Quarterly Report
...Squiggly lines, short and tall lines. Back in a classroom eating a box lunch with Donna, my attentive husband and other strangers.
—by Poet
pie charts & graphs
nodding
need c...
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Categories:
nibbling, drink, food, humor, mystery,
Form: Free verse
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
...BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S*
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While nibbling on French croissant so fine,
Audrey sipped coffee, feeling divine.
She struck a pose, twitched her chi...
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Categories:
nibbling, 12th grade, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Idyllic
...The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." Hellen Keller
Snow-tipped mountains ranged around the prairie,
Smal...
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Categories:
nibbling, flower, imagery, mountains, nature,
Form: Free verse
PROCRASTINATION
...Procrastination is a devil
Feasting on our time
Nibbling at progress softly
While our plans plan other plans.
Again and again we barter
Trading now for later
Bargaining with time for time
Wa...
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Categories:
nibbling, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
In the Mouth of Desire
...In the Mouth of Desire
touching me
your lips, your tongue
chalice
filled with sweet fruit
we’re no longer friends
when we sup
lovers
once again
we can’t
get eno...
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Categories:
nibbling, longing, love, sensual,
Form: Verse
L M N O P
...lively little lovely lithe lambs
merrily milling around Marty’s Milwaukee
nibbling nutty Nabisco nuggets
outstandingly joyful and childlike
prancing prettily like playful petite ponies...
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Categories:
nibbling, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: ABC
A Broken Soul
...Oh, my little angel, looking into your
eyes wasn’t easy as you always had
them closed,
Happy and peaceful as you enjoyed
your afternoon doze,
I wonder as I wander through this
busy world,
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Categories:
nibbling, angel, death, grief,
Form: Free verse
Cool to create
...The muse has no hushing.
My voice needs no shushing,
A baby boomer scribbling,
At my brain, muse nibbling,
Cool to create,
Thoughts i relate,
While world is yawning,
I write in the morning,
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Categories:
nibbling, appreciation, encouraging, fun, identity,
Form: Rhyme
Scribble Scrabble Dribble Drabble
...Scribble scrabble dribble drabble
What is that scratching?
I still myself and listen
Is it coming from the oak tree or ground?
A tiny but gorgeous fluffy caramel mouse is in my leaves
I watch ...
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Categories:
nibbling, animal,
Form: Free verse
Doe In My Yard
...Doe In My Yard
I glimpsed out my bedroom window looking for nature's signs giving me clues about what today will bring.
A lone doe was nibbling on the southern lawn grass. She slowly raised her...
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Categories:
nibbling, conflict, confusion, growth, trust,
Form: Prose
Destructive Solitude
...One foot stuck in the tar pits of my way,
A fossil forming with time,
Me and my nibbling conscience,
Sinking slowly but it’s mine,
Whispers like razors,
It’s trouble, the way that i’m jogging ...
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Categories:
nibbling, 12th grade, depression, lonely,
Form: Free verse
Jack Files
...Nibbling carrots strung from sticks
Jacks Hee Haw is heard for miles
He often shows off all his tricks
When he does there's lots of smiles.
These are the Jack ass files.
Give him your hand, he...
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Categories:
nibbling, 6th grade, farm, funny,
Form: Quintain (English)
Christmas Snow
...“Cats teach us how to enjoy life. They savor every moment, from
the warm sun on their backs to the joy of a well-played pounce.”
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Categories:
nibbling, cat,
Form: Rhyme
27
...
27
there are twenty-seven
ongoing wars at present
we have not evolved
we've just gotten better
at killing one other
27
doesn't include gang warfare
we have no...
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Categories:
nibbling, hello, war,
Form: Free verse
Satire in Limerick Acts
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Act One: the stage and scenery are set
I was told the play, I'd not soon forget
But if truth were to be told
More like the game, whack-a-mole
I needed a hammer, not a lorgnette
Thespians w...
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Categories:
nibbling, satire,
Form: Limerick
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