Many Moons
...Echo of distant cries,
quadruped steps deepening into dusk—
wind folding the earth’s breath.
Craftsman of the spider web,
seas of lightning possessing the sky.
Guardian of the other side,
con...
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Categories:
quadruped, creation, dedication, deep, extended
Form: Free verse
Phenomenon or mere lemon 3
...He thinks he’s a phenomenon,
An orange, when he’s mere lemon.
The more he gets the squeeze,
The more proves an ass he’s,
A kind that higher goes,
The more tends to expose
Like a monkey on tree...
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Categories:
quadruped, america, humor, political,
Form: Limerick
Cows, Cattle, and Maverick
...A Texan rancher Samuel Maverick,
Who never his calves and cattle branded,
That caused to create the word maverick—
An eccentric rebel born of cow shed!
Now, before the word breached its nati...
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Categories:
quadruped, words,
Form: Narrative
An Ode To My Cot
...Oh, dear Cot, you have supported me steady
From my days of infancy to senility
All through life you are my close buddy,
In unrest, it is in you I seek tranquillity.
Sprawling on your chest, to ...
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Categories:
quadruped, appreciation, friend, relationship,
Form: Ode
Asylum Poplar
...Mirroring salted sweat of limes.
Dreadful long march creeped and galloped.
No home seek looms.
A half way of death.
Quadruped war for nothing.
Tremor feet seek a poplar silhouette.
Shaded sha...
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Categories:
quadruped, grief,
Form: Tazkira
Your Brothers Keeper
... Between mankind and other animals,
The Creator sees no difference.
They breathe the same air,
they all need the waters,
they all must feed,
they all require shelter and love;
they a...
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Categories:
quadruped, care, love, poems, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Ballad For Precious Planet
...Now hear this tale of Planet Earth
And how it was robbed of its worth.
From a species of quadruped
There evolved a novel biped,
A new species with arms and hands
And versatile for new demands....
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Categories:
quadruped, planet,
Form: Ballad
Inner Pains
...I have no torment, no pain-difficulty
I am not the seller of sorrowful key
Stellar of the far friends I am
New sky in my entrepreneur jam
Being human I can feel meticulously
the pains of dying...
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Categories:
quadruped, introspection,
Form: Free verse
The Reluctant Prey
...Black grass dances in the warm winter air
And furry quadrupeds run wild with the
Shackles of instinct.
The metallic creature gives spontaneous birth
To bipeds who desire to kill for sport;
Two...
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Categories:
quadruped, abuse, allegory, corruption, freedom,
Form: Verse
Quad Squad
...from their quadrants
quadruped
quarterfinalists
quarrelling
in quadraphonic
quadruplicity
are disqualified
for actually
being a
wanted
tetrad
only posing
as a quartet
AP: Honorabl...
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Categories:
quadruped, silly, word play,
Form: Alliteration
Ted
...One fine day Ted sat up like an arrowhead
Straight out he jumped out of bed
Had a quick coffee and a bite of bread
Ted liked to think things through in his head
Nothing he liked better than pl...
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Categories:
quadruped, change, family, father daughter,
Form: Monorhyme
Thoreau's Question
...On this Eid, as your sumum bonum
Is consumerism and as your soul is
Mortgaged to the Federal Reserve Bank
And hedonism, your mental wish-list has been
Inked on ‘things-to-dos’. The catalogue is...
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Categories:
quadruped, philosophy,
Form: Didactic
Horse Racing
...There once was a young jockey called Morse,
Who gave a nod and a wink to his horse.
But the horse it was blind,
So no way could it find,
The winning post on the race course.
6/ ...
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Categories:
quadruped, horse, race,
Form: Limerick
The Social Network Prey
...Social network stances a spider’s web today
Once trapped you are slaved for life all the way
Where you see a virtual world of “Likes” to display
Showcasing how life is better in each ones day
...
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Categories:
quadruped, addiction, community, conflict, crazy,
Form: Blitz
Le Poison
...The Poison, our kind seeks but rarely finds
We try to escape its consequences yet
We are always beguiled by its strong essence and state of mind
Protected by laws and rules set by Society
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Categories:
quadruped, love, social, society,
Form: Free verse
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