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Bunch of limericks and other funny tricks I
"Okay, tell me, who's gonna be next?"
said the writer of the too-long text.
"No, please, not me," said the lean noun.
"Cut that fat verb there, two lines down."
And they all watched with their faces vexed.
The women...
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Categories:
liked, crazy, funny, giggle, howl, humor, silly,
Form:
Limerick
Bunch of limericks and other funny tricks II
I hate it when a girl rolls her eyes,
because that means she's on to my lies.
And then it's harder to get her
to let me under her sweater,
and then on to the ultimate prize.
I never once...
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Categories:
liked, funny, giggle, howl, humor, humorous, writing,
Form:
Limerick
An Uppercut I Remember
Dad hit me only once, an upper cut to the solar plexus. It nearly lifted me off my feet. I was 17 then and already fairly tall, 6’1.” He was 48 and of medium height,...
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Categories:
liked, father son,
Form:
Blank verse
Patsy Foley Was Roly-Poly In 1947
It may have been the devil himself who prompted the kids in my schoolyard back in 1947 to chant "Patsy Foley's roly-poly from eating too much ravioli."
At first, no one could remember who started the...
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Categories:
liked, memory,
Form:
Prose
Yellow Winged Angel
I.
He was patient very-very
with child's tenderness in eyes
yellow winged angel's unwary,
He was living quiet in skies.
Without disputes, without roughness,
without want to weep and moan,
He was dreaming among heartless
building cloud castles alone.
He was waking up...
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liked, abuse, angel, angst, philosophy, solitude, yellow,
Form:
I do not know?
Rum N Raisin 3 - the Cat Who Fell To Earth
Raisin liked to make her bed upon a shelf up high
She said she likes the feeling that she’s almost in the sky
One day she fell and bonked her head and Rum could only stare
And wondered...
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Categories:
liked, cat, fantasy, nursery rhyme,
Form:
Narrative
Juvenilia: Early Poems Vi
Juvenilia: Early Poems VI
An Illusion
by Michael R. Burch
The sky was as hushed as the breath of a bee
and the world was bathed in shades of palest gold
when I awoke.
She came to me with the sound...
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Categories:
liked, poetry, poets, teen, teenage, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
Otomo No Sakanoue No Iratsume Translation
To a Daughter More Precious than Gems
by Otomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Heaven's cold dew has fallen—
and thus another season arrives.
Oh, my child living so far away,
do you pine for me...
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Categories:
liked, child, childhood, children, daughter, girl, mother, mother
Form:
Tanka
Come Down, For Harold Bloom
Come Down
by Michael R. Burch
for Harold Bloom
Come down, O, come down
from your high mountain tower.
How coldly the wind blows,
how late this chill hour ...
and I cannot wait
for a meteor shower
to show you the time
must be...
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Categories:
liked, books, culture, discrimination, education, extended metaphor, literature,
Form:
Sonnet
What Good Are Our Tears
What Good Are Our Tears?
by Michael R. Burch
What good are our tears?
They will not spare the dying their anguish.
What good is our concern
to a child sick of living, waiting to perish?
What good, the warm benevolence...
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Categories:
liked, child, child abuse, children, death, poverty, sick,
Form:
Free verse
Veronica Franco Translations
Veronica Franco translations
Veronica Franco (1546-1591) was a Venetian courtesan who wrote literary-quality poetry and prose.
Capitolo 19: A Courtesan's Love Lyric (I)
by Veronica Franco
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
"I resolved to make a virtue of...
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Categories:
liked, desire, french, joy, love, lust, poetess, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
The Reluctant Serpent - a Fairy Tale
Once Upon a Time Everything was Perfect in Eden, NSW, Australia
This is a story about why snakes are reluctant to leave whenever you see them.
Why they hang about, instead of scurrying off.
A reluctant snake...
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Categories:
liked, fairy,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Story of My Life
I want to tell you the story of my life. I was born in a barn at dawn. There
were eight of us but I was the only one with spots. I was...
