We Are Canadian: As One We Stand
...We came from the beginning, shrouded mists of time and space,
And in this vast and northern clime each found our sacred place.
We were our country’s pioneers, the people of the land,
We lit the fl...
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Categories:
gord, adventure, endurance, history, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme
A Toast To Dr Spooner
...A Toast To Dr Spooner
William Archibald Spooner
22/7/1844 - 29/8/1930
Here's to Doctor Spooner
Man of linguistic fame
Though sadly today maybe
Not so many know his name.
With his absent...
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Categories:
gord, celebration, character, humor, language,
Form: Rhyme
Divinity Related To Trinity An Amenity
...On Tue, Aug 30, 2022, 2:13 PM james horn wrote:
remember my Lord
who i always have adored
body nailed to board
always can afford
to pay for love of the Lord
worship in a...
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Categories:
gord, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Love Drought
...My true and only love
When will you come my way?
I have been divorced for so long
And looking for you for so long
I am bored out of my gord
I am about to burst
Looking for you
Oh, to fill the ...
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Categories:
gord, angst, hope,
Form: Free verse
A Gordon Lightfoot Tribute
...Attended a performance last night that blew me away
A concert in tribute of Gord Lightfoot, idol of my younger days
What glorious memories
Evoked teary-eyed reveries
A journey back in mus...
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Categories:
gord, tribute,
Form: Limerick
Another Gold
...Another Gold
Far from profit’s crass allure,
At a place somewhat obscure,
A poet sweeps his shepherd’s lyre;
He sings of gold, of heaven’s fire.
No. not of gold that Midas stores
Behind fast-...
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Categories:
gord, satire,
Form: Couplet
Granddaughter
...For our Granddaughter-Fayth-
You came to us from the island and you brought
to us a youthful innocence-filled with adventure-
a life that measures the earth with your heart-
You brought...
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Categories:
gord, child, grandchild, love,
Form: ABC
Toothless Ruth
...You can have your Toothless Ruth
Or Jeannette the sweet Coquette
But you can't have Crazy Harold
What part don't you get?
They gotta rhyme like Contrary Mary
Or Peter with the Metre long nos...
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Categories:
gord, humor,
Form: Quatrain
Chi
...A Question of Chi…
I see. A man once known to me,
By the name of G.
His Madness,
On my Path.notes,
So float in my mind.
Playful and kind,
His voice on the wind…
Passed his Way on April's day....
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Categories:
gord, adventure, fantasy, friendship, funny,
Form: I do not know?