Long Pail Poems
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Haiku 1The Original Sin: Rhyming Haiku!
Haiku
should never rhyme:
it’s a crime!
-Michael R. Burch
The herons stand,
sentry-like, at attention ...
rigid observers of some unknown command.
-Michael R. Burch
Late
fall;
all
the golden leaves turn black underfoot:
soot
-Michael R. Burch
Dry leaf...
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Categories:
pail, family, heart, love, mother son, nature, seasons,
Form:
Haiku
The BartenderTwenty two years had passed by
She blinked, and a lifetime had passed
She started this job as a lark
She never thought it would last
Two husbands and rehab were part of this bar
The husbands...her clients all...
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Categories:
pail, america, community, family, heart, society, strength, wisdom,
Form:
Rhyme
Veiled"Lizzie Borden took an axe,
gave her mother forty whacks,
when she saw what she had done,
gave her father forty-one,
she washed herself from a watered pail,
she claimed their lies and vicious tales,
she pled not guilty and moaned...
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Categories:
pail, allusion, analogy, evil, father daughter, imagery, murder,
Form:
Narrative
DreamsDreams……
In your Dreams, what is it that you see when you close your eyes at night?
In your Dreams, are you alone? Is there a special feeling of something or someone that you can feel but...
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Categories:
pail, fantasy,
Form:
I do not know?
Ghosts of the Sun Dance-Part 28. Transformation
Yielding to those who have mastered the art
Of grasping one's place in existence's grand scheme
Life’s constant challenges never depart
But humble diligence will grow the dream
In passing from childhood to adulthood
Innocence to responsibility
Firm new role...
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Categories:
pail, spiritual, sports,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
The Tale of the CrossUnique
Hi An Cest Or,
Have you heard of the mediator?
An Cest Or
Of course, unique,
He's the mender of techniques.
Unique
Did you...
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Categories:
pail, christian,
Form:
Verse
One More Rosey TripI'm off on the beaten path
with Little Rosey in my grasp
There's palm fronds like a giant clock,
twenty hands instead of two
And there's the honeysuckle bush
that suddenly broke through
the gap in my neighbor's greenhouse
"Bonnie!" she insists
"Bonnie...
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Categories:
pail, child, childhood, cute love, dedication, family, fun,
Form:
Narrative
Twice Told Toilet Tale a Cheeky Execrable Gross FableTwice told toilet tale – a cheeky execrable gross fable
which poetic product best be affixed
with hashtag STINKY label.
As a young whippersnapper
and one precocious lad to boot,
I discovered common combustible materials
found in the bathroom.
At opportune...
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Categories:
pail, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure, blessing, father,
Form:
Rhyme
When We Were YoungWhen We Were Young
He left for work each morning,
Wearing steel-toed boots and a tin hat.
He took long strides that were three times
The length of mine.
In one hand he carried a lunch pail and...
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Categories:
pail, childhood, family,
Form:
Free verse
HomophonesHOMOPHONES
Climbing To TELL ...
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Categories:
pail, appreciation,
Form:
Footle
Cheers -Please Join In the CollaborationI had an old auntie called Mable
Who could drink men under the table
She’d tell folks of her gout
Sup up six pints of stout -
then stagger to the loo when able!
11~23~16
WRITTEN BY JAN ALLISON
My paternal...
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Categories:
pail, drink, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
BelovedI knew I loved you the very day we met
our God and Father showed me a heart I’ll not forget
it doesn’t...
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Categories:
pail, desire, devotion, introspection, longing, lost love, love,
Form:
Quatrain
My Beautiful RoseMy beautiful rose here all aglow ...
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Categories:
pail, beautiful, cry, day, heart, love, night, rose,
Form:
Verse
Old Myzie OLD MYSIE
“As crazy as Old Mysie” my grandma used to say.
Land company made promises, too good to be true,
To fisherfolk from Isle of Skye, it seemed the thing to do.
Cleared up land and new built...
