Perceived Miracles
...I walk in the door,
my dog is there to greet me
furiously wagging his tail,
whilst sniffing around my shopping bags,
He has that suspicious perplexed
look on his face,
One I’ve seen it man...
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Categories:
polish off, allegory, dog, life,
Form: Free verse
Last Sigh
...Discernment is passed down across generations.
Inside the eyes and between the partitions.
Be that as it may, what's the alterity between them?
How might we perceive both body an...
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Categories:
polish off, analogy, appreciation, beauty, confusion,
Form: Rhyme
Tribute To David Bowie
...David Bowie hears his own music, so he designs his own clothes.
An artist, they say in awe, giving him a wide berth.
He cannot be duplicated, but can any of us? I stare at his beauty.
Sure he is h...
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Categories:
polish off, music,
Form: Verse
Gingerbread
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Some say you’re sweet, you burn my tongue
Cut trim and neat, the color of dung
None can say your outfit is nice
Glazed white candy fake sugar dollop eyes
With vengeance, first I will chomp...
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Categories:
polish off, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Jiggly Wiggly Giggly Glee
...Jiggly wiggly giggly glee
Trying to liven up my life with some free
Ugly Covid bad mood was my yesterday’s fee
Today I will have more fun than a satisfied queen bee.
Come by if you can at a quart...
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Categories:
polish off, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Monorhyme
The 'I Left It For You' Game
...There are still two more fries
A bite of tomato
I don't think that you'll die
If you polish off those potatoes
One more bite of fish
And you'll clean your plate
C'mon and finish that dish
It...
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Categories:
polish off, family, food, games,
Form: Light Verse
Gun Control
...Hold guns like bibles in both hands
Aim them in the air in any direction
For fun at parties invite them along
Polish off a bottle of whiskey first
Keep ammo in mayonnaise jars
For freshness crad...
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Categories:
polish off, appreciation, education, identity, silly,
Form: Free verse
New Boots
...I've got some brand new walking boots,
As comfy as can be,
I love my brand new walking boots,
They were surely made for me.
They are going to take me places
I have never been before,
Across th...
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Categories:
polish off, adventure, places, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Olives
...I don't like all varieties,
Especially the green,
But it's a treat to see them
On the appetizer scene.
My favorites are the Nicoise,
Very small and brownish-black.
I can polish off a bowl of ...
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Categories:
polish off, food,
Form: Rhyme
Bye Bye Becca
...Bye Bye Becca
Rang through my ears in hell
I had to do the dishes now
But couldnt do them well.
The mopping and house cleaning
Looked me in the eye
Becca lift that pen and write
But all i di...
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Categories:
polish off, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Split Pea Soup
...I’m not a cook and rarely do
But when the weather’s cold,
I sometimes make a pot of soup;
It’s pretty good, I’m told.
A bag of split peas does the trick
With carrots and some dill.
Some hours...
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Categories:
polish off, food,
Form: Rhyme
Polish
...Polish off your polish prep yourself for parting with what you want try your luck and fail, fail again and work on your polish. Choose it now....
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Categories:
polish off, change,
Form: I do not know?
Poetnumber1 Or the Baked Bean Competition
...Now I don't know if you've heard
Of the Baked Bean competition
Where contestants eat as much as can
In just twenty five minutes
Up they lined ready to start
To gobble up these dishes
Standing...
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Categories:
polish off, humor,
Form: Free verse
Dewberry Cobbler
..."Caleb, go fetch me some dewberries from the fence row," Momma says,
as I polish off my Saturday morning breakfast. "I'll make us a cobbler."
She stands in her humble kitchen, the light of a coun...
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Categories:
polish off, growing up,
Form: Haibun
How To Build An Atomic Bomb
...First you march through fields--
Green, but choked with weeds.
Until one day chance drops the Bomb
And the world explodes before your eyes.
Never have radar eyes seen beauty
Like this, the fire lily...
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Categories:
polish off, devotion, sad, autumn, fire,
Form: Free verse
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