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Categories:
liked, cat, life,
Form:
Prose
Wonderland VIII: Conclusion
it feels good to escape
with authors and poets
and dream up new places
with tales that are spun
but sometimes what's real
and sometimes what isn't
encroach on each other
and read just as one
such are the worlds
of rhyme but no...
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Categories:
liked, 10th grade, emotions, literature, world,
Form:
Narrative
Smooth Big Cat
"Smooth Big Cat"
He was one of those guys you just knew would be a dud. "Be nice", she said to herself.
She met him on the upswing from the abyss of a dismally closed final chapter....
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Categories:
liked, adventure, muse, mystery, romance,
Form:
Narrative
Yvonne's Swan Song
Yvonne was very, very, very happy.
She loved her mother.
She loved her brother Phillip.
And she loved swans.
Oh, did she ever love swans!
She loved the way they looked
With their smooth, fluffy feathers,
And colorful beaks of orange, yellow...
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Categories:
liked, anti bullying, bullying, children, courage, mother daughter,
Form:
Narrative
Translation of Eric Mottram's Courbet: Elegy 8 By T Wignesan
Translation of Eric Mottram’s Courbet: Elegy 8 by T. Wignesan
Blanches oeuvres ouvertes
résident dans les jours
la surface du banc de travail est noire
les géraniums-lierres
les fougères et les adragans
accumulent leurs oeuvres et jours:
La toile noire de Courbet
un...
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Categories:
liked, america, art, creation, philosophy, poetry, writing,
Form:
Free verse
A Day On the Farm
"You really wanna know? Cause I'll tell ya if you really wanna know. You'll be thinkin' I'm crazy before I'm done, but I'll tell ya... ifn' you really wanna know."
The day started like any other,...
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Categories:
liked, farm, myth,
Form:
Prose
Of Winks and Wings - Part 2
"Oh, indeed she was, young man ... I mean Greg. It IS Greg, if I recall correctly?"
"Yes. Or you can call me True Friend if you like." I turned to...
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Categories:
liked, autumn, life, lost love, nature, soulmate,
Form:
Free verse
Essay: a Better Kind of Poetry Contest On Poemhunter
CHALLENGE TITLE POETRY CONTEST FOR AUGUST ON POEMHUNTER.COM!
'WHY DO TURTLES CROSS THE ROAD? '
OK FOLKS! Please choose your favorite poem from those entered here and remember too to give your reasons for your choice....
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Categories:
liked, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
The Girl With No Last Name
She was always so insecure, as far back as I can remember she never realized her true worth, she let people use her, and never cared about getting hurt
If everyone else was happy and smiling,...
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Categories:
liked, feelings, girl, heartbroken, introspection, loneliness, poetry, sad,
Form:
Rhyme
Of Winks and Wings - Part 1
I have a little story to tell you ... it's absolutely true, of course, at least as far as I'm concerned, but you can take it as you wish - as a tale, a fact,...
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Categories:
liked, autumn, life, lost love, nature, soulmate,
Form:
Free verse
Once Upon A Time In Milton Creek
The sun was rising high in the east over the town of Milton creek
It was the eighteenth day of December, the start of Christmas week
All the store fronts were decorated; it was a colourful sight...
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Categories:
liked, america, anniversary, christmas, remember,
Form:
Narrative
My dog's as smart as a geek and other doggy poems
My dog's as smart as a geek.
He can bark in English, Arabic, and Greek.
He’s expert in canine mathematics,
can discuss dog-fight aerodynamics,
and is fluent in bow-wow doublespeak.
And yours?
Would it be okay if later today
I brought Bixby...
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Categories:
liked, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, dog,
Form:
Light Verse
Translation of Eric Mottram's 28th Legal: Letter Jan 2, 1966 By T Wignesan
Eric Mottram on the American literary and cultural scene during 1965-66 while he was the recipient of the American Learned Societies’ award for a year. (begun in the last post and to be continued)
January 2,...
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Categories:
liked, america, art, creation, culture, music, poetry, writing,
Form:
Free verse