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Monkeyshines Poems - Poems about Monkeyshines


Premium Member O, Speak, Yonder Owl
... O, speak yonder owl, filled with wisdom as you are Tell me how I can swing from a star Well, little chimpanzee, I’ve some advice for you Keep the door to monkey......

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Categories: monkeyshines, animal, bird, imagination, star,
Form: Rubai
Premium Member The Human Race
...Mr. Macacque, why the long face? The human race is in a very tight place ~ Monkeyshines our Saving Grace......

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Categories: monkeyshines, animal, humanity,
Form: Light Verse



Much Ado About Nothing
... Typical chest-beating testosterone Braggadocios tales of digital conquest Wannabe pick-up artist paint the Don Juan canvas con lip sly palate best Locker room omission of depleted e......

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Categories: monkeyshines, allusion, culture, metaphor, truth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The 1960's Were Pretty Freaky
...The 1960's were pretty freaky The British invasion pretty sneaky Old Guard politics pretty creaky (America's favorite dessert a Twinkie) Folk singers and protest songs pretty cheeky ~ Bob Dyla......

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Categories: monkeyshines, cool, crazy, culture, history,
Form: Monorhyme
A Panegyric Tale of Love
...Neath shimmered strings of starlight’s breeze, crepuscular in night on trodden soil he lay with slumbered eyes. Lashed to oak, his chestnut mare in dream just out of sight snaps free as lightning fla......

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Categories: monkeyshines,
Form: Light Verse




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