Free-wheeling Through Africa
...Just climb onto the back of my Harley
And we shall ride to the songs of Bob Marley,
In no time at all
We'll be in Senegal,
Though I might stop for lunch in Kigali....
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Categories:
pillion, africa, crush, freedom, journey,
Form: Limerick
Sicilian Pillion
...SICILIAN PILLION
What rules apply when there’s conflicting rules
It’s a shrug of the shoulders and C’est la Guerre
No chance of seeing or stealing any crown jewels
There’s little recompense fro...
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Categories:
pillion, confusion,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
Neutral Scrutiny
...Cherub's unfurled fingers faithfully extend to his fallow fringe
hung from a chest made firm by suede, sweat and rain.
Chernobyl blue irises mimic April '86 radiation,
dessimating her...
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Categories:
pillion, 5th grade, adventure, baptism,
Form: Haibun
Vintage Love
...She was his pillion on the bicycle
The trees were bare and calm
Fallen leaves carpeted beaten path
Her golden locks dangled in breeze.
He handed her a fresh crimson flower
Fragrant long stem...
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Categories:
pillion, romance,
Form: Free verse
Unquotable Quotes: Xlviii - Tongue Teasers
...UNQUOTABLE QUOTES: XLVIII - Tongue Teasers
If the « Yellow Race » could have invented the alphabet, they wouldn’t still be seeing « Images » when they close their eyes. Picasso, Dadaism, Surrea...
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Categories:
pillion, humor, imagery, irony, satire,
Form: Epigram
I'M a Genius All Right - In Trump's Own Words
...A little known fact
That may not scream real tact,
But the truth nonetheless
A gift I possess.
I’m a genius all-right,
My star always bright,
From birth until now
Always destined to WOW.
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Categories:
pillion, celebrity, humor, parody, political,
Form: Rhyme
Elegy Written In a Country Churchyard
...Hullo, folks!
Do you hear me?
You didn’t hear me when I was dying.
At least hear me now, when I’m dead and buried.
I am, as you know, Jinesh,
Buried here—in this churchyard at Poonthura,
Buri...
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Categories:
pillion, 9th grade, death, grief,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
1970s University of Life
...Nineteen seventies, teenage years, never on my own,
end of school education, I’m now ready to do my thing
full of life, excess energy, over flowing with testosterone
sampling alcohol drinks, kar...
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Categories:
pillion, confidence, desire, feelings, growing
Form: Rhyme
Harley Davidson
...HARLEY DAVIDSON
The roar of the victorious twins that spark,
Enigma of the spotless glint in the dark,
The riders, symbolic of rare brood,
Tattooed with insignia and bandana as hood.
Third y...
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Categories:
pillion, beautiful, car, character, dedication,
Form: Narrative
Rider
...It's my life, the life of a Rider,
And my journey,a journey for survival.
I'm gonna ride on, to my destination,
got to keep on riding with no stagnation.
This journey is filled with dangers
but I'll...
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Categories:
pillion, inspiration,
Form: Personification
Hearth of Winds
...Hearth of Winds
From west to east you plumb axisal spin,
And darted on the limbs of the poles.
On longitudes and latitudes, you are dotted in silhouettes.
Just above the horizon of age, y...
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Categories:
pillion, naturetime,
Form: Lyric
The P Word
....
I did not say penile
I said pineal
When you planted me in that
pillory
that God forsaken state
I could not get a night of sleep
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Categories:
pillion, funny,
Form: Light Verse
When I Close My Eyes
...When I close my eyes
I see us together
Wrapped in a warm loving embrace
You are kissing me
You are caressing me
Our hearts beating as one
Time seems to be standing still
You are loving me ag...
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Categories:
pillion, angst, loss, lost love,
Form: I do not know?