July first two thousand and twenty five
...July first two thousand and twenty five...
signals the eighth year we lived
at our present location,
where fringe benefits (a plug) for perks
living at 2 highland manor drive.
Expanse of green...
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Categories:
kline, adventure, america, anniversary, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Lost dexterity since fingers tap away at qwerty keyboard
...Lost dexterity since fingers tap away at qwerty keyboard...
since being a student in grade, junior and high school
analogous to geometry proof how lack of use proves
quite aware that finger musc...
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Categories:
kline, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Upon the precipice of an abyss
...Upon the precipice of an abyss
I stand able, eager, & ready to jump
impossible mission to swallow lump
muscles primed analogous to pump
prayer for soft landing on mine rump
bereft this johnny ...
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Categories:
kline, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
september
...I have a couple of ‘research for credit’ classes this semester and I’m spending a lot of time with my TAs. Teaching Assistants (grad students) are essentially approachable professors with longer offi...
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Categories:
kline, humor, school, strength, stress,
Form: Free verse
Eye cannot envision not wearing glasses
...Eye cannot envision not wearing glasses
Ever since second grade
an ever stronger prescription
for nearsightedness donned my countenance,
cuz myopia (inherited courtesy
both parents) rendered m...
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Categories:
kline, 12th grade, adventure, age,
Form: Free verse
Self Destructive Wickedness Arrested, Convicted, and Gaoled
...Self destructive wickedness arrested, convicted, and gaoled...
with kidnapping little boy
ordered to suffer
life sentence without parole.
The deadly scourge of
one obsessive/compulsive di...
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Categories:
kline, 2nd grade, 6th grade,
Form: Free verse
Fringe Benefits a Plug For Perks Yo Man Living At 2 Highland Manor Drive
...Fringe benefits (a plug) for perks (yo man) living at 2 highland manor drive
Expanse of green acres draped
like a petticoat when ye arrive
birds of a feather flock together
and bees gather coll...
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Categories:
kline, adventure, age, america, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Son Say Goodnight To Grandpa
...“Son”...”say goodnight to grandpa”
Spurred by mother dearest
as well as other politesse
drummed into her second born
fobbing blandishments as incentive
tumbled off fingers of prodigal son
tr...
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Categories:
kline, 12th grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Inferiority Complex As a Kid, Adolescent and Emerging Adult
...Inferiority complex as a kid, adolescent and emerging adult
Yours truly (an amazingly,
gracefully, and markedly modest
passively aging baby boomer -
formerly introverted long haired
pencil nec...
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Categories:
kline, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Clerihew Kline
...To US born Franz Kline
black&white were just fine
Influenced by all things oriental
abstracted in the calligraphical...
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Categories:
kline, art, people,
Form: Clerihew
Coloring Smiling Faces Donned With Faux Missing Teeth,
...Coloring smiling faces donned with faux missing teeth,
and waxing poetic lip schtick adorned with moustaches
Swarthy, spooky, scary carved
pumpkin faces thickly materialized
out of thin air
a...
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Categories:
kline, 12th grade, 1st grade,
Form: Rhyme
Chief Garbage Taster As Fifth Grade Halloween Gag
...Chief garbage taster as fifth grade Halloween gag
at Henry Kline Boyer Elementary School
interestingly enough landed me a grubhub grab bag.
I rooted thru poetry anthology of mine,
and came acro...
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Categories:
kline, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
All In the Slogan
...“American by birth a rebel by choice” okay
You can’t win, ya can’t “have it your way”
I understand “Success, it’s just a mind game”
I’m “so good cats ask for me by name”
“What’s in your wallet”...
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Categories:
kline, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Inferiority Complex As a Kid, Adolescent and Emerging Adult Part Two
...timid, meek, and demure (effeminate) me,
essentially ruled the roost
regarding Harris household
sole son characterized vis a vis
presented passive resistant
outward nonestablishmentarian mold
w...
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Categories:
kline, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Anglophone Aficionado Exudes Infatuation With English Language Number 1
...Versus me
(chilling as an outsize ego freezer)
profusely perspiring
and heavily panting
experiencing one after another
stuff whet dreams are made
frolicking in autumn mist
(think Maxfield P...
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Categories:
kline, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
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