Ice Storm
...It started with the freezing rain,
the curse of winter time,
turning all into slick black glass
on every road you find.
Then came on all the pelting sleet,
pins and needles outside,
you can h...
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Categories:
linesmen, beauty, imagery, places, seasons,
Form: Rhyme
A Wedding Anniversary Alone
...It takes two to get along
One remains,still strong
Till death do us part they swore
Fifty five years after, together no more
Sixty-three years later, it’s not the same
Today, only one player i...
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Categories:
linesmen, 12th grade, anniversary, family,
Form: Rhyme
Greased Lightning
...Saltcoats born,Saltcoats bred
His darts left many a defender for dead
Had he not been flagged so often for offside
His haul of goals would have sky-highed
His quick reflexes the eye deceived
Lea...
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Categories:
linesmen, eulogy, soccer,
Form: Rhyme
Tweeters
...city sparrows
telephone linesmen
bobbing in the wind
John G. Lawless
©7/28/2018...
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Categories:
linesmen, bird, city,
Form: Senryu
The Game of Hockey
...The Game of Hockey
By Government decree, lacrosse
Is Canada’s national sport,
But in the hearts and minds of Canadians,
Hockey rules supreme.
Hockey is a winter sport enjoyed by Canadi...
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Categories:
linesmen, hockey, sports,
Form: Verse
Oh My Poems
...
oh my
poems
just look
at
them
these words
could never
match
up
got a pair
ita
a
two
card deck
stretch out my lines
linesmen bet between them
beautifully defined wind
...
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Categories:
linesmen, art,
Form: Free verse
Stripes
...They both wear black and white,
Sport’s fans will see some tonight,
As one type skates on frozen water,
The other keeps a herd in order.
The man can get caught up in media hype,
Each has the same an...
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Categories:
linesmen, children, games, hockey, humorous,
Form: Rhyme