Monarchs and Moneybags
...Rascals and Ragamuffins
Scoundrels and Scallywags
Each bows in subservience
To Monarchs and Moneybags...
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Categories:
ragamuffins, slavery,
Form: Rhyme
Skippin' Rock Blues
...In childhood,
my near age cousin
well, he stuttered,
same's the sprinkler
in Grandpa’s garden.
Times my insides
stirred and shuddered, yet
tch-tch-tch-tch-ch-ch-ch-ch garnered
in this buddi...
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Categories:
ragamuffins, change, children, introspection, seasons,
Form: Free verse
Sparky Steals the Sled
...Winter knocking at my door bringing its presence
Trees boughs drooping with weight of its omnipresent
Crystal flakes glide down from heaven unspoiled and white
Very quietly alight i...
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Categories:
ragamuffins, children, dog, fun, snow,
Form: Couplet
Tozzath
...Pellucid pachyderms wade across
the purpling River Manjees
and Tozzath watches from the bank,
the seat of his maroon pantaloons soaked with mud,
his nostrils flaring with the fragrance of ombada...
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Categories:
ragamuffins, death, fantasy, girl, magic,
Form: Free verse
Nightscapes Part 1
...Late night summons madmen,
madams, bold streetwalkers,
picking pennies from the gutters
as the merchants close their shutters
and the homeless crouch in doorways
in their rags, against the ...
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Categories:
ragamuffins, writing,
Form: Verse
Nightscapes Part 1
...Late night summons madmen,
madams, bold streetwalkers,
picking pennies from the gutters
as the merchants close their shutters
and the homeless crouch in doorways
in their rags, against the ...
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Categories:
ragamuffins, writing,
Form: Verse
Nightscapes
...Late night summons madmen,
madams, bold streetwalkers,
picking pennies from the gutters
as the merchants close their shutters
and the homeless crouch in doorways
in their rags, against the ...
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Categories:
ragamuffins, tribute, writing,
Form: Verse
Nightscapes Part 1 Re-Post
......inspired by 'Rhapsody On A Windy Night'
by T.S. Eliot
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Late night summons madmen,
madams, bold streetwalkers,
picking pennies from th...
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Categories:
ragamuffins, writing,
Form: Verse
Christmas Music
...Christmas Music
Crisp winter, dust of snow, shivering fun
Hint of celebration flow around town
Reaching the sheer beauty of the season
Impatient chimneys burning slowly down
Sa...
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Categories:
ragamuffins, christmas,
Form: Sonnet
Nightscapes Pt 1
......inspired by 'Rhapsody On A Windy Night'
by T.S. Eliot
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Late night summons madmen,
madams, bold streetwalkers,
picking pennies from th...
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Categories:
ragamuffins, tribute, writing,
Form: Verse
Nightscapes
...Late night summons madmen,
madams, bold streetwalkers,
picking pennies from the gutters
as the merchants close their shutters
and the homeless crouch in doorways
in their rags, against the ...
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Categories:
ragamuffins, writing,
Form: Verse
The Lord of Ragamuffins
...The Lord of Ragamuffins
If He were not The God of Mercy,
Where would I be right now,
If He were not The God of Love,
What would I do?
For I bring nothing to the table,
I have nothing that ...
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Categories:
ragamuffins, christian, faith, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Looking At Me
...Ma! He’s Looking At Me! Make him stop! MA! He’s LOOKING at ME!
And so goes life in the early morn. Two ragamuffins, in battle, and angry.
He touched me! He touched me first! He’s looking at me! Her...
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Categories:
ragamuffins, funny, happy, home, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Sticky Fingers Mcraccoon
...The belle of the ball and most frightening of all is Sticky Fingers McRaccoon.
He knows how to win, and how to get in, with his gang, of crazy ragamuffins.
He’s never invited, but won’t ever be sli...
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Categories:
ragamuffins, adventure, fantasy, funny, imagination,
Form: Light Verse
Nightscapes
...Late night summons madmen,
madams, bold streetwalkers,
picking pennies from the gutters
as the merchants close their shutters
and the homeless crouch in doorways
in their rags, against the cold.
Bla...
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Categories:
ragamuffins, on writing and words,
Form: Verse
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