tall Tales
...The Meat Locker
The largest ice freezer of free-range Texan
long-horns where mice wore fur to survive
broke down, the carcasses began rotting
thrown into the bay.
The day after, sharks came ...
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Categories:
marlins, anger, august, blessing,
Form: Free verse
The Loveliness Of Lynn's Garden
...No prettier flowers match the ones
Lynn nurtures with immense care;
all her fantasies seem to adhere...
as if they were evocative lyrics!
Crape myrtle trees are blooming early,
they beautify t...
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Categories:
marlins, appreciation, beauty, emotions, flower,
Form: Rhyme
Abyss - Alliteration Abecedarian
...Astounding, amazing abyss
Beneath both beautiful and bountiful
Clear, cleansing caverns
Diving dangerously for discoveries
Enchrusting Echnoderms
Fo...
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Categories:
marlins, appreciation,
Form: Abecedarian
2021 First Saturday In May
...Derek
Will you be able to bear it?
First weekend in May
And who the Yankees will play,
Bringing slugging Louisville woods
Tigers score if they could.
In the Bronx
Bo...
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Categories:
marlins, america, celebrity, horse, race,
Form: Rhyme
The Sunless and Dim Morning
...I worry about the long silence,
why life does not reawaken
and instill in us the awaited hope?
Can distraught hearts beat again...
forgetting all the pain for an hour?
The sunless and dim morn...
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Categories:
marlins, bird, dream, inspirational, november,
Form: Free verse
Southern Sunshine Hospitality
...There was a panther roar
On an icy Canadian floor
Off in the distance
Images filled with persistence
Somewhere south marlins swim and dolphins dance
Aquarium stage is where they get the cha...
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Categories:
marlins, america, holiday, sun, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Frankly My Dear, We Have a Lot To Fear
...Northerners are heading south
Blue and Orange in an east coast bout
Right now individuals who are sweet and peach
Relaxing sunning on a Tampa Bay beach
Not showing power
To those folks on a...
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Categories:
marlins, america, baseball, community, peace,
Form: Rhyme
Enter Neolina
...ENTER NEOLINA
What a fabulous fish
What an awesome dish,
Neolina is her name,
And Flirting is her game.
She dives, shimmers,
Swims and flows,
She always smiles,
Shines and glows,
And then...
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Categories:
marlins, fantasy, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
God As a Parent
...God as parent
God is worried about his son Jesus
Since he was crucified he is not his jolly self
There were no Psychiatrists back then
The profession was not yet invented now New York is full of...
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Categories:
marlins, absence, age, analogy, anniversary,
Form: Blank verse
Beneath the Surface
...Have you swam the forests under the seas
glided it's waters wandered it's keys
watched the gray giants and albino squid
attached to kelp leaves sharks eggs...
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Categories:
marlins, boat, creation, earth, fish,
Form: Verse
Kayak Fishing Surprise
...Ole Les set out by kayak from the shore
Big blue marlin rose from the ocean floor
Nipped his bait, gave Les a tow
Water-logged craft sank below
Friends shook their heads and said, "No...
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Categories:
marlins, funny, sea
Form: Limerick
Roy Halladay
...He is a pitcher any Phillies fan would know.
He is Roy Halladay, who came in a trade with Toronto.
Yes he started his baseball career as a Blue Jay.
Why did the Toronto front office trade him away...
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Categories:
marlins, sports
Form: Rhyme