attractive available anguished armadillo
...attractive available anguished armadillo
babbled bold bald badger whose bagpipes billow
Caribbean cardinal carved a curious candy castaway
dazzling daffodils and damselflies dived into last Tuesda...
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Categories:
harpoons, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Abecedarian
First Encounter
...Fierce winds blow across the Atlantic tide,
Colder she gets the rougher she'll ride,
In matt'r minutes a chill to the bone,
Few dare sail her northern zone,
Far north the whaling be done,
Colder...
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Categories:
harpoons, boat, fishing, imagery, ocean,
Form: Rhyme
BON VOYAGE
...Of the JOURNAL I hold in hand,
pages flutter with the breeze...
for I'm lost in its words, I'm lost to the distant seas.
O voyager who scribed the tale,
whom did you meet and what did you see?...
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Categories:
harpoons, adventure, destiny, fantasy, goodbye,
Form: Free verse
Water Dragons
...The roll of the waves hides the arcs of their backs.
The shoal of porpoises are feeding on squid.
Feasting amongst them on cephalopod snacks
Are green-scaled dragons that choose to be hid.
They...
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Categories:
harpoons, fantasy, ocean,
Form: Rhyme
I shall find a way or make one
...(Inveniam viam)
Far beyond these eerie things, where limits have no scales
Fish are replacing gills, with turbine aerated tails
Sea level’s losing all meaning, for the humpback whales
Ships p...
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Categories:
harpoons, dark, dream, life,
Form: Rhyme
Abecedarian Because It Is Good Practice
...avid arm-wrestling against awesome Allie
brave Billy Bouncer balks a bit at Ballet.
cocky courage cancelled, civic concentration.
during Des Moines Diamond demonstration
energetic efforts enthuse...
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Categories:
harpoons, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Abecedarian
Abecedarian Because It Is Great Practice
...avid arm-wrestling against awesome Allie
brave Billy Bouncer balks a bit at Ballet.
cocky courage cancelled, civic concentration.
during Des Moines Diamond demonstration
energetic efforts enthuse...
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Categories:
harpoons, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Abecedarian
The End of the Flying Dutchman, Part Ii
......“Harpoons away,”this ensign said,
“Impact in a minute or less.”
The captain nodded, strange as this was,
they’d picked on the wrong ship to test.
Out on the Atlantic waters
across the waves...
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Categories:
harpoons, cousin, history, myth, ocean,
Form: Narrative
Beneath Unknown Shores
...Beneath Unknown Shores
Waves envelop the steel keel of a massive cruise liner
Off rails eyes hypnotized sense serenity on indigo bay
Cloudles...
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Categories:
harpoons, allegory,
Form: Rhyme
Confused World
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CONFUSED WORLD:...
THIS IS ANDERSON WALKINGSHOES...
VERSE 1:
The world's totally confused,
If you do right you're contused.
To and fro, they go back to the magoos.
Their systems make no am...
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Categories:
harpoons, conflict, confusion,
Form: Lyric
Wayward Soul
...Woeful wandering wayward soul
Hither-thither you go to a place
so lonely and cold
Dwelling and sometimes reveling in
a sunken place
Hither you go, leaving
a dark trace
Wandering and waveri...
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Categories:
harpoons, anxiety, conflict, death, depression,
Form: Free verse
Please Do the Popular Jeru Song and Dance
...Instead of bombing, shelling and trashing our neighbors
Let’s all do the highly popular fun ‘Jeru’ dance
By ‘Jeru’, I mean the Jerusalema beats and vibes
Of South Africa. My friends, imagine that ...
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Categories:
harpoons, anti bullying, bullying, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Fear's Leash
...Fear leashes unforeseen harpoons
when faith flees to the hold.
Wind gauges possible typhoons,
purser murmurs threefold...
fractures in the bulkhead
sailors...
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Categories:
harpoons, 11th grade, anxiety, courage,
Form: Rhyme
The Father Fulcrum
...Fatherhood holds great pivotal power:
To lift or let down, bringing laughter or frowns.
Your words have potency, proven by deeds.
Do what you promise and plant for renown.
Be the hero, t...
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Categories:
harpoons, blessing, dad, encouraging, father,
Form: Alliteration
Cartoon--
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Full moon baboon
Croon poon,
Communes high noon
Spoons prunes
Harpoons balloons
bridoon buffoon
Tycoon Camaroon Boone
Inopportune a billiard saloon
Signature tune, Cartoon…
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Categories:
harpoons, analogy, assonance, confusion, engagement,
Form: Footle
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