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Argh An Errant Stray Left Parenthesis
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matthew harris
| Free verse |
sardine, 11th grade, 12th grade,
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LIFE
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Thabang coleen
| Lyric |
sardine, anger,
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Odyssey from Africa 14d
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Phil Salmon
| Narrative |
sardine, adventure, africa, history, mythology,
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Animal Charm
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george seal
| Rhyme |
sardine, animal, riddle,
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The Sardine
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Barry Stebbings
| Rhyme |
sardine, fish, humor,
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But They Lived There
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Freddie Robinson Jr.
| Dramatic Verse |
sardine, history, prejudice, racism, truth,
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My Blue Cheese is a Fishy Affair
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Subimal Sinha-Roy
| Rhyme |
sardine, fish, food,
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There Is A Brighter Side
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cheryl hoffman
| Limerick |
sardine, confusion, dog, work,
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Odyssey from Africa 13b
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Phil Salmon
| Narrative |
sardine, adventure, africa, courage, endurance,
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Laced to Kill
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Freddie Robinson Jr.
| Dramatic Verse |
sardine, perspective, spiritual, truth, wisdom,
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Granny sat upon the time machine
by RAJAT KANTI CHAKRABARTY
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Limerick |
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Categories:
sardine, fun, funny,
Morning is broken
by Tony Kirk
The morning has broken once again
The sardine, tin-bus is packed to the brine
The start of the day is already dragging
The call of the call centre...
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Categories:
sardine, angst, work,
Bandits Fishy Tale
by Seren Roberts
What were you thinking of mother
When you gave me that extra sardine
You know they are my favourites
Now…I am not feeling too fine
Why you looking like...
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Categories:
sardine, cat,
Wishes Gone Awry
by Philip Scheidel
A frog once asked a wizard to turn him into a prince.
So, the wizard granted his wish and cast a great spell.
The frog was pleased...
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Categories:
sardine, writing,
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
by Vivien Wade
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
For my birthday celebration,
My husband Peter and I,
Wanted to give the pub a miss,
Instead a posh restaurant try.
I dolled up for the occasion,
In...
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sardine, birthday,
Walking With My Mother Past Ursuline Convent and Orphanage
by kathy camacho
Walking With My Mother Past Ursuline Convent and Orphanage (Camp Street)
she remembered
meals eaten in silence
agar jelly dessert, the bitterness of seaweed
washed down with milk
rounders...
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sardine, memory, mother, sad, together,
My Mom and Her Home
by FABIYAS M V
These old stones
have undressed their
plaster-clothes. Her roof
is tattered, yet she declines my call.
Fashion and novelty
never tempt her. Her soles
sometimes soil her floor,...
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Categories:
sardine, life,
FEAST OF THE BEAST - WRITTEN WITH LIN LANE
by JAN ALLISON
The mean old housecat has bulgy eyes
when she looks at us in our fish bowl
Oh, how much we've come to despise
that big mouth of hers,...
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sardine, cat, fish, humorous,
Feast of the Beast: Jan Allison and Lin Lane
by Lin Lane
The mean old housecat has bulgy eyes
when she looks at us in our fish bowl
Oh, how much we've come to despise
that big mouth of hers,...
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sardine, cat, fish,
Odyssey from Africa 1a
by Phil Salmon
Chapter 1 THE FISHERMAN
At the dawn of humankind in
Africa's great land of sunlight
This adventure of survival
Of a family's arduous journey
One of exile...
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sardine, adventure, africa, history, humanity,
When Janu Saw An Apparition
by FABIYAS M V
Sometimes superstition mates with
scare in the wilderness of the
subconscious mind – some
apparition will be
the offspring.
Janu made just a shriek in the darkness.
Like a fried...
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Categories:
sardine, inspirational,
That Girl
by Timothy Sanchez Manzini
Her name resounds and echoes in my head,
My heart feels so heavy it really feels like lead,
I feel I am dying because I cannot breathe,
But...
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sardine, baby, how i feel,
Anacreontic Verse The Grunion Are Running
by Connie Marcum Wong
Oh summer moon
your soft light
highlights my hair,
makes me aware
of the ocean tides
when the grunion
run at very high
tides, as females
dig their tails
into the sand to
lay their...
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sardine, fish, fun, summer,
Treasure Hunt
by Lindsay Laurie
One Tuesday evening recently with the house empty but me,
I thought I’d spread out on the couch and see what’s on the ‘telly’.
It was close...
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sardine, humor,
AND WE ARE STILL HERE
by millard lowe
AND WE ARE STILL HERE…
While beating our drums—singing, dancing
and giving praises to the Most High
for family harvest, peace and love,
we blinked—became victims
of colonial rape—stolen from...
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Prose Poetry |
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Categories:
sardine, allegory, america, analogy, black
a little fish
by jan oskar hansen
A Little fish
I opened a tin of sardines in olive oil for my evening meal.
Headless and nicely packed they were except...
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Blank verse |
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Categories:
sardine, imagination, islamic,
Big Red Bellied Black Snake
by Lindsay Laurie
Dad had threatened for some time, to reclaim the land behind the shed,
where rubbish over many years, had stockpiled but now instead
of being easy to...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
sardine, family, farm,
the racial issue
by jan oskar hansen
The Racial Issue
I know nothing about being black but when black people
speak about childhood poverty I sense empathy I too know
how it feels like...
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Blank verse |
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Categories:
sardine, absence, abuse, adventure, africa,
Captured by the Creek
by Lindsay Laurie
Like a drug of dependence, this will keep me coming back
out along the Sardine Creek, walking on a wombat track.
I should know every cranny and...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
sardine, nature, water, drug,
treasure hunter
by jan oskar hansen
Treasure Hunter
I was following a narrow road that led to a dry like,
the road was flanked by uneven trees, looking like rejected
kids for...
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Burlesque |
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Categories:
sardine, humor, humorous,