The humble cockroach
...The humble cockroach -
Survival of one wreath speck table insect,
(poll ease pod din me Elmer Fudd speak)
thus earning hardy laurels
nsync with inxs of standing kudos
ranking as bajillion year...
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Categories:
piggybacked, america, animal, creation, dark,
Form: Free verse
Flurries of Flakes
...Piggybacked on a feisty Fall breeze,
November scatters scarlet leaves.
And as foggy breaths of air
disperse like contrails
in the skies above;
flurries of flakes
tumble down...
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Categories:
piggybacked, autumn, change, image, november,
Form: Nonet
Flingin
...It’s Spring Fling today - an all-day campus concert with some up-and-coming music acts. We’ll be out there, in the rain if we have to, we're determined and somewhat waterproof. We went out earlier, d...
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Categories:
piggybacked, school, student, teen,
Form: Free verse
Pay Tv Have We Got It Wrong
...I may have had a change of heart,
My daughter has Netflix and I have piggybacked on it,
And I value the indirect savings of,
Avoiding the adds and the temptations put in front of me,
To buy thing...
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Categories:
piggybacked, allusion, analogy, appreciation, color,
Form: Political Verse
The Space Shuttles
...Sculptured metal with a polished sheen,
and oxygen tanks hissing like steam.
Space shuttles were powerful machines,
where liquid fuel took cold to extremes.
A rival sun burnt a blazing ...
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Categories:
piggybacked, adventure, beautiful, celebration, feelings,
Form: Quatrain
What the Eye Sees the Heart Cannot Forget
...Secrets,
now memories,
piggybacked through summer.
On handlebars, calloused fingers
steered dirt bikes to an emerald kingdom.
Two boys, on tree stump thrones, ruled worms
unearthed with spl...
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Categories:
piggybacked, adventure, best friend, childhood,
Form: Rictameter
Notes From the Future--A Tale In Two Forms, Free Verse and Rhyme
...“I am in a desert place in my life
I had this dream the other night:
Comfort came to me in two forms
Dark and Light
Remembrance and Anticipation
There was a sweet taste,
Not on my tongue bu...
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Categories:
piggybacked, destiny, dream, for her,
Form: Narrative