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Ashen faced Prometheus aghast at inferno gone awry
Ashen faced Prometheus aghast at inferno gone awry

Whether arsonist at fault
or confluence of ripe conditions
triggering perfect firestorm,
the titan of fire beside himself with misery,
though no fault of his own
the raging bullish conflagration
a taste of inescapable...

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Categories: life of riley, cry, environment, fire, humorous, inspiration, lost, winter,
Form: Free verse



Every January first of the new year
Every January first of the new year...

finds me (a doggone muttering Homo sapien)
to give pause for reminiscences
and to take stock (sh lock and barrel)
about mein kampf in general
and previous three hundred
and sixty five days in...

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Categories: life of riley, adventure, age, america, angel, anniversary, celebration, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Ah the glory of a restful sleep
Ah... the glory of a restful sleep

Nothing beats the refreshing
blissful peaceful easy feeling
resulting from shut-eye after
feeling zonked out staying up
late after a hard day's night
binge reading or slaving o'er
crafting an umpteenth brilliant
masterpiece a comment from
modest...

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Categories: life of riley, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, america,
Form: Free verse
The Missus Unflagging Crocheting Efforts As Betsy Ross Incarnate
The missus unflagging crocheting efforts as Betsy Ross incarnate

With needle in hand incorporating love
in every single crochet stitch
that's my wife
tad more'n a quarter century ago
then newlywed to yours truly
slowly, magically but inexorably
transforming skein of yarn
into...

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Categories: life of riley, adventure, age, america, appreciation, celebrity, character, history,
Form: Free verse
Our Long Time Catered Chef
Our long time catered chef...
prepared a meal fit for (psst... me) a king

Actually professional cook
(trained since infancy)
long a staple of our family
since... oh way before
my bubba's zayda's time
naturally became (according
to rules of primogeniture)

the feudal rule...

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Categories: life of riley, adventure, celebration, father, food, joy, nursery rhyme,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Spud's New Car
Spud's New Car, a tribute to my ever so lovely hamster Spud  . . . 

SPUD’S NEW CAR

My hammy has hit the wheel, but; doesn't seem to be getting very far 
So I thought...

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Categories: life of riley, adventure, car, christmas, funny, meaningful, mother, mother
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Everything and Nothing
Everything and Nothing
A life of riley one would say. I bet you have everything and nothing to want. You have it made, you’re so lucky, no worries or cares, your bills all paid. You don’t...

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Categories: life of riley, life, people, life, house, work, nice, house,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Punxsutawney Phil Speaks
Punxsutawney Phil Speaks

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: life of riley, celebration, weather,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member That's Life
Author's note: After recently reading Elizabeth McCann's piece "Life and Everything", I was reminded of this piece that I put together some years ago. These are some "catchphrases" that I have encountered on my journey...

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Categories: life of riley, life,
Form: List
Premium Member Radio Days
I reckon I'm revealing my age when about radio days I pen,
But I fondly recall listening to our Philco radio 'way back then.
What wondrous tales, mysteries and pure comedy from it flowed,
By simply tweaking the...

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Categories: life of riley, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
The Life of Riley
'He was a funny old bugger', they all agreed as Riley was laid in his grave,
'I believe he had a wife somewhere', said someone else in the nave.
'Two sons and a daughter', another said, 'I...

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© John Jones  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: life of riley, eulogy, fantasy, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My Old Black and White
What I’d give to wake in the morning and hear those church bells ring
To turn on my old black and white and hear Gene Autry sing
Turn back the time to simpler days with Roy and...

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Categories: life of riley, nostalgiaold, friend, old,
Form: Rhyme
Through a Cats Eyes
I live the “life of Riley” can’t you see
I’m crafty and cunning and independently free
I warm my owner up with a rub and a purr
A warm cozy blanket is what I prefer
When I choose to...

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Categories: life of riley, animals, funnyhouse, house, may,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Growing Young
Another year older
Yet I feel just the same
Except my hair's turned greyer
and my knees are getting lame

I once had buns of steel
My mind was like a trap
But now that I am older
I don't put up...

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Categories: life of riley, allusion, child, growing up, happiness,
Form: Quatrain
The Life of Why-Me
They tell me I’m living the life of Riley 
a float flowing freely with the tide and breeze
They envy my empty whilst I think why me
I’d advise not to buy if this life were free...

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© Nick Trim  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: life of riley, anger, angst, anxiety, depression, emotions, endurance, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dreams
Such powerful images fill our dreams
weird fantastical events take place
rarely do you lose when you dream
things seem to take on life of their own

One time you will be the hero of battles
greeted as a conquer...

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Categories: life of riley, dream, fantasy, imagination,
Form: Free verse
No Mickey Taking
I promise not to take the Mickey as far as I know
After all you maybe a John or Jane Doe
Of course you could be Uncle Sam in the USA 
Possibly John Bull living here in...

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Categories: life of riley, humor,
Form: Rhyme
In Another Life
I’d be a cat, born to a mother already a spoiled house cat.
I would also be the one orange one in the litter,
the one everyone falls in love with.

I’d be blessed with the largest head...

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© Mike Lef  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: life of riley, cat,
Form: Free verse

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