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The Aviators' Alphabet
...A is for Airspeed who graduated from Oxford B is for Bristol with their whispering giants C is for Convair and Canadair also B recalls Boulton-Paul who built many Defiants. D for De Havil......Read the rest...
Categories: oxford, conflict, flying, history, howl,
Form: Abecedarian



Premium Member Oxford university and dis-union
...The spires watch nightmares planned below, for citizenry Who should have no foe.' From within its boundry's They're to be fools on show, the first of April, auspisces Known.' The donkeys are leadi......Read the rest...
Categories: oxford, anxiety, education, endurance,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Confused I And Stressed In London
...is everyone from Barking Barking mad? Does everyone In Lambeth do the Lambeth walk? Is Leicester Square In Leicester? Is The Elephant And Castle a place where they hide Elephants? Is Oxford Stre......Read the rest...
Categories: oxford, city, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Duffel Coats
...He had a duffel coat once, so did she. They must have looked well-matched walking in Regents Park that Autumn. In time the coat shop on Oxford Street died of old age. Duffel went out of sty......Read the rest...
Categories: oxford, poetry,
Form: Free verse
A letter to Prince William
...A letter to Prince William (Thinking he is upstairs, somewhere, these days!) My brother was going overseas, then. After the seventh try, facing the embassy, American one Immigration stories, and......Read the rest...
Categories: oxford, america,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Letter to the OED
...Dear Oxford English Dictionary editors, Please consider the following words for inclusion in your next edition: Amazone - the addictive, ensnaring vortex of shopping online. "She's......Read the rest...
Categories: oxford, words,
Form: List
Rizz, a Cola lost of fizz
...The year-end creeps, mercuries freeze, And buzz up English dictionaries, All in a forward gear To find Word of the Year, Which, for Oxford is the slang rizz— An argot not so clear, Froth le......Read the rest...
Categories: oxford, words,
Form: Limerick
You And Me, Together
... November 23, 2023 Dear Reader, I am writing today after more than five months of absence in writing. People of the past years and present time are valued. Men, women and children ......Read the rest...
Categories: oxford, appreciation, hello, missing you,
Form: Other
Premium Member Me the Wild Elephant
...Me The Wild Elephant Being the wild Elephant I could be too elegant like JUMBO, huge, big, massive, gla......Read the rest...
Categories: oxford, animal, appreciation,
Form: Personification
A Tribute From An Unknown Indian
...Jhon Lenox, The messenger of the queen of science!. Your exploding English, Your tact to bring your rival To dust Has often made my heart Forget a beat!! I envy your students at Oxford Who pi......Read the rest...
Categories: oxford, 1st grade, education,
Form: Blank verse
Unbuttoned English
...Without a standard argument What are we ? To juggle truth from lies Remember your smooth sojourn to Bath The needless woe of incensed rage trumble the Lilies cheer the Oxford boaters oh t......Read the rest...
Categories: oxford, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Oxford
...The quiet rustle of the leaves I am at peace over the seas The welcoming and gentle breeze I’m soaking up the way it feels My grandma’s garden and her tea The apple tree, the little bee T......Read the rest...
Categories: oxford, 10th grade, childhood, home,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Fine Ally
...At last, Education stood to teach. Acres of agonizing memory. Hectares of Hecate, Tripling in advance of nonsense. Peering round and round in vertical cylinders. Spun web-less in a lore o......Read the rest...
Categories: oxford, appreciation, blessing, confidence, deep,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member What Do I See
...What do I see when I drive through my old neighborhood? Not the familiar cookie cutter houses or the elementary school I attended with my friends. Instead… I see my ten-year-old self clad in sa......Read the rest...
Categories: oxford, 12th grade, childhood, friend,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member What of This Niggardly Miserable Earth
...What Of This Niggardly Miserable Earth What of this niggardly miserable earth this small plot awaiting a white tombstone when she cares and asks what is it all worth once enslaved a soul fades ......Read the rest...
Categories: oxford, art, conflict, creation, deep,
Form: Sonnet

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