Banned Book Club -II
...Best seller
“Gone Girl” a novel by Gillian Flynn
Riddles, my wife loved games of amusement
I never found out the clue of why
she had gone missing, accuse me?
I was spent on our ann...
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Categories:
gillian, america, books, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Gillian - A Birthday Acrostic
...Giant heart, relentless kindness to all she imparts
Intelligent, bookish, fashion-smart,
Leader, plants her trail with dedicated grace and flair—so you'll follow.
Laughter, as tuneful as the airs...
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Categories:
gillian, appreciation, birthday, friendship,
Form: Acrostic
Gillian
...Dear gillian
I often wonder what you would of been like
The colour of your eyes and the colour of your hair too
i wasnt born yet and didnt get chance to see you
You didnt live for very long on...
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Categories:
gillian, baby, death, family, god,
Form: Rhyme
Short Measure
...She asked them because love is silly
To tattoo her name on my willy
“Its Gillian Constantin”
They couldn't fit all that in
And finally settled for “Jilly”
7 May 2023
For Co...
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Categories:
gillian, humorous,
Form: Limerick
T Rex - a Compendium
...T Rex - a compendium
I asked the T Rex why he looked rather glum
He said I’ve this lovely sharp claw on my thumb
But life's such a b.itch
My butt’s got an itch
And I simply can’t reach my own ...
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Categories:
gillian, animal, celebrity, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Gilly and Auntie Pam
...Gilly darling dont do that
You don't know where it's been
And put our hat on there's a love
I'm fetching some ice-cream
Do you want a cornet child?
Or will you take a lolly?
Oh Gilly darling do...
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Categories:
gillian, beach, childhood, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
The Texas Treasure Tragedy, Part I
...Christopher Cuddy made his home in west Texas,
in the small town of Stone Brook Falls.
He made his living as a realtor,
selling off lots both big and small.
When he was forty-five his father pa...
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Categories:
gillian, history, hope, loss, time,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
How Do They Do It
...When sucked into a novel,
What I think, as I glide through it,
Is how, oh how, I’d love to ask,
How did the author do it?
Creating all the characters
And scenes, like someone drew it,
It’s hard to w...
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Categories:
gillian, on writing and words,
Form: Rhyme
Eternity
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What is as gentle as a Butterfly?
What is it that helps you reach the sky?
What is it that makes life a joy to live?
What is it that gives, gives, gives?
So see and love that gentle one,
to...
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Categories:
gillian, passion, wife, heart, longing,
Form: Quatrain
Devonshire Tea Fur Fower
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Devonshire tea with Peter an' Beryl, beware,
it's no the fact that Peter disnae care.
But 88 years doon the track o' life,
an' 84 years fur Beryl, Peter's carefree wife.
Ma Bonny wife Gilli...
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Categories:
gillian, natural disasters, me,
Form: Quatrain
Dreaming With My Ego
...facing the crossroads,
unsure which way to turn,
i do a slow pirouette
and hold the world at my finger tips.
you are playing a game of russian roulette
with my future.
i wonder, when will...
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Categories:
gillian, allegory, imagination, introspection, seasonsme,
Form: Lyric
Under Achieving
...Gillian finished her first week at school
And had a very unhappy look on her face
She said to her mum who was showing concern
“I’m just wasting my time at that place”
Mum asked her “why ever do y...
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Categories:
gillian, funny
Form: I do not know?
Let Go...
...lost inside
dead where he stands
why doesn't he just
let go?
tires squealing
people screaming
and there is blood
flooding the street
in black clothing they stand
thinking, "why did he,
Let ...
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Categories:
gillian, death, dedication, i love
Form: Free verse