The Guard
...The guards
They are coming, who are coming
I feel the dust, a dry power from the dry land far, and hear they must have marched long
Are they churning the land with restless feet
I don't know, I...
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Categories:
mufflers, anger, anti bullying, blessing,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Spring That Lost Innocence
...Quilts and woollies of winter all folded,
From February’s fold chill when escaped,
In March, when all ready to welcome spring,
Sun seems in hurry to wear red turban,
Few morning walkers wear woo...
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Categories:
mufflers, seasons, spring, summer, winter,
Form: Blank verse
Swallowed Sounds
...bitter cold voices
lost behind woolen mufflers
definition blurred
written December 7, 2021...
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Categories:
mufflers, sound, spoken word,
Form: Senryu
Anything For a Laugh
...I’ve always been a prankster and a lover of a joke.
I love to see the puzzled look on an unsuspecting bloke,
when he looks around and lifts his hat - totally confused.
Some take a joke for what it...
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Categories:
mufflers, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Winter
...winter
coming too soon
snow, ice, and blizzard winds
time for heavy coats and mufflers
cocoa
written September 30, 2021...
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Categories:
mufflers, seasons, snow, winter,
Form: Cinquain
Bar Scene
...After nightfall I hear the loud rumbling mufflers of youth
On their way to the hottest popular downtown nightclubs
Where they imbibe too much, dancing, cruising the night away
After midnight, the ...
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Categories:
mufflers, dance, drink, night, youth,
Form: Rhyme
Cool Cars
...In my burb, cool cars are superstars,
They never seem to travel far,
They drive off to the bottle shop,
Head off home, dodging the cops,
Maybe they seek lively young babes,
I think the ho's are ...
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Categories:
mufflers, car, drink, stars,
Form: Free verse
Autumnal
...S lowly, imperceptibly, long summer days start to die,
E vening comes down, like a smile to a frown, softly as a sigh.
P atination turns to grey, suffused with rustic hue,
T ides turn and skies bu...
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Categories:
mufflers, autumn, seasons,
Form: Acrostic
A Blustery Autumn Day
...A Blustery Autumn Day
Mischievous bursts of autumn’s laughter
Pulls down the last of the season’s bright artistry
Carried away on blustery gusts,
Weaving a tapestry of autumn’s magic
In...
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Categories:
mufflers, autumn, seasons, wind,
Form: Free verse
The Wind of October
...The Wind of October
A whisper of frost on the breath of bright autumn
On wings October flies in a whirlwind of sighs.
The wind shivers with cold - time’s messenger bold;
Waking up from their ...
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Categories:
mufflers, autumn, october, wind,
Form: Pantoum
Town Children
...TOWN CHILDREN
Deep in the midst of dawning view
Children awaken to a fresh morning dew
Eyes heavy with sleeping
Still in their beds
While the chattering of neighbors
Irritate their heads
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Categories:
mufflers, children, day, life,
Form: Free verse
Intriguing Odour
...Me cars down at the doctors ‘cause there’s trouble with the coil,
and somewhere I’m losing water so once or twice I’ve had it boil.
It needs another set of spark plugs and me mufflers had the pip,
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Categories:
mufflers, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Freudiana
...Freudiana
Famous poet Barclay Cruse
curent toast of New York salons
wears tinted glasses and Italian shoes
and composes doggerel for subway johns.
Acclaimed a purist by his colleagues
hard-...
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Categories:
mufflers, art, celebrity, character, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Winter's Breath
...Winter sticks its icy nose onto the window glass
causing dust motes to rise and fly as they pass
You can almost see them shiver as they shy away,
not wanting to go outside into the frigid air to ...
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Categories:
mufflers, winter, writing,
Form: Rhyme
What a Difference
...What a difference a divorce makes:
Constant hubbub's given way to eerie silence,
Peels of laughter to a fluorescent light's buzz;
Ringing phones to muffled cries in my brains,
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Categories:
mufflers, change, divorce, sad,
Form: Verse
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