Armageddon
...Jerusalem
Bethlehem be
Amen whole world
Leopards are one,
the sun-gone now
dark bond till day.
Who won, who cares
who lost--there's ...
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Categories:
lem, analogy,
Form: Than-Bauk
Lost In the Snow
...Let me tell you a story, a story of woe:
a tale of a pup who got lost in the snow.
Daughter Laura, our eldest, came up to see us,
drove home in a Jeep (to rhyme, insert Prius).
She and her niece,...
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Categories:
lem, dog,
Form: Narrative
These Two Old Pups
...These two old pups are near and dear;
I’ve kept them both throughout the years.
Lyra’s brindle, still cheetah-fast;
Lemony’s best years, in the past.
The thought of losing brings a tear.
When ...
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Categories:
lem, dog, love,
Form: Rondeau
The Love Cup, Northern Star
...The Love Cup, Northern Star.
by
Lem Griffiths
Dash it..,
Dash it all says I..,
Through bars - I espy.
Their 'eaven, their night sky.
Well.., dash it.,
Let 'em have it.,
And the Nort...
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Categories:
lem, angst, class, courage, death,
Form: Ode
Ion I
...An effervescent ever-pheasant's
odyssey really ought to see
my grain's migraine
and Lem 'n Ma rang pie
Of course, no bull's noble
as Maple's may pull
and gopher's go-fer
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Categories:
lem, goodbye, humorous, word play,
Form: Rhyme
I Am Elderly and Aint No Shame
...I’m Elderly and Ain’t No Shame
I ‘m elderly and it ain’t no sin;
Ain’t no shame;
That I’m out on a lem;
America where you’ve been;
Won’t you come help me;
Churches are you praying;
Won’t you...
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Categories:
lem, analogy, anxiety, appreciation, grandparents,
Form: Rhyme
In Control of All Living Breath -Job 12: 10
...Ever since earthly life began its cycle
man has thought they were in control
anything was achievable no matter what
so thought the human mind but they stole
They were thieves of their own desti...
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Categories:
lem, bible, god, life,
Form: Rhyme
The Love Cup Northern Star
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The Love Cup, Northern Stars.
by
Lem Griffiths
September, 2,016
Dash it..,
Dash it all says I..,
Through bars - I espy.
Their 'eaven, their night sky.
Well.., dash it.,
...
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Categories:
lem, lost love, peace, sorrow,
Form: Narrative
Tidying Love All Up
...<
Tidying Love All Up
by Lem Griffiths
July, 2016
Carefully, I asked,
'What's with all the bleach in the pan?
All the week?'
She was the newly appointed Assistant Land Lady.
'It brings i...
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Categories:
lem, funny, lost love,
Form: Narrative
Beasley and I
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Beasley and I
Lem Griffiths
July, 2016
Henrietta D. something,
Never did mind him on top 'her,
'Least she never said, t'other, anyhow .
Beasley's my friend..,
Comes and goes his ow...
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Categories:
lem, friendship,
Form: Narrative
A Right To Swear
...A Right To Swear
by
Lem Griffiths
July, 2016.
Young gulls - love.,
How that fickle wind blows,
Soaring, dive bombing.,
As their fancy takes, not a 'blue sky' care -
O'er the chaos ...
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Categories:
lem, anger, bird, farewell, father
Form: Narrative
Introspective Sea Change
...Same within.Introspection of Sea Change
08/06/2016
Lemuel Griffiths
aka
Lem Gunn
Fiercest of battles above my head,
Same within.
Blue battling the grey,
'Never ending turmoil thr...
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Categories:
lem, betrayal, hope, humorous, lost
Form: Narrative
Jack Daniel
...
Jasper Newton Daniel was born in 1850.
He hailed from a small town called Lynchburg in Tennessee.
Jack was born on a farm located in Moore County.
He was one of twelve children born to the f...
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Categories:
lem, dedication, history, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
I Like Cake
...Lem-me get a taste a za'
Scrumbcious cake
O..
Dear Mattie
Legs ain't takin'
No mo'e-ye weight
za'-c's' y'like
some-a'-za' cake
O..Mattie
Now te-me wada-Do
When ye'-gatz daz Blue
Ple...
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Categories:
lem, lost love, love
Form: Blank verse
Oneword.Com
...Incandescentallaisticproblematicalabrationistical.
Dictionary entry number one:
incandescentallaisticproblematicalabrationistical
sounds like:
en-can-dee-scent-alley-is-tic-pr_ob-lem-atti...
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Categories:
lem, children, funny, imagination, love,
Form: Free verse
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