Packing for Camp
...The grandkids are heading to sleepaway camp,
Their clothing all labeled and packed,
Plus all of the extras they may or not need -
Way too much, as a matter of fact.
They bring pillows and blank...
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Categories:
repacked, granddaughter, grandson,
Form: Rhyme
The Old Suitcase
...There it was, just tossed aside.
The old suitcase
No more wanted or needed.
But left.
In the dust and dirt
On the attic floor.
Remaining unopened for
Many years.
It held the memories,
of...
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Categories:
repacked, grief, journey, nostalgia, old,
Form: Free verse
September Readies Us
...September floats down from the trees in leaves
Piling up her yellows, reds, and browns
Squirrels scamper around the trunks of the oaks
Chasing each other, readying their winter antics
September...
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Categories:
repacked, autumn, september,
Form: Free verse
Packed For Success
...I pack the backpack
then empty it
count again what I need,
discard the unlikely,
the unnecessary accessory.
I pack the backpack
shoulder it,
adjust the straps
remember to add a usef...
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Categories:
repacked, poetry,
Form: Free verse
What I Need
...I pack the backpack
then empty it
count again what I need,
discard the unlikely,
the unnecessary accessory.
I pack the backpack
shoulder it,
adjust the straps
remember to add a useful thing...
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Categories:
repacked, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Mockingbird
...I am the mockingbird
darkened gray and black
singing out a melody,
rhythms found and repacked.
Everybody has heard me sing
once or maybe twice
familiar melodies on the wing
sweet and n...
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Categories:
repacked, bird, song,
Form: Personification
Why Wake
...Why wake when first takes fade to night
Why wake when days evade your plight
Don’t ask to rule when thrones you lost apply,
To things you wish, keenly brewing bright
Don’t say you know
when the sun’...
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Categories:
repacked, emotions, love,
Form: Light Verse
Toothbrush
...TOOTHBRUSH
TOOTHBRUSH
Bristles from a chewing stick in several smart Chinese.
One end was used to swipe and wipe the other was a sword or pick to get at
meat in between the teeth. Not u...
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Categories:
repacked, children, funny, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Tampered With
...Poised, she walked into a department store; a stranger was suddenly wowed.
He appeared in ideal manliness, then lost her in the crowd. So, he searched for
those slender curves through all the wo...
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Categories:
repacked, life,
Form: Rhyme