Long Sly as a fox Poems

Three Pigs
by Melanie D Palmer

There were three pigs.
One was rich and had common sense.
The middle one was poor and dense,
Youngest one was book smart with a bit o scense (common sense & cents).

Smart pig built...

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When I met you at my door,
I was hit in the core...
The way you looked at me,
Made it feel like it was meant to be...

My face turned red,
just like you said...
And even when I called...

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In a world of confusion 
Sitting here musing
Advanced as we are 
Have we gone to far
What ever you need to know 
Your knowledge you wish to grow
Look at your phone it will show
The time of...

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Pondering tulips

She pondered a tulip,
its petals a’ gleam,
on a path through the forest,
alongside a stream

When the trees started smiling,
her heart skipped a beat,
as the ferns whispered softly,
their message discreet,

In echoes of wishes,
her first to her...

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The enemy at close range
Loyalty sold for a piece of meat, a coin or a good dose of gossip


The enemy at close range
A friend with evil intentions
Searching for loopholes


The enemy at close range
Embraces you with...

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When I was a child 
We had little in means
So all my investments
Were in fantasy dreams.

A favorite of mine
Was told by my pap
Of a Sandman who came
Whenever you'd nap.

He came with a bag
And a mission,...

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People often ask me about my favorite poet
Let's see if you can guess
He's nothing like the coventional ones
Or even, any of the rest

Everyone who saw him knew his name
For he said it a million times
I...

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Sly as a fox you might be
Turning and twisting your words around
Toying with your fate and destiny
Till everything pulls you down

Words of prayers you sent above
Hoping no one see beneath the lie
Tricking and fooling the...

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I have a dog sweet and sound 
That goes woof woof all the time 
He jumps ,he bites , he licks ,he barks
But too cute to give him a lecture all the time 
Sweet and...

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How about if time thinks out of the box
  Let it be cunning, as sly as a fox
Instead of forward, shift into reverse
  Life might be better, if you're not risk-averse

Now just think,...

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Just because they shout out
 tell you everything you hear is a lie and doubt
it doesn't make it true.

The Hannity's, Dobbs, Coumos. Lemons of the news,
 sly as a fox, can not repair with staring...

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In order to stay alive,
she had to be as sly as a fox,
as she lived in a cardboard box,
controlled stress,
an old mattress,
dirty old clothes,
a book or two,
as hunger shows,
dirty water for drinking,
while death is floating,...

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