The humble cockroach
...The humble cockroach -
Survival of one wreath speck table insect,
(poll ease pod din me Elmer Fudd speak)
thus earning hardy laurels
nsync with inxs of standing kudos
ranking as bajillion year...
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Categories:
globetrotters, america, animal, creation, dark,
Form: Free verse
The Harlem Globetrotters
...The Globetrotters haven't had enough
Thrilling crowds with their magical stuff
Magic it was
Creating a buzz
A hoop at the bell was sure up to snuff...
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Categories:
globetrotters, magic,
Form: Limerick
The Fiesta of Cherry Blossom
...Let’s fly to the celestial fiesta of the cherry blossom,
In the North Eastern Region of Shillong, named, “The Scotland of the East,
The abode of the cloud,” in the lush mesa of the magn...
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Categories:
globetrotters, celebration, nature, paradise, visionary,
Form: Free verse
A Long-Ago Perspective On Race
...Close your eyes: Picture a long-ago time and place
When life was lived at a much slower pace
Think Deep South, small towns or big cities
Your lot in life there determined by race
Colored ...
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Categories:
globetrotters, black african american, confusion,
Form: Rhyme
To My Dad
...Poem To My Dad
In Memory 04/17/2018
By: RobertBenThoughts.blogspot.com
It has been almost a year
Since you left us here,
For the heavenly relm
Your reward is clear.
I miss you.
Mom is d...
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Categories:
globetrotters, dad, emotions, love, miss
Form: Free verse
Ny Ny -- the Road In the Fork
...New York, New York, the road in the fork
of the events, the places and folks who've buttered the pork
Like Rockefeller, Moynihan and Andrew Cuomo
Frank Sinatra, Louie Armstrong, John Len...
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Categories:
globetrotters, film, music, new york,
Form: Rhyme
Vagabonds - the Lost Avatars
...Vagabonds – the lost Avatars
Virtual Vagabonds, avatars
lost amid the teeming Ethernet,
signal searchers illuminated
in the blue light of emptiness
Hobos of a cordless conga line
falling ...
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Categories:
globetrotters, addiction, life, technology,
Form: Verse
Harlem Globetrotters
...Harlem Globetrotters
most famous trotters
clowns of the court
and best of sport
watching the game
never the same
performers they are
they really gone far...
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Categories:
globetrotters, basketball, nostalgia,
Form: Couplet
Globetrotters
...Galaxies apart, we
Gazed into the abyss
Growing within, glowing
Gently with each passing
Game. We were wild, glorious
Gypsies, you and I, the
Gulf ever between us.
*Pleiades form...
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Categories:
globetrotters, adventure, identity, introspection, together,
Form: Verse
Young and Famous
...Young and famous
Yeah! We’re young and we are famous!
We’ve got money and we can love and laugh.
Yeah! We’re young and famous!
Everyone knows us and they all want our autograph.
Yeah! We’r...
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Categories:
globetrotters, celebrity, film, friend, image,
Form: I do not know?
Forever Love
...FOREVER LOVE
Margie........my one and only........Margie
love's music echoes timeless
spring fed it flows forever
Pop would get up early, make Mom's hand-mixed
favorite black and...
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Categories:
globetrotters, inspirational, lovelove, i love
Form: Prose Poetry
Final Exam
...This mental scene came over me while finishing my abnormal psych final:
A pack of about 12 guys all wearing
Sweat pants and no undergarments
**** stars
No white dwarfs here...
They are headed i...
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Categories:
globetrotters, adventure
Form: Free verse