Starfish
...
Is it possible for something without a Mind and Eyes
to be so aware that it's Alive? It Boggles the mind
Alert and Ready the Starfish operates off Intuition and Instincts
Always Calm and St...
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Categories:
maris, fish,
Form: Rhyme
Mr Potato
...There was a new potato that had just been harvest born
On opening his eyes a rooster crowed its horn.
He had grown rather quickly and grown rather strong
But that's when his feelings started to fe...
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Categories:
maris, feelings, food,
Form: Rhyme
Time To Judge
...When a record might be broken,
All the fans are on their toes.
Will it happen now or later?
Well, nobody really knows.
So the Yankees are expecting
Aaron Judge to do to the deed
If he hits ju...
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Categories:
maris, baseball,
Form: Rhyme
Tarnished Heros
...That bright young President shot down in Dallas
who turned out to be an addict and philanderer.
And don’t get me started on our most
recent former President and his insurrection.
That hundred...
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Categories:
maris, hero,
Form: Free verse
Farmer Fred Talks Baseball
...One afternoon as I walked by,
Saw Fred staring at the sky.
I stopped and shouted out a “Hi!”
Fred gave me a wave and beckoned me nigh.
I had no place I had to be.
So, I wondered over for to se...
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Categories:
maris, baseball, political,
Form: Narrative
Baseball By the Numbers
...Some numbers tumble down the hallowed halls of baseball’s past -
a sport of numbers after all, these memories hold fast.
Stan Musial wore #6, Lou Gehrig, #4;
the “luckiest man in all the earth”, g...
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Categories:
maris, baseball,
Form: Rhyme
Regards In Sweetness
...M-y
A-crostic
R-egards
I-n
S-weetness
A-pply
N-ame
U-sing
L-ines
A-bout
O-ccasion
Topic: Birthday of Maris E. Anulao (March 11)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...
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Categories:
maris, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Splendor of the Sun
...M-ist and fog are gone,
E-vading the beacon's rays,
A-s the warm light shines.
Topic: Birthday of Maris E. Anulao (March 11)
Form: Haikustic...
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Categories:
maris, birthday,
Form: Haiku
Regards In Sweet Theme
...S-imple
C-omposer
H-appily
I-mplements
N-atal
E-xpression
L-etting
L-ines
E-mploy
M-essage
A-s
R-egards
I-n
S-weet
T-heme
O-ffer
R-emarkable
R-apture
E-ndorsing
R-eader's
O-cc...
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Categories:
maris, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Shining New Day
...M-orn
A-lters
R-ain
I-nto
S-unshine
A-s
N-ewness
T-ransforms
O-ld
N-ight
I-nto
O-penness
Topic: Birthday of Maris Antonio (May 13)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...
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Categories:
maris, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Noble Truth
...M-essage
A-bout
R-ighteousness
I-s
S-imply
A-dvancing
N-oble
T-ruth
O-f
N-otable
I-nstruction
O-nline
Topic: Birthday of Maris Antonio (May 13)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...
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Categories:
maris, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Most Amazing Remark
...M-ost
A-mazing
R-emark
I-s
S-aid
A-s
N-ote
U-ses
L-esson
A-bout
O-bedience
Topic: Birthday of Maris E. Anulao (March 11)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...
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Categories:
maris, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Life Support
...The church has given up on me.
Giants of bureaucrats sit on their thrones
Referred to as justice
They have their agendas
Call it by any other name
I call it prejudice.
No family to call my own
...
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Categories:
maris, analogy, conflict, death, feelings,
Form: Ballade
Catholic School
...I was taught to run,
to shun, avoid.
My falling down, my scrapped knee was the punishment of my betrayal.
I suffered guilt for having too much,
shame for too little.
Love was earned through pen...
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Categories:
maris, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Ballad
Man of Character
...Ozzie Smith, Yazstremski,
Dave Stieb and Robin Yount
these men were of a special group
It's one I'm proud to count
There's players who achieve a goal
While others just achieve
They ...
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Categories:
maris, america,
Form: Rhyme
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