January Light Verse Poems

how many words are added to the dictionary each year?
None?
One?
Two?
Would you believe a new word is added every two hours?
Four thousand new words are added...

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the entry is a dedication of my dad who died January 17, 2022
we shared our morning coffee and more at 3am 


"coffee at three"

coffee at...

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Backhanded Apology
Copyright © L MILTON HANKINS | Year Posted 2022

Sorry if I upset you,
I really didn’t mean it
Actually, I meant it
Until I saw it upset...

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arrives thus expected or not
comes  soon at the first of january
lives in us all year round, definitive......

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Ants, do not invade my clean warm kitchen, please,
For I fear you are carrying some dreadful, exotic disease
When you find tiny cracks through which to...

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My neighbor next door is warming up his car
Sweeping off the snow, scraping the windshield
He must have somewhere very important to go
Why else would he...

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a dedication to all who are hurting and missing someone


“cardinal dreams”

between earth and heaven lie many things
symbols of butterflies grace and cardinals too
we look to...

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Ice cream comes in a gazillion flavors
Eating it doesn’t do me any favors
Seems one cone puts on me a pound
This I know, and it’s not...

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Have I been given longevity for a special reason?
Is there something this old man still must do?
 
       ...

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To improve VIEW statistics, 'tis no trouble
Write a naughty limerick and label it “bawdy,”
The number of your PS readers will double
If even after reading it,...

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Please stand by for this important announcement
Of news you’ll most assuredly not want to miss
A newsworthy, earth-shaking pronouncement
More startling than your first unexpected kiss.

Your favorite...

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My son threw a tirade
          At the parade
He rolled on the floor
    ...

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Joy! Joy! of all the honors I have earned
In a lifetime of trysts, mazes, and twists
None have I so much relished, indeed,
As topping one of...

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It’s was the last day of January
On a cold month
In a dead of season
It’s not the first of the year
By any reason
Northern Hemisphere second month...

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Cognizant that the Rubik’s cube is not spherical
My child still plays it as a ball in his dexterity’s portrayal…
He’s labeled as special with society’s approval
Surmounting...

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