Mother Nature Reconsiders
Mother Nature gazed happily on her brood,
until one of them spoiled her mood.
Her smartest monkey was on the take -
"Could it be that I made a mistake?"
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Categories:
humor nature, humanity, humor, nature,
Form: Epigram
An Amoeba's Song
A brave sailor who sails the high sea
will aim knowing his aft from his lee,
but Brownian motion,
that fabulous notion,
works well for an amoeba like me.
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Categories:
humor nature, animal, humor, nature, science,
Form: Limerick
Four Characters
Four men in a boat,
afloat in the ocean.
The winds are still,
the sails have no motion.
The Optimist waits for the winds
with great anticipation.
The Pessimist shakes his head
and curses in quite desperation.
The Fatalist begins to cry
and screams, "We're going to die!
The Realist lets out a Rebel Yell,
takes a drink of whiskey
and calmly adjusts the sails!
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Categories:
humor nature, 12th grade, appreciation, cheer
Form: Rhyme
Sprinkling
sprinkling of snowfall
blankets the hardy crocus
winter's last chuckle
AP: 2nd place 2025
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Categories:
humor nature, humor, nature, snow, spring,
Form: Haiku
Categories:
humor nature, animal, butterfly, fruit, humor,
Form: Haiku
Hi-Choo
Hi-Choo
Early spring in Corinth and I’m bathing in a pollen shower as fuzzy green seedlings are whisked here and there in the blustery March breeze, I sneeze!!
Remnants of last night’s thunderstorm cruse across the pale blue canvas of the afternoon sky as pine cones fluttering in the breeze make me sneeze, I sneeze, I I
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Categories:
humor nature, environment, funny, health, humor,
Form: Spoken Word
Clouds and Candy Raindrops
as a child,
I perceived
the wonderment
of Clouds.
and elders
likewise contemplated
the curious celebrity of them
the solemnity of shape-shifting skyships
their charity of rain:
encouraging fruit
greening hills
irrigating joys
keeping
watch
around the earth
in as enviable
a perch
as the risen sun
or mystic moon
that guides tides.
sun runs
apace
moon whisks
its baton away
but Clouds
stay
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Categories:
humor nature, appreciation, growing up, hope,
Form: Light Verse
knobs and levers
This poem was mused by:
"Shakespeare won't look at me" by ThomasW.Case
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We fill our lives with work and stress
in the lust for new possessions
we're taught that this is called success
and it makes for good impressions
But pleasures we’re taught to suppress
so our souls will fly up to the heavens
but this flesh that god has gifted
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Categories:
humor nature, adventure, beautiful, flying, fun,
Form: Rhyme
eye on the storm
The sky is a cloudless crystal blue
with a breeze to chap your lips
I’m grateful for it, it’s heaven-sent
the dawn was a celestially stamped, angry red
sailors take warning
It’s going to get feisty cold,
I’m told
about the time we go back to school.
A polar-bear vortex with all its features
will spread its icy paws
What jumps out at me first
is
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Categories:
humor nature, humor, nature, new york,
Form: Rhyme
It's In Their Nature
‘Twas the night before Christmas and baby
Liz-Beth cried, crawled, and sat waiting for me.
My police neighbor trains a NARC doggy
Liz sees, does, and sits by her need…daddy.
‘Twas the night before Christmas with kitty
run up our tree limbs from NARC-BARK doggy.
Families oldest—not me—son Kenny
went out on a limb. Said, ”Come here Monkey.”
‘Twas the night
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Categories:
humor nature, allusion, analogy, animal, growing
Form: Rhyme
travel smarts
The old can travel and visit
Cool places some think exquisite
For our ebb and flow
Even fools should know
Requisite restroom...where is it?
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Categories:
humor nature, age, humor, nature, ocean,
Form: Limerick
Nature Calls -- for contest
Gene went for a dip in the local pool
His swimsuit was loose, he thought it was cool
Had four beers, he felt mellow
Soon Gene turned the pool yellow
He’d turn it brown too ~ if he could refuel
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Categories:
humor nature, drink, humor, nature, summer,
Form: Limerick
No Escaping Political Yuk
Nothing to say
but that’s ok
Watching too much
political yuk…
Time to step outdoors
get in tune with nature
Take in a session
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Categories:
humor nature, environment, humor, nature, political,
Form: Rhyme
Fishies
Hollered back, they jumped;
Spooks lingering in the waves,
fishies nibbling feet.
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Categories:
humor nature, fish, humor, nature,
Form: Haiku
Fisherman In Pacific Ocean
Sunrise all the world
But sunrise over the sea
Brings unique surprise.
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Categories:
humor nature, fishing, humor, nature, perspective,
Form: Haiku
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