A B C D E F G H
...awkward always alone Allie
bragged boastfully to baby Bertie Bill
clearly clarifying club-footed cloven Callie
deliberately deciphering dairy dung in Dickie Dill
easing eager Edgar’s electrifyi...
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Categories:
gentry, word play,
Form: ABC
Come forth our Angel of the North Stokesy
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Come forth our Angel of the North
Working class…but VIP pass…standing sentry for cricketing gentry
Towering injury tarnished Talisman penury
Revarnished..primacy rebooted for his mooted destiny ...
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Categories:
gentry, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Nailed It
...In a kingdom called Vividale, long ago, lived a loyal knight, Sir Andrew,
Famed for turning the tide in battles, and none of the tales were untrue!
Intelligent and a natural leader, Sir A...
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Categories:
gentry, courage, fantasy, horse, nature,
Form: Couplet
John Denver
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In the late 60s, I heard the song,
'Ode To Billy Joe' by Bobbie Gentry.
Some time later, I heard the song,
'Take Me Home' by John Denver.
Bobbie Gentry's song reminds me
of my Southern roots...
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Categories:
gentry, america, home,
Form: Free verse
Upon a dark and stormy night
...Upon a dark and stormy night...
as jagged bolts of lightning
tore thru the the midnight clear
and figuratively ripped the sky to shreds
(analogous to jumping Jack flash),
and ear splitting thu...
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Categories:
gentry, absence, america, animal, character,
Form: Free verse
PIRATE PETE
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Pirate Pete
Pirate Pete sails his ship
Across the seven seas,
He`ll plunder loot and pillage
And bring you to your knees.
His fearsome ship the Mary Jane
Named after both his wives,
Their ...
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Categories:
gentry, adventure, boat, fantasy, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Joseph Robinette Biden Junior
...Joseph Robinette Biden Junior
The last prescient perspicacious politician,
who presided at the White House
ran out of office despite victorious landslide win
most Democrats gave their signed, ...
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Categories:
gentry, america, anger, anxiety, bereavement,
Form: Free verse
Shame full travesty regarding fourth of July celebration
...Sham(e) full travesty regarding fourth of July celebration
American independence day
linkedin severance from English crown
Continental Congress representatives
parlayed courtesy thirteen origin...
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Categories:
gentry, adventure, america, betrayal, birth,
Form: Free verse
There is room at the cross for you and collections
..."There is room at the cross for you 2X
Though millions have come, there's
still room for one. Yes, there is room
at the cross for you."
Yes indeed Christ died for both you and me
At the wipi...
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Categories:
gentry, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Lyric
Neigh say being corralled and cult shod
...Neigh say being corralled & cult shod
"Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis"
translation = thus always I
bring death to tyrants.”
Above the fray of twittering,
squabbling, and madding crowd...
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Categories:
gentry, 12th grade, age, allusion,
Form: Free verse
Orcas Bump Into Boats
...Are they angry, annoyed
with alien landed gentry?
Are they just playing
a game shared, taught?...
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Categories:
gentry, nature, ocean, sea, voyage,
Form: Verse
I Ask Myself a Rhetorical Question Regarding
...I ask myself a rhetorical question regarding...
the durability, longevity, and tenacity of *****sapiens,
after screaming headlines report one after another atrocity.
How did the human species ma...
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Categories:
gentry, africa, america, anger, april,
Form: Free verse
A Losing Country
...The fate of a losing country
One first observes in her gentry.
Parents lock kitchens, mount sentry;
The food-craving child bared entry.
Yep, the fate of such a country
I have espied in her pan...
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Categories:
gentry, africa, anger, community, cry,
Form: Rhyme
Refurbished Fairy Tales: Cinderella, If the Shoe Fits Part I
...Once upon a time...
Once upon a time, in France, a storyteller fella
Wrote of a girl named Cinderella,
Meant as a fairy tale romance.
Her daddy died when she was young, and she was forced to sh...
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Categories:
gentry, humor,
Form: Light Verse
My Posh Poodle
...I have a posh poodle whose name is Miss Sentry
All night she stands vigil to stop a theive's entry
But she treats them like kin
And ushers them in
As if they were noble French gentry
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Categories:
gentry, humor,
Form: Limerick
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