Long Sniff Poems
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More Pickles Than OneFor ten months now I’ve brooded over coming second place
in the pickle section deeming, it no less than a disgrace.
It was written plain and simple, so there can be no excuse,
that the pickles in this...
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Categories:
sniff, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
LimericksLimericks
by Michael R. Burch
Clyde Lied!
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a mockingbird, Clyde,
who bragged of his prowess, but lied.
To his new wife he sighed,
"When again, gentle bride?"
"Nevermore!" bright-eyed Raven replied.
The Platypus
by Michael R. Burch
The platypus,...
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Categories:
sniff, giggle, light, nonsense, parody, silly, smile, word
Form:
Limerick
After School Jam SessionHow was school today?
Fine.
Did you learn anything important?
Maybe. I'm not sure yet.
Really? What are you considering?
We talked about Howard Odum's natural trinity
of altruism.
Maybe I skipped that day
way back in premillennial times
before Permaculture Design had taken...
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Categories:
sniff, culture, earth, education, environment, health, humor, science,
Form:
Political Verse
The Story of My LifeI 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:
sniff, cat, life,
Form:
Prose
Apocalyptic Poems IThese are prophetic poems and apocalyptic poems ...
The Vision of the Overseer’s Right Hand
by Michael R. Burch
“Dust to dust ...”
I stumbled, aghast,
into a valley of dust and bone
where all men become,
at last, the same color...
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Categories:
sniff, earth, earth day, environment, future, humanity, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Snapshots From a Child's West LondonI remember my cherished Wolf Cub pack,
How I loved those Wednesday evenings,
The games, the pomp and seriousness of the camps,
The different coloured scarves, sweaters and hair
During the mass meetings,
The solemnity...
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Categories:
sniff, child, childhood, children, england, friendship, london, memory,
Form:
Free verse
Halloween Poems IiiNo One
by Michael R. Burch
No One hears the bells tonight;
they tell him something isn’t right.
But No One is not one to rush;
he lies in grasses greenly lush
as far away a startled thrush
flees from horned owls...
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Categories:
sniff, angel, dark, eve, evil, fear, gothic, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
The Cold DoorknobsThe Cold Doorknobs
I.
I am sure there will be that profound moment in time
when the dog out back will stop its incessant yapping,
Its unrelenting impulse to belch out its interminable wails,
alas, to inform its...
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Categories:
sniff, death,
Form:
Free verse
Canzone Poem Form ExamplePoets Collective multi-site network
Canzone
The canzone is an Italian form with strong similarities to the sestina. There are no rhymes; instead there are five keywords that determine the structure of the poem. Every line of...
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Categories:
sniff, poetry,
Form:
Canzone
My Heart Will Go On - POTDPOTD 30th August 2018
The gently swaying branches of the old oak should elicit calmness
And yet a sense of foreboding permeates the midnight air
Wild imaginings? Or did shadows flit across the leaf strewn path?
No...
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Categories:
sniff, grief, heartbreak, lost, romance,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
KitKit
Before I opened the carton,
I’d chose the name Kit,
Thinking of strong Wild West women.
Our little girl, Gigi, ran to my bedside, barking
Excitedly, “A...
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Categories:
sniff, animal, fun, imagery, pets,
Form:
Personification
Out In That SkyOut in that sky, no one sleeps, not even the stars.
We are at the 24-hour late-nite diner
and they’re serving up fruit
from the plants growing out of the floor.
We watch bodies fall to the ground outside
like...
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Categories:
sniff, hope, magic, psychological, stars, symbolism,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
To a Dead Mouse
I
Friend, whatever brought your life to end
had no appetite for mouse flesh, nudged your
small gray body on its side with a thorough sniff
and left your corpse exposed on the asphalt path,
then, for reasons of its...
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Categories:
sniff, in memoriam,
Form:
Free verse
3Waiting waitng......
For the all-mighty godot
godot godot.....I ask myself
Where are you?
I have searched the
tempestuous seas
I have toiled the arid desert
All to no avail
I have defiled timidity into the...
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Categories:
sniff, anger
Form:
Didactic
Resilient Peak ExperiencesGayla Speak Experiences
promote healing events
not intended to contribute to trauma
drama narratives.
Stories we tell
and trust
and thrust
and softly smile about
when we dare to leave
our stiff
stiffling closets.
RedYang
universal dominants
friendly feasting
with BlueYintegral
unitarian intent
Together praising massively thick
and deeply embedded...
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Categories:
sniff, culture, health, integrity, political, power, senses, sensual,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
Scent of a Woman, Scent of a Man, Bawdy and Poop Warning - Now a CollaborationFolk purchase this celeb’s new candle
It’s something my brain cannot handle
‘Smells like my v’gina’
Could give folk angina
This fragrance has caused quite a scandal
Inspired by a comment from a fancy friend...
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Categories:
sniff, humorous, senses, wind,
Form:
Limerick
Max the Wonder Dog
An Introduction to Max
Hi, I am a Mastiff cross and my name is Magical Max. To be precise it’s actually Magical Maxi the Wonder Dog but you can call me Max. That’s not to...
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Categories:
sniff, dog, friendship love, magic,
Form:
Prose
I Bear-Ly SurvivedThe beauteous days of summer were here at last,
And the primetime of nature was coming so fast!
We sat on the porch, watching a lazy day go by,
With no interesting views, to gladden our eyes.
Then one...
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Categories:
sniff, adventure, animal, fantasy, flower, imagery, nature, tree,
Form:
Couplet
Rum N Raisin 6 - Dances With WaspsThose kittens bounded through the flap and started to play
Raisin said the flowers look so pretty today
She went to sniff a daisy but an insect flew out
And so she hollered, “Watch out, Rum, there’s waspies...
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Categories:
sniff, cat,
Form:
Narrative
Black CloudThe same black cloud that rested over the field the morning after the mower put out the haystack floated over the tops of the silver-trees on the edges of the rose-garden. Through the silver-trees it...
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Categories:
sniff, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Damn Bad Reputation Counts 500 Plus Paw Whet Tick StintsDamn bad reputation counts 500 plus paw whet tick stints
The following fictitious poetic vignette attempts a feeble tale of one ordinary day in life of anonymous miscreant.
"I don't give a damn
about my bad reputation."
I...
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Categories:
sniff, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, abuse,
Form:
Free verse
I Wonder Far But Wander Near- a Rant'N'RhymeI wonder far but wander near and wish to know if there is treasure here. Would it be buried underneath the sand or way off in a different land? Perhaps it is simply already in...
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Categories:
sniff, dog, dream, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Star Wars Part 2She pressed a button on the console, the Mighty engines roared, the computer monsters flickered
as Moonblaster 5 space soared
She said, Cat Squad Eleven of Moonblaster 5 , its "All Systems Go"...
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Categories:
sniff, adventure, planet,
Form:
Ballad
Marinated Rabbit StewI went fishing with my brother Ron, and a bloke named Tommy Grace.
We had camped along the Tarago where we could fish on Harvey's place.
Ron brought along his rabbit traps; he don't like fishing much...
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Categories:
sniff, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
The Fallen PrinceI saw a fair young maiden, abandoned in her bed,
Tearful for the one she loved ,the one she chose to wed.
Who in a weakened moment tread, out to the mountain ledge,
Enticed by the knight in...
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Categories:
sniff, adventure, imagination, love, sad, uplifting, magic, me,
Form:
Epic