One Small Step, One Giant Leap
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With those who
want to test the waters,
and yet have no wish
to get their feet wet,
but wait to have their cake
(and eat it too)
handed to them on a plate,
I will neither split hairs...
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Categories:
nits, crazy, death, humor, mental
Form: Rhyme
Half a Dozen Plus Years Ago the Following Became a Near Reality
...Half a dozen plus years ago the following became a near reality
Countdown to homelessness –
mars this earthlinked sole Harris - son
panhandler would would register
pyrrhic victory won.
10…...
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Categories:
nits, age, america, anger, angst,
Form: Rhyme
Twits Terrible Nitwits
...past knoxville and idaho city there are a pair of adorable nitwits.
townspeople refer to them as kooky oddballs, a couple of twits.
their name is easy to learn. she is backward ditz; he is fritz.
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Categories:
nits, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Ordinary Hero
...There goes my hero, he’s ordinary,
like in the Foo Fighters song
Carries no airs or graces,
makes me feel like I belong
A family member perhaps,
even a workmate, or friend
Someone who can...
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Categories:
nits, allusion, hero, people,
Form: Rhyme
Balancing Act
...Annoyances add up so fast
That sometimes you might be aghast
When life does prolong
All the things going wrong
And your stress level can’t be surpassed.
For somehow when nits multiply,
Even c...
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Categories:
nits, life,
Form: Limerick
Nits Hatch - She'Ll Scratch
...Louise
has fleas
And nits –
the pits!
Scratch head
In bed
Sore bites
from mites
Sleeps bad
goes mad
Bedding -
shedding
Gets cross
with boss
(Itchy
B itchy)
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Categories:
nits, hair, humorous,
Form: Footle
Sheep And Other Animals
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I: Sheep
(A poem about Covid)
next door to 19 chimneys
and 'the dark satanic mills'
a flock of sheep is grazing
oblivious in the hills.
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Categories:
nits, allegory, animal, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Your Past Should
...Your past should be a reminder,
Of how far you have come.
Your past should be the key to the present,
Not to a ball and chain.
Your past should be a line in the sand,
That you never step back ...
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Categories:
nits, appreciation, beauty, birthday, blessing,
Form: Blitz
Oversights
...It must be tough to edit,
Searching calmly for mistakes,
Whether spelling or grammatical,
That every author makes.
Still, it bothers me when reading
And some errors have slipped by,
Causing m...
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Categories:
nits, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Macbookair
...MacBook Air
My powerful MacBook my amazing MacBook it is the best of the best
It can be seen from miles away with the 500 Nits
I love the depth in the lightweight skinny screen
The color in t...
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Categories:
nits, education,
Form: Ode
Love Letter
...My Dearest Bertha baboon
I’ve recently joined your baboon troop
and Bertha you’re the star of the group
I’ve watched you swinging in the trees
Your agility brings me to my knees
Yo...
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Categories:
nits, animal, cute love, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Flitnit Mythology
...The door was ajar and the flitnit sneaked in,
not so much sneaked as zipped in with a zing.
Flitnits are very hard to see.
As soon as they sense you are about to see them
they flit away i...
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Categories:
nits, mythology,
Form: Free verse
Blackbirds
...A moment ago,
in a flicker of pique,
with a wave of the hand,
I dispersed them.
Glorious birds,
now they are back,
gold talons wrapped,
roosting.
Glorious birds,
high on a wire,
spe...
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Categories:
nits, bird,
Form: Blank verse
The 'Tress'Passer
...I have a constant itch upon my head
So I scratch it with my finger
At night I head upstairs to bed
But the itching continues to linger
I scratched my head till early morn
and I tos...
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Categories:
nits, body, humorous, insect, school,
Form: Rhyme
A Night On Noah's Ark
...Why did Noah take nits?
Let's pull this Ark to bits,
God let Noah take two nits,
Plus two mosquitoes, each proboscis,
Gave humans encephalitis,
What is worse than this?
Why they bring malaria, ...
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Categories:
nits, allusion, funny, humor, imagery,
Form: Free verse
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