Sugar Maple
...Sugar Maple was a beautiful tree
Just as pretty as a tree can be
With a solid and straight trunk so strong
And reaching ever up with graceful arms
Sugar Maple was enjoying some little fame
From ...
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Categories:
harrumphed, autumn, beauty, change, encouraging,
Form: Personification
Where Did the Quality of Life Go
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Where did the quality of
life go?
We were on bicycles,
jumping rope, eating popsicles.
Who cared about dirt?
We threw our body into
pools with nary a care.
The elderly with ca...
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Categories:
harrumphed, america,
Form: Verse
Patience With a Purpose
...Patience with a Purpose
swans stood motionless
imitating spray painted flamingos
geese in the distance
mimicked a talk show panel
turtles sunbathed “sans sun block”
carp slithered in shallow ...
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Categories:
harrumphed, nature, solitude,
Form: Free verse
The Sun and the Moon - List With a Twist
...The Sun -- he was just happy to shine
The Moon -- all she could do was whine
The Cause -- Both the sun and the moon shone so bright
The Effect -- There wasn't any room for the night
The Offe...
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Categories:
harrumphed, humorous, light, moon, sun,
Form: List
Ridiculous Questions On Forms
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Old woman, needed meals delivered.
Upon seeing the forms, plain shivered!
A woman, a man?
No, I am a ham!
She harrumphed and papers were...
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Categories:
harrumphed, grandmother, humor,
Form: Limerick
Lawyer Wainwright Harrumphed and Rose To His Feet
...Lawyer Wainwright harrumphed and rose to his feet
To defend his client in front of the jury,
In what all thought would be an impossible feat,
But approached the jury in a manner unhurried.
He b...
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Categories:
harrumphed, humorous, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
Stumble
......inspired by 'The Outing' by Dylan Thomas
His waistcoat full to bursting
he harrumphed through the public house
like Hell itself was after him
and tripped, and missed his stool.
"Pull me a...
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Categories:
harrumphed, character,
Form: Verse
Stumble
......inspired by 'The Outing' by Dylan Thomas
His waistcoat full to bursting
he harrumphed through the public house
like Hell itself was after him
and tripped, and missed his stool.
"Pull me a...
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Categories:
harrumphed, humor, writing,
Form: Prose
Stumble
......inspired by 'The Outing' by Dylan Thomas
His waistcoat full to bursting
he harrumphed through the public house
like Hell itself was after him
and tripped, and missed his stool.
"Pull me a pint!"...
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Categories:
harrumphed, friendship,
Form: Verse