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Imperial vs metrics

I buy my shoes by the foot,
Tend my front lawn by the yard,
Groom the dog by the furlong,
That’s why metrics are so hard.

Categories: metrics, confusion, humor, science,
Form: Rhyme

Measuring With Metrics

Little is less than a lot
And most is not a few
I need a handle on this
So I know what to do
When measuring more
Into my favorite recipe
For a palmful is okay
Measuring for me …
Then come the metrics
Confusing me more
I cannot read labels
In the grocery store
I know about ounces
Milligrams are strange
And what is a liter
I cannot exchange
Guess

Categories: metrics, change, confusion, me, silly,
Form: Light Verse

Minimalist Essence

I write poetry
   of minimalist essence
   surgical metrics

Categories: metrics, allusion, analogy, metaphor, poetry,
Form: Haiku

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Doing Her Eyes-Oh-Metrics

Doing Her Eyes-Oh-Metrics

Lacy black transparent nightgown
Flowing around her dangerous curves

She crosses arms in front,
Entwining learned fingers.
Gulps air - then palm to palm,
Muscles all drawn tight,

Her ample frontage crowds together 
Billoooohing  up and outward
'Neath the lacy silk

A naughty smile ghosts across her lips, 
As my eyes fall into that deep soft valley,
The soft terrain of

Categories: metrics, lust,
Form: Free verse

Virtual Life Metrics

I spend time with a friend 
well, a pseudo-friend 
an acquaintance of sorts 
no, I guess he'd be a friend, 
****, who knows 
one of those types you never really share your heart 
that authentic trembling you 
I guess 
he's more like a radio station 
on a long lonely road trip in the night 
or

Categories: metrics, friend, world,
Form: Free verse