Long Grouse Poems
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Get Outside YourselfI know I need to get outside myself.
The more I complain, and focus on my sore gums, tender knee, and achy shoulder, the more griping I do, the more I suffer.
Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! The pain...
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Categories:
grouse, pain,
Form:
Free verse
The ReunionThe sixty-year reunion
of the class of '55
was quite a celebration
for the ones who had survived...
First came prissy Pomeroy-
then Milford, Meeks, and Moody
who like old crows, perched and cawed
at busty old Miss Trudy
While Trudy curled her...
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Categories:
grouse, age, character, growth, humor, humorous, people, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
DWM Senior Dance Days“…Let the sunshine (and let the sun shine on in)
Let the sunshine in (You got to open up your heart)…"
-- From Aquarius, by The 5th Dimension
The times they were a-changing,
an age of great unrest.
A Ball...
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Categories:
grouse, 12th grade, age, growing up, high school,
Form:
Rhyme
My LandMY LAND
Staff rod in hand and, on my feet a good pair of hardy leather shoes
Set off onto the bight coastal track to a view of many colourful hues
In four score plus ten of my...
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Categories:
grouse, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, environment, tribute,
Form:
Couplet
Battle Axe And Her Republican Trumpeting Waze - part 1Upon bitterly cold dawning hours of one January 2000 day
the Harns family desperately sought a place to live – “hay
there” Nelson Swartley (an independent realtor)
politely responded bringing unwelcome news viz our sos re lay
informing...
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Categories:
grouse, evil, grave, house, life, prejudice, storm, stress,
Form:
I do not know?
Sylvia's Double LifeShe bustles
her boys out of bed
grouse, groan, growl
groggy gripes
snarky snipes, as they squabble
their way to breakfast
Packs their lunch
crunch, smack, munch, they eat
hurry boys-
catch the bus
flurry and fuss all the way
outdoors, scuffing floors
She sighs, so
relieved, can't...
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Categories:
grouse, crazy, fun, humor, humorous, mother, people, perspective,
Form:
Free verse
The Smarts And Dogged CallisthenicsThe Smarts And Dogged Callisthenics...
Cannot Wall The Will Of Catapulting Mice
A titled unwritten poem requiring
little effort to dip and dive
I accidentally, inadvertently,
and unexpectedly scrolled up in digital archive
among various and sundry literary endeavors,
eh, maybe about...
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Categories:
grouse, adventure, blessing, confidence, endurance, judgement, mountains, power,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
A Doctor's Personal NotesA Doctor’s Personal Notes
By Elton Camp
See John Jones on my appointment list
Several things on which I must insist
Even though I know he’s doing just fine
A few little tests won’t be out of line
No X-rays since...
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Categories:
grouse, funnyme, wife, me, cancer,
Form:
Rhyme
Food Glorious Food third helpingThus upon a strategic seat we hoped for,
or politely sought from manager of the house
ah, our luck to be situated in close proximity,
where impossibility to stave gaming hunger,
though neither myself nor honorable guest grouse.
Now decision...
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Categories:
grouse, america, appreciation, celebration, christmas, december, eve, feelings,
Form:
Light Verse
To MOM March 11 1979To MOM; March 11,1979
This is the story of an animal trainer,
Whose mettle and courage, couldn't be plainer.
A search'd reveal if you'd care to explore,
None greater exists than El Eleanor.
She's faced the very meanest...
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Categories:
grouse, animal, birthday, childhood, family, happy, humorous, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
The cowardCowards die many times before their deaths…
Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene 2 ~William Shakespeare
spouse
a souse
classic grouse
a big girl's blouse
portent ominous
assertions blasphemous
obscure and anonymous
his skulking is nefarious
utterances...
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Categories:
grouse, language,
Form:
Other
War HorseWar Horse by Steven Cooke
Taken from Cloven fields,
Where skylark and Grouse Linger.
Into the bowels of a troopship,
No scent of Morning Dew, No Bird song
Only sweat and urine,
And the distant sounds of war.
No light,...
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Categories:
grouse, wardeath, war, death, morning, war, , memorial,
Form:
I do not know?
