James Herriot - All Creatures Great and Small
...Famous pet doctor, James Alfred Wight
Who, at 50 years of age, began to professionally write
Taking "James Herriot" as his pen name
Bought from a goalkeeper at a football game
Couldn't publish ...
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Categories:
herriot, animal, fun, writing,
Form: Clerihew
A trunkful of recyclables patiently awaits,
...A trunkful of recyclables patiently awaits,
(and cries out long day's journey into night,
no...not for Eugene O'Neill),
but rather being distributed
in their respective bins at Wegmans
Under t...
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Categories:
herriot, adventure, america, anger, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Ah the glory of a restful sleep
...Ah... the glory of a restful sleep
Nothing beats the refreshing
blissful peaceful easy feeling
resulting from shut-eye after
feeling zonked out staying up
late after a hard day's night
binge ...
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Categories:
herriot, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Hiccups
...Hiccups
An involuntary spasm
of the diaphragm
and respiratory organs,
with a sudden closure
of the glottis
and a characteristic
sound like that of a cough.
Rather mundane topic
l...
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Categories:
herriot, 12th grade, anxiety, blue,
Form: Rhyme
Booking Help
...What would long John silver say?
About our current strife?
How about Mr Bumble?
Would he just moan to his wife?
What about young Oliver?
He wouldn’t ask for more,
Or What of Hero, Harry?
Just ...
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Categories:
herriot, literature,
Form: Rhyme
Mind Bendingly Real
...I wake from a bad dream
Hey there new man
That’s what they said to me
Hey there how’s it been lately?
I stand, look and see
Elvis, Martin Luther King and John Lennon walk on by so casually.
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Categories:
herriot, appreciation, cool, crazy, dream,
Form: Free verse
Fiery Spirit Leaps
...Slowly pacing a captive rail,
her gaze pierces beyond red stars
eyes with burnt ire, a tigress howls
bellowing through jungles afar;
As pride of theme parks, she deplores
the ropes leas...
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Categories:
herriot, freedom, tiger,
Form: Rhyme