why dont geckos sink in the sand
...Why don’t geckos sink into the sand
Disappearing into the promised land?
What saves their Arizona lives? What keeps them up?
The flaps in between their toes said my Uncle Hup.
I thought he was ...
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Categories:
hup, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
the deuteragonist's protagonist
....
Not mine diddy
Yet
Waits on mine
tuh cause mine
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Categories:
hup, appreciation, beautiful, blessing,
Form: Classicism
Formidable flourishing fiends
...Formidable flourishing fiends...
harangue since landing
yours truly immersed
in a dream-like
fiercesome state of war,
not quite a dream
can be described
as a "hypnagogic state"
whil...
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Categories:
hup, angst, animal, anxiety, conflict,
Form: Free verse
BATTLE CRY
...War, War
We need more War.
Come patriots,
Come comrades,
Let’s all go to Waaaar!
Raise your banners,
Gather your muskets,
Sharpen your swords,
Let's all go to Waaaar!
Won’t it be fun,
T...
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Categories:
hup, conflict, death, destiny, dream,
Form: Free verse
We are Badass Birds
...we are badass parrots they said when they arrived
there were only three but they had the attitude of five
they strutted and threw their weight around
I was glad when they finally stomped over the ...
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Categories:
hup, bird,
Form: Rhyme
The Littlest Elf
...Time was running out, Christmas Eve was drawing nigh.
The elves had worked day and night since early in July!
To meet Santa's toy-making schedule there must be no slack,
To ensure there were lots ...
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Categories:
hup, christmas, joy,
Form: Rhyme
Off kilter
...Off kilter
Yup
I sobered up
despite expressing regular
(unleaded and unlettered)
urge to shtup
expunged courtesy
system of a down
with shuga (mush)
and everything nice.
The following...
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Categories:
hup, abuse, adventure, anger, angst,
Form: Rhyme
From Worried To Bragging
...She only paints elephants, her mama said, feeling worried.
The rest of the artists do different things, you know that.
The mouse ran off, for his siblings had all scurried.
He knew that this artis...
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Categories:
hup, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Flatfoot Pangs-
...Hey man !
Flatfoot, dang!
Why you dragging your leg
Don't you know them there shoes you wear are just too small like peg
Them there shoes you wear are too small, y'all!
~
Where ar...
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Categories:
hup, analogy, anxiety, conflict, engagement,
Form: Free verse
Legacy's Tale
...Will you be the hero
within your own story
Will you marry the present,
dating the future and past
Will your legacy document
your truest intention
Or falsely imply
words abandoned—unheard...
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Categories:
hup, time,
Form: Free verse
Heat Blinds
...Are the truly enlightened
able to endorse their success
Driven closer to the flame
—where heat blinds to reveal
(H.U.P. May, 2020)...
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Categories:
hup, light,
Form: Free verse
The Veil
...The future calls our name just once,
hello awaits goodbye
The past a veil to what’s been learned
—the truth wrapped in a lie
(H.U.P. May, 2020)...
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Categories:
hup, time,
Form: Rhyme
Each Memory
...The past held victim
to the future
Each memory a shackle
in tomorrow’s chain
(H.U.P. May, 2020)...
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Categories:
hup, time,
Form: Free verse
Each Choice
...The moments of these days…
the wheat from the chaff
Each choice confirmation
—the first from the last
(H.U.P. May, 2020)...
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Categories:
hup, time,
Form: Rhyme
To Count On
...The greatest times
are the one’s that surprise us
The greatest people
are the one’s who don’t
(H.U.P. May, 2020)...
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Categories:
hup, people,
Form: Free verse
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