Little Pumpkins
...In remembrance of Malvina Reynolds
Little Pumpkins in a pumpkin patch
Little Pumpkins growing side-by-side
Little Pumpkins taste of sticky taffy
Little Pumpkins in a row.
There's a ...
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Categories:
polkadot, children, farm, food, humor,
Form: Lyric
The King's Fruit
...The King’s Fruit
White apple blossom petals fall like castle fairy snow
Their sweet perfume replaced by tiny green clustered globes
Vying for the knighted honor as the one royal King’s Fruit
Wh...
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Categories:
polkadot, autumn, fruit, nature, spring,
Form: Rhyme
Summer Hit Parade
...Summer Hit Parade
Here comes summer -
In the good old summertime –
In those lazy, hazy, crazy days -
A summer breeze blows through my mind –
The scent of jasmine – summer mood
On summer night...
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Categories:
polkadot, memory, music, song, summer,
Form: Free verse
Polkadot Polka
...Polkadot Polka
Tumbling, whirling, smiling, swirling –
A riot of laughter – orderly rows well crafted.
Swaying, dancing, toe tapping, prancing –
Rainbows of color –freckles in technicolor.
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Categories:
polkadot, dance, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Halloween Night
...Halloween Night
Remember the dead on ‘Allhallowtide’ and do not forget the living
not just for an evening and not for one night as Halloween is for all
time’s sake for souls and places old and...
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Categories:
polkadot, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Funny Kid's Tinkle Dance
...I wanted to wear my best outfit to school
So I went in my closet and stood on a stool
Looking for my socks, I had a special pair
I kept looking, but couldn't find them anywhere
Bright ones and da...
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Categories:
polkadot, adventure,
Form: Couplet
Forgiveness Amongst Friends -Ant, Spider, Bee-
...The Spring sun shines above
but, beneath the willow tree,
sits a spider and an ant
waiting for their friend, the bee.
They always meet up
every sun shiny day,
under the willow tree
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Categories:
polkadot, april, imagery, inspiration, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Home-Made Christmas
...Morning hasn't even settled
Midnight sediment scattered through
The grey beasts that
Sail the sky
But Mother rocks the landing floorboards
And I follow
Downstairs
Families of dollymix, gingham, pol...
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Categories:
polkadot, daughter, mother, uplifting, mother,
Form: Free verse
Dreams
...It's not when I'm asleep I dream,
It's the stages in between,
The moment just before waking,
The drifting before repose,
When fleeting seconds which with I gamble,
When the mind is allowed to am...
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Categories:
polkadot, introspectionme, dream, dream, me,
Form: Rhyme