The Moose Family, Marvin and Matilda
The Moose Family
(Marvin & Matilda}
Marvin was trotting along in the deep of the woods
Alone so he could hunt for food for wife and son as he stood
Reaching his destination he waited for his mate Matilda
Veracious he was in evading the many hunters like fella
Instantly he caught sight of his loving wife Matilda
Now his eyes are
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Categories:
matilda, fun, humor,
Form: Acrostic
Matilda Vampire
Good Evening Matilda
We meet under Silver Moonlight
Show me your neck Vampires
Or are you rather a Cider soaked skeleton
Walking dead white ghost
On the road to the shops
To injest more wrinkles
Into oblivion
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Categories:
matilda, abuse,
Form: Free verse
Matilda Our Cat
Have many opinions about this and that
Sometimes I share them with Matilda our cat
She tells me which path
To take when I ask
“No climbing trees though, you might break your back”
© Jack Ellison 2015
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Categories:
matilda, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Matilda
the town awakes to someone yelling, "save yourselves you fools",
with sleepy eyes I wake to see, some wild stampeding mules.
the cowboys with their lassos, face a growing windy gust,
appear as riding puppets, caught inside a maze of dust.
soon the town recovers, as the carnival arrives,
people seem amazed, to see the expert throw his knives.
caught inside
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Categories:
matilda, romance,
Form: Verse
Matilda
Matilda
As I gaze into olive eyes,
what beauty I see,
amorous in view,
habitat disappearing, no trees.
Matilda,
Your stare is mesmerizing,
venom from the pit,
colors of black n' yellow hues,
where the fangs are split.
Matilda,
Mighty black horns you display,
zigzag markings shown through,
enslaved by merchantry, can't stray,
moving silently, even without a coo.
Matilda,
Where are you at?
why are you hidden from thee?
vanished in the
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Categories:
matilda, nature, beauty, beauty,
Form: Free verse