Confess if I dare
...Dare me to diagnose my condition?
I'm diagnosed with depression
Or rather does depression have me
Even the sad rain cries for me
Or do I cry because of rain
I’m bipolar type one
Or so I’ve...
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Categories:
nosh, addiction, depression, father, identity,
Form: Free verse
The Live-in -- Part 1 of 3
...Six months gone now since that dark night, I was kitchen-bound for a bite
Hoping I in icebox there a slice of pumpkin pie could score –
While I searched, I heard a ringing, an insistent ding-a-ling...
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Categories:
nosh, fun, humor,
Form: Rhyme
I'm Going To the Pub - POTD
...Away with work
I'm going to the pub
Not to sink my woes
Just get some grub
My room is tiny
Cats can't swing
My keyboard's here
But I can't sing
I'm four floors up
The view is fine
This...
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Categories:
nosh, food, forgiveness, friendship love,
Form: Rhyme
Matzo Ball
...Fluffy and eggy and spongy and light
Try matzo ball soup, it's love at first bite
Be you Hebrew or goy
It's a nosh you'll enjoy
It's simply to die for, this bowl of delight!...
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Categories:
nosh, food,
Form: Limerick
TGIF
...Sit atop my wings
I'll fly you places
Show you things
I've been around the world
Just come along
I'll keep you furled
I know just where to go
We won't be rushed
We'll take it slow
I'...
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Categories:
nosh, for her, i love
Form: Rhyme
Mr Pepper Pot
...Now I’m Yorkshire peasant stock
I sup ale instead of drinking wine
And I tend to nosh my scranny
Not sit down proper and dine
There’s a restaurant down our street
Not really for the likes of m...
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Categories:
nosh, class, food, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Meant For Something Better
..." Unforseen Evolution"
Meant for something better
Wait for me.... the world is changing!
I swear l will find you and when l am on top she will say l do it good this a journey of a lifetime in ...
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Categories:
nosh, adventure, age, allusion, america,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Playing It Safe
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Tease the crowd, post things, small?
Ignore over 800 shootings in Chicago.
Don’t you dare make a fuss at all.
Just sip French wine, nosh on escargot.
The truth is, that many d...
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Categories:
nosh, courage, fear, integrity, poetry,
Form: Quatrain
My Foolish Heart
...Her iciness gaze ensnared my foolish heart.
I was cast in the role of a comic swing.
Her infectious smile entices my depart.
She led my nervous hand to the Devil's ring!!
I was ca...
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Categories:
nosh, analogy, appreciation, beautiful, celebration,
Form: Pantoum
We Six Sheep of Bethlehem Be
...We six sheep of Bethlehem be
Bogg, Whiff, Wheep, the triplets and me*
We all get fed and sleep in this shed
It's simple, but so are we!
O star of wonder, star so bright
Guiding strange folk he...
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Categories:
nosh, animal, celebration, christmas, humor,
Form: Rhyme
The Old Post Office
...Last Saturday, my husband and I went for a ride,
To enjoy the sunshine and the countryside.
First, we stopped to eat:
What a treat...
The place we chose was not posh,
You could not find much bet...
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Categories:
nosh, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme
All I Want For Christmas Is Food
...[Written last year, or perhaps the year before
But youtube was awash with parodies in a
Similar vein. Unless I didn’t look properly, I
Haven’t posted it before... so here you go...]
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Categories:
nosh, christmas, food,
Form: Lyric
Feels
...It feels like hell to be stuck!
It feels overwhelmingly annoying not to know when to break out of the cage, when captured like a beast against your will.
Set loose the chains of poverty, infer...
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Categories:
nosh, 11th grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Free verse
Pando Waits
...in Pando's shadow a young maiden sings
wander'd to and fro peat bog feet sloshing
auburn locks adorned in daisy crowned rings
quite unaware that something was watching
one with thick skinned c...
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Categories:
nosh, friendship, heart, life, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Posh Nosh
...It was our first date and I had to impress her
While fighting the urge to move in and caress her
I’d have to be subtle and somewhat refined
And show her an intellect dwells in my mind
It wouldn’t...
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Categories:
nosh, desire, girlfriend, humorous, romance,
Form: Rhyme
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