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Categories:
pail, brother, death, depression, endurance, immigration, loneliness, mental
Form:
Rhyme
Just Checking In Today" Just Checking In Today"
Modified by Franklin Price
from a posting on Facebook
My sincere gratitude to the original author, who is unknown to me
Modified 4/1/2016
A preacher passing through his church, In the middle of the day,
Was...
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Categories:
pail, celebration, inspirational, meaningful, religious, uplifting,
Form:
Couplet
All In the Name of ProgressAll In The Name Of "Progress"
The wrecking ball long since
demolished boyhood house zen
located at 324 Level Road,
a once nonagricultural,
pastoral, rural residence,
which soulful yen
I called home while
veritably sequestered, quarantined, positioned...
sprawled atop spaciously shingled roof
countless years (B)efore...
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Categories:
pail, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence,
Form:
Rhyme
Bring On the Rejection SlipsBring on the rejection slips...
and/or try distilling my spirits
at losing gamble
if curious (by George) proceed
reading reasonable rhyme,
I guarantee the following words ramble.
Though flush with good humor
pun one mock two yields negligible
true cash equivalent value won
dirt...
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Categories:
pail, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence,
Form:
Free verse
Yours Truly Embarks On Wild Goose Chase After Elusive Pot of GoldYours truly embarks on wild goose chase after elusive pot of gold
two alternate titles:
1. Gander seeking goose that laid the golden egg
2. Incorrigible lottery dreamer
linkedin with previous poem I wrote
though modesty deters
crafty, lofty,...
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Categories:
pail, adventure, animal, bird, celebration, confidence, desire, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Who Would Milk the TigressWho would milk the Tigress
wears no armour gasmask
pail within squat thighs
nor bloodless...
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Categories:
pail, freedom, mother daughter, peace, political, soldier, women,
Form:
Free verse
Walking On SunshineCall me little miss Dorothy from the wizard of Oz fame, for today I’m
Clicking my ruby red shoes, on the golden bricks on the sunshine path,
Ain’t no wicked old witch going to slow me down,...
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Categories:
pail, adventure, fantasy, imagery, imagination, inspirational, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
In Search of 50 Names -Edited For JudgeIn Search of 50 Names(couplets alphabetized for ease of footnoting the names)
A) A tom cat sits in heather nearby a willow tree.
Rose and jasmine fill the air. A billy goat I see.
B) 50 words that...
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Categories:
pail, words, , cute,
Form:
Couplet
The Longest Dawn Part 1THE FIRST PART OF A CROWN OF 15 SONNETS BUT IT HAD TO BE SPLIT UP BECAUSE OF CHARACTER SPACE ALLOWANCE WHICH RUINS THE WHOLE THING
Life is hard yet worse to say a goodbye.
We strive,...
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Categories:
pail, life,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
A Cracked Case SolvedA Cracked Case Solved
(A Rocci Raccoon File)
Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall,
But was his fall an accident at all?
It was said in hushed whispers, there was something that stunk,
But that turned out to be Pepe...
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Categories:
pail, children,
Form:
Rhyme
RelishYes falling-down found rustling up-down shuffling-up slipping-down-
down up-down-and-up-and-again. Rolling-up-up-down-bobbling up-all-around-and-
down-again-around yes... again-and-again, yes-time, and-again... ! Skip-slip-slip skip
skip-slipping up-rising-dropping down-slipping-up-drop-bop-bop-bop-again-slipping-up-
down-and again in-between the-cracks in-the-floor (h)and-fed to-the-gully-men slaves
peace-plays ((o))n the-minds-of everyone-as they-row, (((w)))hat-ever rugged cross... .
(G)rief-does...
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Categories:
pail, inspirational
Form:
Prose Poetry
Sandy's WishSandy woke at the break of dawn,
When the rooster crowed his morning song,
Up she jumped and quickly she ran.
"Is today the day ? " her thoughts began.
There was her father, she stood at his feet,
She...
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Categories:
pail, animal, baby, birth, blessing, character, childhood, children,
Form:
Rhyme