Muskrats Attitude Makes Us Happy
...Miss Maddie Muskrat mastered Missouri mud
Reveling and rolling in it in a joyful way
Catfish groused that she was mucking up the river
Bass, bluegill and crappie told catfish off
Muskrat makes ...
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Categories:
groused, animal,
Form: Free verse
Mismatched Mary
...Mismatched Mary invited us all to lunch
We are her fabulous book club bunch
Did not know what to expect of her
She never matches, groused Mrs. Cur
Mrs. Cur is persnickety, really prissy.
She h...
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Categories:
groused, women,
Form: Rhyme
Millie the Mermaid was a Reading Machine
...Millie, the mermaid was a reading machine.
It started with a shipwreck, among the marine.
A library for a king had gone down in the wreck.
I can teach myself to read, she said without genuflect.
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Categories:
groused, books,
Form: Rhyme
Glamour dog goes to mall to give autographs
...Glamour dog expected poodles to ask for her autograph very much
But they raced past her, as if they did not see her at all
How had they missed her fancy scarf, her florals and such?
She gave gray ...
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Categories:
groused, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
le livre bleu
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“le livre bleu”
Terabytes.
lonely poets, writers,
musicians and artists play here,
they wear masks that cover
vermillion dripping smiles
over sharp little wolverine te...
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Categories:
groused, muse,
Form: Free verse
Dingleberry Pie Please
...Dingleberry pie please
The waitress brought the man pumpkin
Delicious! He called out loudly.
That’s not even a berry pie, the chef groused
No problem, he’s my grandpa the waitress replied.
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Categories:
groused, life,
Form: Free verse
The Fifties
...With nostalgia Mom looks back to the year
A little girl walking to Riverside Park, without fear
Except for the bowery, no homeless on the street
Kids played outside, lots of friends to meet.
A ...
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Categories:
groused, america, community, freedom, history,
Form: Lyric
The Mouse With the Hat
...he wore a tiny boater hat,
my mouse who played guitar,
and patrons at the local pub
cheered, "wow, you've got a star!"
but then some talent-scout came in
while mouse strummed on the bar …
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Categories:
groused, silly,
Form: Rhyme
grousing about old news
...he was a narcissist, egotistical and puffed up
I wanted him to leave, she groused, but he never would.
No one would help me.
this is her weekly lament.
I prayed he would go off with someone else....
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Categories:
groused, life,
Form: Prose Poetry
dragon finds a new home
...Marta’s other pets were jealous and sore
They had been replaced by one she did adore
A stupid pig! Groused the myna bird.
The dragon was angry, but said not a word.
yellow cat waited for her ch...
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Categories:
groused, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
dragon finds a new home
...Marta’s other pets were jealous and sore
They had been replaced by one she did adore
A stupid pig! Groused the myna bird.
The dragon was angry, but said not a word.
yellow cat waited for her ch...
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Categories:
groused, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
find your passion and do that
...Mr Raccoon had received some advice that gave him permission to knit
Why do you listen to humans? His wife groused, having a little fit.
The lady in the rainbow dress likes me, she told me to find ...
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Categories:
groused, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
new bamboo tases like a tennis shoe
...Panda took a bite of the new bamboo
It was fresh and green, but there was a goo
What kind of crud is this? He asked sky of blue
Sky laughed at his consternation, wouldn’t you?
“This new bamboo ...
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Categories:
groused, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
What Have You Done For Others
...Grumpy Gray was not afraid of judgement day
He groused and griped and sullenly made his way
He had been a church goer, had missed no Sunday
What have you done for others? Peter asked Mr Gray
I ...
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Categories:
groused, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
Grumpy Rooster
...My tail feathers are uncovered and bare, the rooster man said.
The nurses laughed their petootsies off; he was touched in the head.
That’s how all of the gowns do, they told him, but he was not hap...
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Categories:
groused, animal,
Form: Rhyme
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