bait. "Listen," I argued, "There are eight billion people on this plane...
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Categories:
gazillion, inspirational,
Form: Narrative
I Am No Longer Myself
...I'm swinging on alcohol ,
Puffing smoke from day to dawn ,
Locomoting up steets to downtown,
Inquisitoring for that one pill .
Such pill to avail me sleep
But the doctors say they have such ...
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Categories:
gazillion, anxiety, feelings, sad,
Form: Free verse
Songs
...I feel my voice roaring
Thousand feelings soaring
I feel your voice breaking me
Your anger tearing me
I don't understand what your saying
At a time am doing
I am feeling your words changing m...
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Categories:
gazillion, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Solo
...I've been walking,
Perhaps a gazillion rides.
Feelings chanting why I became a solo.
Words couldn't describe who I was.
I wanted the world to give peace,
The world gave happiness back.
I begge...
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Categories:
gazillion, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
One Night Show
...He had concubines
He had call girls of curls and of wool
He had gigantic heart and tender soul
He had had desire for his nurse
He had witch hazel blending with his kisses
He had invited comfort ...
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Categories:
gazillion, adventure, caregiving, courage, tribute,
Form: I do not know?
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