Angel Dust
...When problems arise in life, I would turn to my family but they have passed,
As I make hard decisions, heaviness weighs on me that I know will last.
Often with no straight-forward answers to ...
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Categories:
ramage, family, loss, love, me,
Form: Rhyme
Canned Unicorn Meat
...Majestic and grand, a wonderous mythical creature,
The central horn on their head is the prominent feature.
I’m afraid I don’t know much more about the unicorn,
But not sending you a birthda...
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Categories:
ramage, funny, imagination, birthday,
Form: Rhyme
Marionette
...Wooden arms,
vanilla legs
dance on
Prague’s cobblestones,
painted eyes
haunt
the musical sway.
Written by Lee Ramage
September 23, 2012
For Nette Onclaud’s contest
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Categories:
ramage, fantasy,
Form: Verse
Me
...Lee
Intelligent, creative, intuitive, caring
Daughter of Gordon and June
Lover of travel, Frankie and my family
Who feels sad, loved and lost
Who fears MRIs, elevators and snakes
Who would like to se...
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Categories:
ramage, people, cancer,
Form: Bio
Autumn Splendor
...Horizons painted orange and red and yellow and gold,
Means there will be added garbage bags to fill and fold.
Temperatures cool and people begin to move inside,
Soon Influenza is at its peak,...
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Categories:
ramage, funny, seasons,
Form: Rhyme
A Pile of Pennies
...A pile of pennies built strong love,
Childhood memories so sweet,
As they look down from above,
Helped make me feel complete.
Childhood memories so sweet,
Playing Rumoli using the penny,
Helped make...
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Categories:
ramage, family, nostalgia, me,
Form: Pantoum
Perfect Morning
...I awaken to the lovely snorts of my sweet English bulldog,
Frankie sits up in my bed, legs out, looks sort of like a frog.
Toddling down the stairs assessing the light from the window,
We kn...
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Categories:
ramage, animals, introspection, nature,
Form: Couplet
Lee Ramage-Our Random Plea
...My Dearest Lee…How we miss thee!
Please come back…here is our plea…
If you’d come back, we agree…
To eat cold Brussels sprouts and a pea
To swim across the Yellow sea
To take you on a shopping s...
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Categories:
ramage, devotion,
Form: Monorhyme
Seemed Like a Routine Day
...Being a nurse I had a good understanding of medications for pain,
Explained to my Obstetrician I wanted everything, I was not insane,
This was my first baby and being in healthcare had very f...
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Categories:
ramage, daughter, funny, health, husband,
Form: Rhyme
My Favourite Leaf
...My Favourite Leaf
When someone mentions leaves, I always think of fall,
It precedes winter’s introduction, a slow rambling crawl
Visualizing the leaves of burnt orange and crimson red,
Inspiring exc...
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Categories:
ramage, nature, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Iridescent Teacher
...Only seven years old but always bullied and hurt,
A constant string of hurtful names others would blurt,
Wondered how I’d ever get through grade three,
Figured that was the way life would alw...
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Categories:
ramage, childhood, dedication, school, teacher,
Form: Rhyme
Neapolitan Ice Cream
...chocolate velvet on
white cream topping
strawberry foam
Written by Lee Ramage
October 1, 2011
For Poet Destroyer’s contest
Neapolitan Ice Cream (Haiku)
Won 7th Place...
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Categories:
ramage, food,
Form: Haiku
Fall Affair
...Fall’s fire is written on every deciduous tree,
A chorus of harmony displayed for all to see.
The first frost paints lace on the window pane,
Patterns and designs are never quite the same,
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Categories:
ramage, love, seasons, autumn, love,
Form: Couplet
A City's Personality
...A personality,
Ends in fatality,
Witness a city alive,
Pastry smells fill the air,
Architecture you stare,
Business, people make it thrive,
Each city has its feel,
Recession ends the steel,
C...
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Categories:
ramage, business, urban, city,
Form: Rhyme
Sunset Picture
...As the sun moves down and sets behind the distant trees,
You take a deep breath, the perfect time of day, if you please.
Shoulders relax as you sit and reflect on the hours gone by,
Evening a...
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Categories:
ramage, inspirational, nature, time, time,
Form: Rhyme
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