annoyed with the fey
...the elf boy came out of the meadow annoyed with the fey
They had not been especially kind to him on this July day
Some had jeered and made fun of his overlarge ears
His feelings were hurt by these...
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Categories:
jeered, 10th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
My Landlady
...Among a stone-wreathed, sun-fried declivity
On earth’s raised stomach, a shack. Common
With the nervousness of heat, such shack-up
Points bury their heads in shame forever...
School hours brought...
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Categories:
jeered, rights,
Form: Free verse
A Bar Singer
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A bar singer asked for a request
But all he got was "give it a rest"
He said "I know that song"
"Please all do sing along"
In that moment he felt truly blessed.
He started to sin...
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Categories:
jeered, celebrity, conflict,
Form: Limerick
Are You Being Bullied
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The sky was gray, the trees were bare,
I walked alone through halls of glare,
Where whispered words like nettles grew,
And silence had a sharper hue.
They jeered and laughed with hollow pride...
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Categories:
jeered, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Hey Lady You Know
...{based on a classic joke}
A lady briskly walked one day,
To work, not far, just blocks away.
She passed a shop with parrots near,
When suddenly, she paused to hear--
"Hey lady!" squawked the...
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Categories:
jeered, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Keelhaul
..."Thou a cacodemon" jeered the crowd.
She heard all those voices , clear and loud.
They stormed and cowed her down.
All they wanted was to see her drown.
Tired of all the incessant goad.
She c...
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Categories:
jeered, abuse, bullying, heartbroken, scary,
Form: Free verse
They know not what they do
...
I saw him there, sun in his hair
Bloody crown upon his head
I felt each pound… each hammer sound
For I was nailed to the same wooden death bed
I knew at once this was God's son
That he wa...
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Categories:
jeered, bible, christian,
Form: Ballad
Strayed Sheep
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Reigning in cluster the edge of steep scarp,
the flock of mine sprawls so very proud.
I’m a meek loner in the midst of them all,
for each one is happy to be in the crowd.
As I’m secluded in...
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Categories:
jeered, analogy, identity, lonely,
Form: Free verse
The Crucifixion
...At Golgotha, His arms stretched wide,
Our loving Lord was crucified.
No greater love to give a friend
Than a life’s end.
That morning, it was nine AM
When they took nails and pierced His skin....
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Categories:
jeered, jesus,
Form: Rhyme
A God of Pain
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Oh Lord, it seems to me, You are a God of pain
without which some people say there is no gain.
There is only so much that we creatures can bear
and it’s sometimes I wonder if You really ...
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Categories:
jeered, anger, anxiety, cry, god,
Form: Rhyme
SPECIAL WORLD
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In this special world:
Authenticity assails apprehensions and apathy
Beauty is braced by belongingness’ blessings
Compassion calls for clamor over caring control
Dedicat...
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Categories:
jeered, appreciation, blessing, boy, christian,
Form: Abecedarian
Cowperson versus Jaws
...I went to the Hollywood studio meeting
Paul, Steve and Sandy gave me a warm greeting
I was there to advise them, hired from Spain
My motto in business was no pain, no gain
So we sat down to the b...
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Categories:
jeered, film, humor,
Form: Lyric
Vanguard
...David sought a vanguard for revolution,
The Black Panthers seemed the perfect solution.
He built them a foundation, it employed his friend,
Until she found fraud and met a quick end.
Betty’s mu...
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Categories:
jeered, death of a friend,
Form: Lyric
Port of Spain
...
Manifestations of your Gauzy Fantasies
Unravelling Bonds of Tangled, Mangled Destinies
Sun of Man Set His Right Eye on Me
Tenaciously Searing, Calculating
To Entrap Me, A Prisoner to His Needs
...
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Categories:
jeered, sun,
Form: Free verse
Banana vs Orange
...
Written: February 23, 2024
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In a grove, a feud grew, no doubt,
Fruit factions were ready to shout.
Banana sought peace,
But his pleas so...
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Categories:
jeered, fruit, funny,
Form: Limerick
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