A Turtle Winner
...I am turtle, sage and wise;
I may not be speedy but I surprise,
with a gleam in my clever eye;
I’ll always finish, I covet no prize.
Great age has birthed enlightenment,
perception,...
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Categories:
no awards, animal, appreciation, nature, poems,
Form: Rhyme
Happy Lark's 2nd Poem
...Time has passed by since I wrote
No awards received, not even a vote
Book shelves are filled with all the best sellers
Libraries kept mine down in their cellars.
I tossed out the old glass oil...
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Categories:
no awards, funny,
Form: Rhyme
The Sentinel
...I stand alone under the glittering stars
Miles away from civilization, roads and cars
It could be snow, jungles or the desert sand
But I am watchful, vigilant, with a gun in my hand
Far away in...
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Categories:
no awards, emotions, patriotic,
Form: Free verse
Tranquil
...Tranquil day, Spring on the flood,
birds busy with their careworn caution
just see how their skills unite to feed
and stay the course of life as plants
via for so successful photosynt...
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Categories:
no awards, garden,
Form: Free verse
Tranquil
...Tranquil day, Spring on the flood,
birds busy with their careworn caution
just see how their skills unite to feed
and stay the course of life as plants
via for so successful photosynt...
...
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Categories:
no awards, garden,
Form: Free verse
Forbidden Fruit
...Forbidden fruit is sweetest, or that’s what they all say
So I thought I’d give it a try and went for some today
I didn’t know just what to choose something firm and hard or what
So I thought I’d take...
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Categories:
no awards, funny, fruit, me,
Form: Quatrain
The Pretender
...Such deception at only the price of a cheesy smile.
To think I could mingle with the elite.
And graze ad-nausium in their playground.
No awards are there to shower accolades for such a performance.
T...
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Categories:
no awards, education, growing up,
Form: Free verse
The Manager
...She supervisors the Salon with aplomb
Looking after her own clients with skill
Yet keeping a watchful eye on all
Trainees are dispatched to various duties
Computers crash but she handles all
Her skil...
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Categories:
no awards, dedication,
Form: Free verse
Me and the Mandolin
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Al would invite me to his house to jam
Couldn’t play Bluegrass; didn’t give a damn
When Al brought in a banjo and fiddle
He played the bass; I could only twiddle
When he said, “a guit...
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Categories:
no awards, music, high school,
Form: Quatrain