The Mouse with the Hat
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Montague mouse wants to purchase a hat
“Why do you need that,” asked milliner cat
Montague replied, “It’s so that I can marry”
I must wear a nice hat for when I wed Barry”
“Ba...
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Categories:
milliner, funny love, silly, wedding,
Form: Couplet
Alcohol Society and Our Youth
...Alcohol, Society and Our Youth!
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Alcohol, Society and Our Youth,
Shaded visions of segmented truths,
Complicated by words, that often confuse,
Those who hide behind any excuse!
Excuse, that fa...
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Categories:
milliner, addiction, adventure, analogy, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Necessity -- Mother of Invention
...Let's go to the apothecary shop
-- Ah, it's closed over the noon hour
We'll stop by the milliner then
-- I see. It's closed then too...
I guess we'll just be forced to play
'Peek-a-Boo' a...
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Categories:
milliner, games, places, satire,
Form: Rhyme
Precious Memories
...In Memory of My Cousin “Harold Andrew Warfield Jr.”
Precious Memories
I got some disturbing news, just the other day,
A calm voice whispered, “Little Harold has passed away.”
I blurted out the ...
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Categories:
milliner, angel, appreciation, bereavement, cousin,
Form: Rhyme
The Effects of the 2019 Pandemic
...The Effects of the 2019 Pandemic
According to reports from the CDC,
A mysterious virus has invaded our country.
COVID –19 is the name it’s been given,
Derived from its source, and the year of i...
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Categories:
milliner, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Thomas Chatterton Translation: Excellent Ballad of Charity
...An Excelente Balade of Charitie (“An Excellent Ballad of Charity”)
by Thomas Chatterton, age 17
modernization/translation by Michael R. Burch
As wroten bie the goode Prieste
Thomas Rowley 1464
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Categories:
milliner, allegory, christian, england, faith,
Form: Ballad
Wonderland II: The Hatter's Tale
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Morning At Work
Impaired by his tremors
And a troublesome cough,
He turned fur into felt
Before cooling things off.
He drooled once or twice
And grew cold in his bones,
But he sha...
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Categories:
milliner, drink, fantasy, imagery, literature,
Form: Narrative
Mountains High Valley Low
...Mountains High Valley Low
I see tall cliff mountains, stone faces in clear view,
Being kissed by the sun, through the morning dew,
Green moss nestled, comfortably along the sides,
Blades of Buf...
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Categories:
milliner, appreciation, beauty, character, creation,
Form: Rhyme
We Are All Somebody's Child
...We Are All Somebody’s Child
There’s no difference between you and me,
Accept the color of our skin, or origin of birth.
Our lives conceived, through passion and procreation,
Veins full of blo...
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Categories:
milliner, appreciation, care, encouraging, feelings,
Form: Free verse
New Year's Resolution 2018
...New Years’ Resolution 2018
As we bid goodbye to “17” and embark on adventures anew,
Let’s not repeat the yesterdays, just embrace “18’s” fresh brew.
Let us enter into this New Year, leaving a...
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Categories:
milliner, appreciation, change, encouraging, goodbye,
Form: Rhyme
I'M Just a Vessel
...I’m Just a Vessel
Here rest I, in the calm of the starlit sky,
Paying homage to the Creator, of days gone by.
Thought waves lightly quivering, to and fro,
Like the ripple effect, of a stones so...
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Categories:
milliner, appreciation, blessing, creation, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
My Uncle - My Best Friend
...My Uncle - My Best Friend
Memories of a Man to whom I could confide,
You were always there to listen, never pushing me aside,
Understanding and kind, always a smile on your face,
Never a cross ...
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Categories:
milliner, appreciation, best friend, death
Form: Acrostic
So Far This Year
...So Far This Year
So far this year,
My sunny days’ have been gloriously bright,
Even those downtrodden days,
Were eased without a fight!
So far this year,
I’ve had little stress, no room fo...
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Categories:
milliner, appreciation, encouraging, feelings, peace,
Form: Light Verse
Message For the Masses
...Message for the Masses
We are more alike than different
Our aspirations, believe it or not, divine;
Created through love and fantasies,
Separated, by the confines of our minds!
Minds that h...
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Categories:
milliner, encouraging, feelings, future, growth,
Form: Light Verse
Keepsakes From Mom
...Keepsakes From Mom
You left me your Butterfly pins, your coin collection too,
Albums’ full of photographs, and several pairs of shoes,
Grandma’s Bible and Opera Glasses, also still have a place,...
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Categories:
milliner, appreciation, feelings, memory, mom,
Form: Rhyme
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