Kangaroo
...Meet my Kangaroo herd in Australian highlands,
The king of the herd is Don, very big and strong,
There are many females with little joeys in the pouch,
With little protection from the king on the ...
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Categories:
joeys, animal,
Form: Free verse
The Puggles Dream
...There was a cute puggle who snored up a song
When joeys hopped up bridging along,
Emu chicks joined with boom notes and grunts
Whilst dancing along with top wild stunts.
Penguins marched in for...
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Categories:
joeys, animal, dream, music,
Form: Rhyme
Lets Have a Look In Santas Bag
...Duckbilled platypus and koalas lead the way
Showed kangaroos and joeys Santa’s bag today
Santa showed up with a nosey kookaburra then
wanting a warm Aussie beach to plunge in...
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Categories:
joeys, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Tales From the Hollow
...In a windswept vale the tree had spread its branches
Its shale like trunk defined by weather had many wounds
One in particular had hollowed inside this stanchion
Braced against pervading skies and...
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Categories:
joeys, destiny, earth, fate, home,
Form: Rhyme
Kangaroo
...woodland’s pouch packer
swiftly moves in less than hour...
wild-love’s messenger
April 13,2022 5:15am
PS Syllable Counter:
Syllables Per Line: 5 7 5
Total # Syllables: 17
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Categories:
joeys, animal,
Form: Haiku
Black Molasses
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"Black Molasses"
Black Molasses
holds to ransom
footprints
sucked into
Tropic of Capricorn mud
as bushfires bleed
sugar from cane
like...
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Categories:
joeys, death, fire, world,
Form: Free verse
Stinky Koalas
...Koalas called Joeys are marsupials
Was told they sure don't smell like petunias
An Australian lady
Said they smell like feces
Will take her word for it, though dubious...
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Categories:
joeys, animal,
Form: Limerick
My Life As Tasmanian Devil
...Pups, imps, joeys, wiggling tailed marsupials, hunting in parties of five.
Deadly facial cancer has killed lots of us, it’s a wonder I am still alive.
I screech when I eat, carrion, my utmost favor...
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Categories:
joeys, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Rhyme
After a Good Night's Sleep:
...Anxiously the trees were awaiting their morning breeze,
Birds nestled amongst the high towering branches,
Caressing in couples as they watched over their nests,
Delicately leaves were fall...
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Categories:
joeys, animal, beauty, bird, sun,
Form: Abecedarian
Finnegan Remembers
...Finnegan Remembers….
Oh i can look and almost see,
My time in Ireland, verily,
Where I staggered drunken, oer the sod,
And had my way, perhaps a clod,
And fought the British see,
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Categories:
joeys, adventure,
Form: Ballad
Cousin Joey
...Now theres a lot of Joeys
in my family tree,
but the one I used to
hang out with was
around the very same
age as me,
I enjoyed his company
immensely because
he was so funny,
being the first...
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Categories:
joeys, humor, nostalgia,
Form: Light Verse
Joey and Dragon Graduate
...Today was the day Dragon’s brother Joey graduated from Nursing School.
And yes, Dragon wanted to be there, it was, really, going to be Sooo Cool!
Parents and students gussied up in all their finery...
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Categories:
joeys, celebration, fantasy, funny, graduation,
Form: Light Verse
Finnegan Remembers
...Finnegan Remembers….
Oh i can look and almost see,
My time in Ireland, verily,
Where I staggered drunken, oer the sod,
And had my way, perhaps a clod,
And fought the British see,
Finnega...
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Categories:
joeys, adventure,
Form: Ballad
Gone Kanga
...Gone Kanga
Stories tall and fish will do
in Aus we caught a kangaroo
put him in the outhouse neat
clean bowled old Barney off his feet
but did i mention fishing :)
been to the river an it w...
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Categories:
joeys, adventureold, fish, old, pets,
Form: Rhyme
Tenderheart Bear
...His teacher gave an assignment
On his first day of school,
She told the kids to write a book
On things they thought were cool.
She said they could draw pictures
Like in all the books they read,
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Categories:
joeys, childhood, school, son, song-timefor
Form: Lyric
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