The Girl with a red hat
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She woke up to a sunrise;
Bright in her eyes as she rose
She stares at the moon as it disappears.
The red hat sitting on her dresser,
As she picked out her daily dress.
Brushed her hair, s...
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Categories:
outfitted, 8th grade, america, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
The Rain In Spain
...Inquisitive sorts enigmatic notions as positions--scaled left for the right-hander--behold various perceptions, thus preserving perfection as a cure for misdirection's subtle draw.
Earnest for...
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Categories:
outfitted, art, guitar, imagery, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Auntie Gets Herself a Retail Cat
...I am getting myself a retail therapy cat said my aunt.
I met one once, and I am telling you that you simply can’t!
She had made up her mind and brought home Mrs. T.
A well-dressed cat that was per...
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Categories:
outfitted, cat,
Form: Rhyme
Dragon
...Grandpa gathered his nephews around to hear one of his famous stories.
It happened truly, many, many years ago. The children loved his tales.
A hired thief, a poisonous dart, in th...
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Categories:
outfitted, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Fabric
...Our lifetime is a living fabric that we all adorn
Experiences and interactions vary with all seasons
The threads filled with promises we've all sworn
Outfitted with various triumphs and treasons
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Categories:
outfitted, growth, introspection, life, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Ilmo Our Eldest Brother Kimo 'James'
...*Image of Palm Tree Lights Trunk Wrap by Christmas Lights, Etc.
ILMO Our Eldest Brother Kimo (James)
Our sixties Christmas--as my memory serves, where
our eldest brother freshly cu...
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Categories:
outfitted, brother, celebration, childhood, christmas,
Form: Free verse
Willburger Zee
...Willburger Zee never felt like he fit in with his family.
How much unalike as them could he possibly be?
His accent was different, his language was a new way.
None of them understood him at the en...
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Categories:
outfitted, science fiction,
Form: Rhyme
Chief Garbage Taster As Fifth Grade Halloween Gag
...Chief garbage taster as fifth grade Halloween gag
at Henry Kline Boyer Elementary School
interestingly enough landed me a grubhub grab bag.
I rooted thru poetry anthology of mine,
and came acro...
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Categories:
outfitted, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Fairy Glisten
...Faerie Glisten heard the news of the disaster
She tried to fly their fast, but her sister was faster.
Together they held up lights, trying to save as many as they could.
They stayed out in the wat...
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Categories:
outfitted, fairy,
Form: Rhyme
The Old Battle Axe and Her Hunchbacked Henchwomen
...Matriarch mastermind manipulated minions
rang their hells bells signifying
damned to traverse highway to hell
dirty deeds done dirt cheap
(names changed fo' malady to remain anonymous,
cuz the...
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Categories:
outfitted, abuse, adventure, anger, bullying,
Form: Free verse
November 13th 2021 Happy Eighty Sixth Birthday
...November 13th, 2021 - Happy eighty sixth birthday
to my long deceased mom...
Harriet Harris née Kuritsky
My mother succumbed to a terminal illness
two score minus three orbitz passed away
no m...
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Categories:
outfitted, absence, age, anniversary, bereavement,
Form: Rhyme
Our Soldier Son
...Our Soldier Son
2007
We sat together in the front row
At airport gate number five
(his father and I),
Watching as he paced
Toward the exiting corridor.
Then at the opening of th...
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Categories:
outfitted, faith, family, fear, feelings,
Form: Narrative
A Walk Through the Trees
...Birdwatching had become for me, such pleasurable summertime hobby,
So I was often among the trees, young ones or those old and knobby.
I chased rose finches at dawn, and the yellow warbl...
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Categories:
outfitted, bird, fantasy, friend, green,
Form: Couplet
Santa's Middle Name
...On one Christmas Eve
To those who believe
News was declared
Honest and fair
Information needed for those trivial pursuits
About the red outfitted man wearing snowy black boot...
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Categories:
outfitted, christmas, courage, england, faith,
Form: Rhyme
Character
...I see expressions of people and sensing motions to hide,
natures reflections by images of an observing mind.
Some harsh landscapes, deserted dry plain,
or a suburban garden styled in vain.
Some a...
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Categories:
outfitted, 12th grade, appreciation, freedom,
Form: Ballade
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