WE ARE CANADIAN, EH?
...WE ARE CANADIAN, EH?
We came across the Bering Strait twelve thousand years ago.
We didn't linger long up there – 'twas 99 below!
We wandered south while looking for a Timmy's 'round each bend,...
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Categories:
overshoes, humor, pride, song,
Form: Rhyme
Wise Bird
...I always watch the weather news
before I make my daily plans.
What I see on my walk just proves
my brain’s much more advanced than man’s.
My raingear’s perfect for this day;
I’m snug and dry f...
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Categories:
overshoes, bird, people, wisdom,
Form: Quatrain
When I Was Five
...When I was five, I played
Around other children
At the park
On the west edge
Of town, where the gray concrete slab served
As our skating rink.
I recall
Their presence, but not their faces-
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Categories:
overshoes, childhood, growing up, innocence,
Form: Free verse
The Secret Life
...“What is this strange place we find ourselves in
trapped in the open we are free within”
The speedboat skipped like a stone on the lake,
The Commander took charge for the crew’s sake.
If the...
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Categories:
overshoes, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Penguins
...Penguins sure walk funny, funny they do
Waddling side to side, feet like orange overshoes
Why were they made like that
Why weren't they made like cats
Or screech when you step on their wa...
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Categories:
overshoes, appreciation,
Form: Limerick
Breaking In To America On a Snowy Evening
...Breaking in to America on a Snowy Evening
Loch David Crane
Minuteman Civil Defense Corps member
May 2, 2006
Whose land this is I think I know–
America, where all things glow.
They wil...
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Categories:
overshoes, america, immigration, judgement, parody,
Form: Ballad
Shovelin' Snow
...I woke this mornin' anticipatin' a steamin' cup o' joe,
But peerin' out the winder I saw piles and piles of snow!
My, oh my, how I pined to live in sunny Arizony,
But no, the missus insisted we re...
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Categories:
overshoes, snow,
Form: Rhyme
Country Store
...Yesterday, I happened upon a quaint, old-time country store.
I felt I was reliving my youth as I trod its squeaky wooden floor!
The sights and smells were familiar when I entered the door.
Memorie...
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Categories:
overshoes, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Suddenly Spring
...Endless days of gray and drizzle
Bumbershoots constantly at the ready
Constantly we pull on our overshoes
And break out once again the slicker
Suddenly and brilliantly the sky appears blue
We ...
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Categories:
overshoes, seasons
Form: Free verse
Shovelin' Snow
...I woke this mornin' anticipatin' a steamin' cup o' joe,
But peerin' out th' winder, I saw piles an' piles uv snow!
My oh my, how I pined to live in sunny Arizony,
But no, spouse insisted we retire...
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Categories:
overshoes, funnysnow, snow,
Form: Rhyme
Winter
...A cold and crispy morning
North wind swirling all around.
Ice on the sidewalk
which my feet have found.
My ears growing numb
my fingers touch the cold
creaking from the ground
my feet can scar...
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Categories:
overshoes, nature, winter, winter,
Form: Rhyme