A Litre of Books
...A Litre of Books
A litre of
books spills A letters over
synthetic rubber edge onto
completely miserable carpet that’s
my sea.
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Categories:
litre, humor,
Form: Free verse
Ballad of solitude
...Sequel to changes most socially something strange
and wonderful
some people may not in the first place understand:
How is one dollar, one thousand and five hundred
Nigerian naira?...
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Categories:
litre, international,
Form: Free verse
HOW CAN I PRETEND: PART 3
...HOW CAN I PRETEND ?
PART 3
Pretence lies coffined
as Spring makes a call
early chincherinchees
kissing late winter’s wind
knowing empty cupboards
will be filled once more
perceptions o...
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Categories:
litre, 12th grade, character, courage,
Form: Bio
The Basement Boys
...Trenton Isaiah aka Ty .The second member of
the band they would call the basement boys.
I have always been a fool for a red headed baby and now I had one on regular loan.
This kid was wired...
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Categories:
litre, memory,
Form: Free verse
Freedom
...Freedom — is there such thing in the United Kingdom?
Are we really free?
Please tell me, Boris,
When you kept us two years locked up,
Twenty-three hours boxed up,
Let out for an hour a day —
Wh...
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Categories:
litre, anger, anxiety, betrayal, community,
Form: Political Verse
Birthday Wishes
...Birthday Wishes
Penning to send myself birthday wishes
My muse flew off alike airborne kisses
Seventy three this month but to dismay
My mind grows foggier eac...
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Categories:
litre, birthday, celebration, wife,
Form: Rhyme
A Free Fall Full of Horn Haiku
...Reason For Raising and Praising a Razon
we should be praising
perfect reason for raising
a dried up raisin
bitten by beagle
raisin was head on needle
have been broken hearts
puzzles alwa...
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Categories:
litre, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Wouldn'T It Be Great
...Wouldn't it be great to win a small prize,
So I can restock my stationery supplies.
I first write it down,then I type it up
I make lots of mistakes, then I rip it up.
Just when I think I've got i...
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Categories:
litre, fun, funny,
Form: Rhyme
The Waitress
...We came walking blind bends at dusk,
An overhanging fig picked fresh.
No pavements, just a nervous trust
that drivers would skirt our single line.
Hugging the roadside with torches lit,
Pho...
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Categories:
litre, memory,
Form: Narrative
Obsessed
...Incident Report 74399 2020
JIMMY BOOM SEMTEX
Obsessed with speed
I was that
Round the dial
Engine fecking screaming
Me racing them
Or just myself
Not ever stopping
After we collid...
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Categories:
litre, car, remember, teenage,
Form: Verse
Only Tomorrow
...As I go...
As I stride past the bridge with a twenty litre jerrican on my hand
I dream of tomorrow where hard soil will be like sand
Where in my dreams we have enough
Where in my dreams soft is n...
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Categories:
litre, africa, hope,
Form: I do not know?
Nevertheless
...Imagine building a planet
One 5 litre tub of cement at a time
she was an ordinary gal
Who did extra ordinary things
There before is the key to the future
Do we take it or live in the past?
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Categories:
litre, appreciation, conflict, forgiveness, judgement,
Form: Free verse
Soccer Match
...Soccer Match
And so we've finally reached midnight,
The question was, why did it take so long?
Now the forces of war and darkness are ready for evenfall.
The nuclear clock ran out of time.
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Categories:
litre, anger, international, political,
Form: Political Verse
English Humor
...ENGLISH HUMOR
To read This I have translated the words in brackets.!
PETROL (GAS)
I needed to buy Petrol (Gas) today
The price of it took my breath away
A holiday this year I’ll not take
Can’...
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Categories:
litre, funny,
Form: Rhyme
A Haiku Anthology 03-31-2018
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blemished sky erupts
a waterfall... a river
the cormorant dived
the mile high eagle
hunting... not gone unnoticed
meercats wary
heavy rain... torrents
one l...
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Categories:
litre, nature,
Form: Haiku
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