october noon sounds
...weird bird tweet
cheep cheep cheep
traffic in the distance
barely perceptible breeze
rooster crow
dogs chase squirrel
his get away is lickety split
up a hickory tree
wind chimes a merry m...
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Categories:
hickory tree, sound,
Form: Free verse
Owl About Us
...it is owl about us
owl about us
they are fancy and feathered
and they love making a fuss
it is owl about us
we are the most comfortable two
it is owl about us
not you, you or you
we other...
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Categories:
hickory tree, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Tree, In the Corner of the Woods
...The Tree, In The Corner of The Woods
That tree, in the corner of the woods?
The one that peers' over the top in a valley,
high off the cliffs ridge just over there, Blue Hills.
The joyous...
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Categories:
hickory tree, appreciation, dedication, extended metaphor,
Form: Narrative
I Have Never Felt So Loved
...Cosmos magic assails me, delights me, entices me.
Heavenly bliss smiles upon my willingness to become one.
Spiritual energy lifts me, inspires me.
Ascending, I transmute
A star now, I smile at m...
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Categories:
hickory tree, happiness, imagery, life, love,
Form: Free verse
I Would Like To Be a Changeling Next
...Some wanted to be tigers. The angels talked a few out of it,
Two were led away, because they had a ridiculously silly hissy fit.
Six were given tiger-status, and sent to an Indian village.
I ho...
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Categories:
hickory tree, fantasy,
Form: Prose Poetry
A Friend
...A friend is a strong light-post
Standing supportive
And lighting your way for you
A friend is like the moon
Always there for you
And strongest when nearest
A friend understands you well
Li...
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Categories:
hickory tree, friend,
Form: Free verse
Mating Season
...She meandered through
new spring grass, startling bugs
shortening their lives, taking her fill
seemingly unimpressed
with grandeur displayed
solely for her benefit.
His swagger almost took h...
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Categories:
hickory tree, april, bird, lust, nature,
Form: Free verse
Hiccups
...I met a slick hick
from the sticks
who gave me a hickey
beneath the hickory tree.
I faked hiccups
hoping he would flee
but he stood there
like a schmuck
trying to help
me stop the hiccups....
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Categories:
hickory tree, humor,
Form: Free verse
The Lighter Side of Me
...I’m not much into phonies
And I love to play the ponies
I spend too much shoppin’
And do too less moppin’
I love my amazing hubby
My fantastic cat, Chubby
Starbuck’s Passion Iced Tea
That t...
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Categories:
hickory tree, lifelove,
Form: Rhyme
Campfire Talk
...The old campfire was pleasant as we sat by its flames.
Thinking on days gone by, and certain people with forgotten names.
Talking of life and all that we’ve learned.
And of certain deals ...
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Categories:
hickory tree, friendship, imagination, inspirational, philosophy,
Form: Narrative