Riddles on Brambled Path
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Written: January 24, 2025 For contest Sponsored by: Brian Strand
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In the galumph of morning breath
a chandelier of dew,
Barely i...
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Categories:
lummox, analogy, cute love, nature,
Form: Free verse
The Chinese Horoscope, Preserved
...“Dragons don’t live up to the talk.
I’ll find a way to fix the wagon”,
Opined the jealous Jabberwock,
“Of the scaly, lummox dragon.”
This foul fiend then, most inhumanely,
Pausing to munch ...
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Categories:
lummox, allegory, animal, humor,
Form: Rhyme
That Sable Rune
...Repugnant Pugilist,
A Lummox dim with a rubble fist.
Rock to Roc’s Feather.
A Stalwart Rook to blotted weather.
An over armored Savant slain by adhoc ether.
Hands empty without effo...
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Categories:
lummox, dark, death, fate, loss,
Form: Free verse
Fantastic Words
...A closer look at a fantastic word
And no, I’m not talking in bafflegab
To not repeat this speak is just absurd
To absquatulate like a fracas herd
Throw a foofaraw over a little jab
A closer lo...
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Categories:
lummox, fun, words,
Form: Villanelle
Crayons Revisited
...We've been thinking how Crayolas come in a box
Because we hear they've been compared to a lummox
That's a funny thought, a mystery, and a flummox,
But we know red is the most used because ...
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Categories:
lummox, fun, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Crayons Revisited
...We've been thinking how Crayolas come in a box
Because we hear they've been compared to a lummox
That's a funny thought, a mystery, and a flummox,
But we know red is the most used beca...
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Categories:
lummox, color, fun,
Form: Quatrain
A Spoof About the Ammo Box
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A Spoof
About The Ammo Box
By: Miracle Man
1/6/2021
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I’ve an ammo box that we’ve given away,
*to Daisy & Cash, it’s contents we convey.
I’ve looked at this Ammo box for years,
now,...
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Categories:
lummox, age, giving, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Word Squirrel
...Rodents can be loquacious
That includes your average gerbil
They love to prattle, chat and blather
They really are quite verbal
Hamsters are talkative too
Just as garrulous as can be
With run...
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Categories:
lummox, animal, children, education, kid,
Form: Rhyme
A Way
...You say that they say that the way
To men's hearts is through their stomachs?
Well, that may be -- if the man is a lummox!
But I know a way that's a much better way -
Just give him your heart...a...
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Categories:
lummox, love,
Form: Light Verse
Don'T Loot My Store
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How the police acted was a terrible thing
to that unsuspecting citizen named Rodney King.
What they did on that video was definitely not right.
I don’t blame you for getting up to fight.
Th...
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Categories:
lummox, history,
Form: Rhyme
Twilight of the Cucaracha
...In my spotless kitchen when I turned
on the light, there's this ambulatory inkspot
scuttling from sight. Dare I name it?
even the name is ugly. Roach, penultimate
horror, black and bug-ly. I'm a s...
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Categories:
lummox, funny,
Form: Rhyme
The Mirror
...What did my eerily observant mirror so boldly reveal
to me this morning as I so cautiously gazed into its soul?
It quipped "Hey lummox,might as well limp back to bed,
the eyes of the world wil...
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Categories:
lummox, funny, inspirational, introspection, life,
Form: Quatrain