Chi Chi Rodriguez made golf fun to watch
He’d sink a crucial putt
Then throw his hat down over the hole
and do a spirited dance around it
A smile overspread his face
a silent tune flowed through his veins
His dance inspired fans to cast off their inhibitions
and join him in joy unrivaled
Taking a sport of fiercely guarded emotions
blowing it wide-open
laughing in the tense face of tradition
37 Tournaments wins
First Puerto-Rican inducted into Golf’s Hall of Fame
~ put his uptight compadres to shame
a gust of wind, there it went ~
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Maybe it scared him off
we are still dating I assume
he thinks I wanted marrage
a wedding and a honeymoon
it's Gals like you who makes it harder
for Gals like me to find a man
he goes out his way to love you
you gone and scare them away
get yourself another cowboy
lady this one is mine
I treat him like I wanna
beleive me he and are just fine
get a grip and stop playing
you like messing around
keeping things frustrating
acting like some silly clown
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smiling from ear to ear
they just ah gaming
two Gal's ah fussing over him
got him ah grinning.
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Them one sided affairs
keeping fellas in supence
you like things uncertain
Drling it just don't make sence
Get your self another cowboy
Lady this one's mine
I can treat my man like I wanna
beleive he and I are just find
pointed hat in pointed Ville
answered to no one on the hill
whisked into the town on the top of a pointed nose
what happened after that no one knows
My tin foil hat sits on the side, its quite flimsy..Yet it got me by.' In a foxhole of
Truth, i kept it on, as the salvos from so
Called experts; t-rolled right along! false media
Drain-stream? It just came in floods; but that tin
Foil hat.? Well it didn't budge.! others brains
Were fried with fear.' And the psudo science; dear oh dear.' But this flimsy thing it stood
Their best.! What does that say for their
Material.? Once we put it to the test.'
It’s sunny and breezy and lovely, but cold
And I’m days away from another year old.
I’m holding my hat so the wind doesn’t steal it,
Pretending the sun’s warmth means that I don’t feel it.
The seagulls are swooping, the branches are blowing;
I sit by the river with no way of knowing
How many more birthdays will grant me a candle
And whether what waits I’ll be able to handle.
Perhaps if I focus on merely today
And forget about what may be coming my way,
I’ll be able to soak up the sunshine instead
Of more worries than simply the hat on my head.
PLEASE TAKE OFF YOUR HAT
DONALD TRUMP DID NOT DO THAT
SUCH A SILLY PRATT
I WEAR IT, LIKE I MEAN IT
Brim dipped low enough
to make you look twice
high enough to let you
catch the heat in my eyes
This isn't decoration, its declaration.
I wear it like I mean it
I wear like I heart it
I swag it out, add my sauce, and wear it just like, I like it.
The Brim traces shadows down my cheekbones
across my mouth, resting like it knows it's framing temptation
My posture deepens, My voice lowers
My walk slows into something deliberate
I wear it like I mean it
I wear like I like it
I swag it out, add my sauce, and wear it like just like, I like it.
You really dont know, you haven't been told
being unforgettable is not the goal. Please hear me, queens
I must speak bold. Sexy isn't noise, Sexy is control.
So when I step into the room, uplifting the gloom.
hat angled, confidence charged
understand, I didn't come to be noticed
I came to be remembered.
I wear it like I mean it
I wear like I heart it
I swag it out, add my sauce, and wear it like just like, I like it.
Written By: D. Collins 1/31/26
I predict a hockey hat trick is coming soon.
Where another poor soul will meet their doom.
There's a saying that death always comes in threes.
And the Grim Reaper doesn't like to be teased.
There'll be countless abductions before the hat trick.
Then the shock and awe of another government hit.
The hat trick chooses not to be ignored.
And has one foot firmly wedged in the door.
The last breaths of freedom is surely on the way.
It is right in front of us each and everyday.
A hat trick is coming. It is knocking at the door.
When will we decide we're not taking anymore?
One might think
you're the apple of my eye
make it icing on the cake
or better yet cherry on the pie
but all that stuff is not enough
for there's more at play
which I'll describe in detail now
and believe you me when I say
you're the prize in my cracker
for all you are and all you do
not only that you're the paper hat
give life a snap and you're the riddle too
eyes ears merge with nose and tongue
sadhana on yoga mat becomes a Healing Hat
larks fly through open pane, hark the sparks
rockery abbatial austere watching with autonomy
grass blades gigue in spring’s spritely breeze
long to lavani across sky, teach rootedness keen
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Lie down with dogs
everyone knows
and get up with fleas
so the story goes
or if falling from a dizzy height
the gravity of the siuation might
have you near in a tizzy
calling out in fear and fright
atho' wallow with pigs
below by the hollow
or in some such place
as a sty filled with crud
and if you shovel the stuff
for long enough
it will stick to your shoes
and on your face
you will have mud
but not only that
you'll have egg on it too
so keep it under your hat
whatever you do
duck marched by wearing a hat on his head
he was fluffy, as if he had been overfed
he stumbled into a pillow and slid down a hill
I grabbed his rain hat and have it still
If he returns, he can have it of course
a rain hat looks silly on an aged old horse
But I am hoping to once again see that duck
Because I heard that rubbing their head brings you good luck
Quest for happiness and love
A lifelong journey that we embark on
The destination makes it worthwhile
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 3rd place 2025
'Twas very many moons ago
I was once a spry spring chicken
~ At least the hat survived
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
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