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A Teacher Is Missing
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Caren Krutsinger
| Free verse |
mule, funny, teacher,
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Dawn takes wing
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Gershon Wolf
| Rhyme |
mule, animal, morning, sound,
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Liberty Bow Face
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Freddie Robinson Jr.
| Rhyme |
mule, allusion, imagery, truth, wisdom,
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Dancing Mule
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Timothy McGuire
| Limerick |
mule, animal,
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The Unicorn and the Mule
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Maurice Rigoler
| Light Verse |
mule, humor,
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Stephanus Marcus 25
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Alfred Berggren
| Rhyme |
mule, england,
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Mule Talk
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Maurice Rigoler
| Light Verse |
mule, humor,
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quiet despair
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jan hansen
| Chastushka |
mule, betrayal, birthday, bullying,
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A World of Fools
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Daniel Garza
| Rhyme |
mule, encouraging, how i feel,
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Hee Haw TRUMPetting
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Rico Leffanta
| Limerick |
mule, animal, culture, endurance, international,
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Off-Key
by Freddie Robinson Jr.
Francis Scott Key ...
a song provocateur, who spoke
most ungentlemanly
Scott “Don’t set ‘em Free”
had to be
the most rabid racist
you never wanted to meet
Francis the...
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Narrative |
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Categories:
mule, perspective, slavery, truth, wisdom,
overcome by sorrow
by jan hansen
Overcome by sorrow
There is so much misery in the world the bees are dying out
the bumblebee...
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Blank verse |
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Categories:
mule, angst, blessing, books,
For My Children
by Sam Kauffman
When at first I knew you were there
it was with a gentle nudge;
But soon you grew, and so did I,
with only my waistline...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
mule, baby, birth, family, love,
Here we go a-palindroming
by Gershon Wolf
Golf backwards is flog; God backwards is dog
Eat backwards is tea; team backwards is meat
Pot backwards is top; top backwards is pot
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I do not know? |
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Categories:
mule, humorous, word play,
From Plantation to Implantation
by Freddie Robinson Jr.
Looks like dem old ugly chains
got a new modern face
Beauty upgrade ... high-end cosmetic tech;
low-cost dressed in labor modest,
minimum maintentance convenience
From da delta plain...
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Dramatic Verse |
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Categories:
mule, imagery, slavery, visionary, wisdom,
the village of dreams
by jan hansen
The village
Why is the village so beautiful tonight?
Why do I find the old cottage across the road enchanting?
Telling a story of a life lived...
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Blank verse |
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Categories:
mule, absence, abuse, age, allusion,
Knowing When to Stop
by Roof Missing
It is hard with a friend, but there too comes a time
When a boundary's born, and you stop! There's no rhyme!
"He's my flesh, you're absurd,"...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
mule, depression, love,
Teacher Teacher
by Patricia Garcia Howard Bramble
These lyrics I write may sound unkind
But black and white crime should not be permitted in these time
Teacher, teacher why do you choose to make...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
mule, anti bullying, anxiety, bereavement,
Syncopated Soul
by Winged Warrior
Syncopated Soul
Voices of reason transfixed by treason, a heart murmurs in the cold
Echoes of depletion of a heart in lesion, a face in the mirror...
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Categories:
mule, analogy, conflict, destiny,
The Gristmill Song
by Mark Massey
This body, bound aboard a sullen ship,
was bartered for a wagon and a mule.
My flesh belongs to he who wields the whip,
for I am nothing...
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Sonnet |
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Categories:
mule, angst, slavery,
the past is not far from here
by jan hansen
The Past is near
The creaking sound of un-oiled cart
wheels crushing tiny pebbles on
the sandy lane as the night drew near.
The prudent eyes of...
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Blank verse |
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mule, betrayal, birthday, confidence,
The Way Things Used To Be
by DrJim Martin
THE WAY THINGS USED TO BE
Dr. Jim Martin
Many these days tend to formulate,
Ideas based upon a former date.
They remember life from way back when,
And conclude...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
mule, america, culture,
Potato Mountain
by Ward Trotter
Potato Mountain
I will arrive
an habitual escapee
from the rabbit warrens
of central planners
By ferreting north
in search of
breaks in the maze
rifts in the grid
I will follow
a stream beside
the...
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Categories:
mule, mountains,
A Paean to Bacchus
by Jim Slaughter
Squeeze a cherry and let it sit,
And don't forget to take out the pit.
Let it ferment,
At least a day as a rule,
To give it some...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
mule, drink, humor, wine,
The Cougar and The Deer
by David Welch
When I was just a little boy
we picnicked under alpine skies,
one time a mule deer strolled out
and fed in the meadow nearby.
Tall, curving antlers rising...
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Narrative |
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mule, age, fear, growing up,
The Essence of Me
by Freddie Robinson Jr.
Born in the Goshen ghetto,
bound by an Ashkenaz forged umbilical chain
Beloved mother was Jim Crow lynch poor,
adored father was the Uncle Sam same
Third-generation slaves,
pauper freed...
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Bio |
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Categories:
mule, identity, spiritual, truth, wisdom,
Teacher Limerick
by Caren Krutsinger
There was once a bad teacher at school.
She called us mean names, and was so cruel.
We wrote up a clear petition.
Getting her out, was our...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
mule, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Oval Office Recommendation
by Freddie Robinson Jr.
In the spirit of lowered expectations,
loyalty that’s street corner bought
This Oval Office recommendation
was given very little brothel thought
It was stamped with misogynist approval:
he’s a mighty...
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Light Verse |
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Categories:
mule, humor, political, satire, truth,
Rainy Monday Mule
by CayCay Jennings
Turning my nemesis-alarm off,
I wonder at racket lacking stop
before seeking me thru caffeine.
Pouring coffee, I yawn glance up
and feel mood hope end abrupt.
Sheet rain with...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
mule, angst, rain, storm, work,
My Darling Wife
by Marc Acrich
First draft--------------------
My Darling Wife #80A
My Darling Wife
My darling Debbie, lets us go steady. I'm going to say to you the most honest words ...
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Prose Poetry |
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Categories:
mule, marriage,