Indigenous Creatures of My Writing DeskThere is an antique writing desk
in my little study
handed-me-down
from generations of would-be
writers in my family
And there are ancient creatures
from days gone by
living in this old desk still
evil, larcenous little creatures
envious of literary skill
This explains much
Lately,...
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Categories:
grouse, anxiety, feelings, humor, humorous, imagination, nonsense, writing,
Form:
Free verse
The Christmas Spirit
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
Hearts were eager and energetic – as wild as the sage grouse
No one could sleep because of those presents beneath the tree
They’d gone to bed at...
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Categories:
grouse, christmas,
Form:
Rhyme
Allegro OuHe knew he had rubbed against some big shoulders.
Some like him and other were anoyed. What bothered him was they all existing relationships of there own. Some were ones you didn't wanna get involved with,...
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Categories:
grouse, creation, engagement, fashion, inspiration, introspection, jobs, music,
Form:
Bio
The Wily GoatThe purple on his chin was tellin'
there was just no use to lie.
That pesky, good for nothin' goat
had eaten Mother's pie.
She had set it on the porch
jist to cool it down a bit,
and...
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Categories:
grouse, petsbrother, brother, mother, time,
Form:
Light Verse
Presidential Inauguration 2017 - Poetic Screed - Part3 pioneer esprit de corps front tier brisk.
* * * * * *...
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Categories:
grouse, betrayal, dark, heartbroken, house, january, me, people,
Form:
I do not know?
Marriage to alarmingly ballooningMarriage to alarmingly ballooning...
dramatically expanding spouse,
when adorning buttons
pop off undersized blouse
which spurs yours truly to grouse,
and ruffle mine tail feathers
while listening to Scheherazade.
Eats her weigh out of home and house
unsolicited feedback courtesy
quite doubtful,...
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Categories:
grouse, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, addiction,
Form:
Rhyme
Canary CollusionIt was after Mom’s dad passed her mom bought canaries.
Grams felt life less lonely, I think, with their singing,
and gave her idea that flying the coop to
live close to my mom could be Southland for...
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Categories:
grouse, humor, political, race, , western,
Form:
Rhyme
From Slashed Paper To Melancholic SmellIssued paper fibers mirror those of the straw bale,
The waters of the great canal through the morning sail.
In spite Venezia was tied, the chairlift was jostling,
Twisting its way through the small calli in haze whiting....
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Categories:
grouse, analogy, bereavement, conflict, creation, environment, meaningful,
Form:
Couplet
StormsAt three a.m. the annoying telephone rings
“Hurricane Kate will soon be making landfall;
Drive to Panama City, start collecting your things”
Microphones and tape recorders, I pack them all
Just one week till the end of hurricane...
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Categories:
grouse, hero, storm,
Form:
Rhyme
The Last Purple PixieOnce upon a time, Prunella
dwelt amid a magic wood
a dainty pixie most rare
whose temperament wasn't good
Last one of her purple line
in that dreary, dreaded glen
where beasts ever feared to tread
and mankind had never been
For purple...
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Categories:
grouse, fairy, fantasy, humor, humorous, magic, nonsense, silly,
Form:
Rhyme
Meandering OdeOld Bald Frog and a toad named Ander
saw Sally wander down by the road.
Said Frog, "Now Sally, me and Ander
been wondering where you do meander?"
Now, Ander was a three-toed toad,
had four before that Sally strode
upon...
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Categories:
grouse, nursery rhyme,
Form:
Ode
Marriage to alarmingly ballooningMarriage to alarmingly ballooning...
dramatically expanding spouse
Eats her weigh out of home and house
unsolicited feedback courtesy
yours truly, she does grouse
quite doubtful, she could pose
for playboy and/or penthouse
returning explicit volley
of trailing appellations lobbed
expletive laced epithets
directed at her...
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Categories:
grouse, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form:
Free verse
Who, What, When, Where, and WhyWho am I? I am not Fred Flintstone, nor am I Billy Goat Gruff,
And I am not Will Shakespeare, nor a Scotsman named MacDuff;
I am not Tom, I am not Dick, and surely am not...
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Categories:
grouse, children, funny,
Form:
Couplet