The Pooh and Piglet
...Pak Piglet slowly sidled up to Pooh
To whisper: just I’m making sure of you,
He took his friend’s front paw
In hand with glee and awe--
A selfish friendship Pooh will one day rue.
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Categories:
lucrative, america, friendship, humor,
Form: Limerick
Pen Name
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What’s an appropriate pen-name
for a poet on the climb for fame?
First of all, it should have a ring to it,
a certain literary allure about it.
Make it clever, give it an appeal
even though it...
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Categories:
lucrative, success,
Form: Didactic
THE ARCHITECTS OF LIES
...They sowed chaos to claim their peace.
A few wars to realize their dreams.
They sell chains wrapped in freedom’s guise,
Spitting laws applied only to the weak.
They paint bombs in the colors of...
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Categories:
lucrative, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
He was a Gumptious Enterprising Chap
...He was a gumptious enterprising chap
To his monetary endeavors, I gave a simple clap
He developed a brand-new computer app
It pointed out a lucrative treasure map
Why didn’t he go broke? Asked ...
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Categories:
lucrative, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
A big, come on to the Swiss,
...Ill-logical..? Philosophy.' Devious topoggraphy..Asset flow
Incorperated to bringl a stagnant; septic situation.' In the
1970's a $ 10,000 cash limit was the goal, we were led to
Beleive.' Not th...
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Categories:
lucrative, color, community, courage, education,
Form: Verse
like the father the son
...Like the father, the son
He is a lovable rough, the father of a famous son who keeps us guessing what the hell he is up to next, a father who is a buccaneer, sails the deep sea, and fears not the te...
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Categories:
lucrative, allusion, america, beach,
Form: ABC
1600 Sutton Lane
...1600 Sutton Lane had not seen people for years
expect mice, raccoons, maybe squatters
why do this?
Why? Why? Why?
No one would go with me
Fearful of dying
I laughed
Halloween is a joke for m...
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Categories:
lucrative, halloween,
Form: Free verse
Back Seat Blues
...He bought himself a tandem
In the hope that he would meet
A suitable young lady who’d
Ride on his back seat.
He took it to the Dance Hall
But didn’t stand a chance
Cycling not seeming to fit i...
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Categories:
lucrative, business, humor, romance,
Form: Rhyme
Quantitative process of elimination
...Anecdote:
For a nuptial effort, I was editing a photograph, my former husband, and his two classmates, as we were proposing for one, not all of them!
Posters are problematic these days, with every ...
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Categories:
lucrative, anti bullying, baptism,
Form: Free verse
O, You Impeccable Liar
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Banker was known as a righteous man
First at the bank and last to go home
Many trusted his lucrative plans
Emptied the vault and left to parts unknown
O, you impeccable liar
Null and void of...
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Categories:
lucrative, betrayal, corruption, evil, integrity,
Form: Rhyme
Lady Shutterbug
...Lady Shutterbug had doubt
Spent hours that coulda been ‘bout
an environ pro-activist devout
Spotting celebrities, scoping it out
Not keeping abreast trendy starlets
Kylie, Mavee, Cardi B, o...
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Categories:
lucrative, celebrity, character, humor, rap,
Form: Free verse
SOMEWHERE
...Somewhere in the land of "riches"
Near the birthplace of God
A young girl is in bondage
Mothering at an early age.
Taken from somewhere in Africa
Near the birthplace of despair
Lured by promi...
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Categories:
lucrative, 12th grade, abuse, africa,
Form: Free verse
Valentine
...In the realm where love intertwines with gain,
Bouquets and brands, a capitalist's terrain.
Gucci labels and bags, symbols of might,
Love's currency measured in material delight.
Flowers exchan...
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Categories:
lucrative, age, america, anxiety, butterfly,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Apple and Peach
...I look up at the skies above me
to describe how I was feeling
but there was no color in the sky
And the old man in the clouds
Was no were to be found
He died a century ago
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Categories:
lucrative, abuse, america, change, endurance,
Form: Free verse
Chapter 141-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: Business inventory
...Date: August 2050
10:45 blissful Monday morning
Damian was in his DHRR office
Peering through the panoramic
Window. As he met on Skype
With investors and his brothers in
The office. The H...
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Categories:
lucrative, allusion, business,
Form: Alliteration
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