A Field Day Shoe Fit For Mother Goose
...A field day shoe fit for Mother Goose
Fruitless effort squeezing figurative juice
Pandora called triggering
helter skelter to get loose
necessitating Bullwinkle J. Moose
to usher at yours t...
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Categories:
scalawags, 12th grade, adventure, age,
Form: Rhyme
Mother Goose Would Find Her Tail Feathers Ruffled
...Mother Goose would find her tail feathers ruffled
Hey diddle diddle
the cat and the fiddle
when off to see
a crooked man and woman,
whilst cowards jumped
over moo ving little
pair of mis...
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Categories:
scalawags, abuse, allusion, anger, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Paper Airplanes
...September hues of school day smiles and bran new leather bags
creative minds as young as baby figs with eager hearts of lore
My days were full with mischief makers and bragging scalawags
but ...
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Categories:
scalawags, appreciation, dad,
Form: Rhyme
Slapdash Fellows At the Shamble Saloon
...in the city of York, an English town
odd old buildings of russet brown
surround damp streets of cobblestone
pathways finding the party zone
jesters strike around half past noon
slapdash fellas...
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Categories:
scalawags, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
A Field Day For Mother Goose
...Hey diddle diddle the cat and the fiddle
when off to see a crooked man and woman
whilst cowards jumped over moo ving little
pair of mismatched muggles,
who both walked from scan
din na...
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Categories:
scalawags, adventure, change, confusion, faith,
Form: I do not know?
Just Forgive Them
...The world is full of things that vex,
Competitors going for rivals’ necks,
Foes that single you out for no reason
And haters who loathe despite the season.
In the face of all this you should st...
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Categories:
scalawags, anger,
Form: Verse
Night of the Goddess
...Flames from numerous lamps flicker, refusing to die
Like shimmering flakes of gold adorning the night sky
Burn on, shine bright – shed some cheer in my tired life
Illumine with your light, let peace ...
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Categories:
scalawags, religion, night, evil, night,
Form: Rhyme
All Rise!
..."ALL RISE! THIS HONORABLE COURT IS NOW OPEN AND IN SESSION!"
Th' court room wuz his domain, bailiffin' wuz his profession!
No one dared hornswoggle him in that hallowed room.
Should any nonsense o...
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Categories:
scalawags, cowboy-westernold, old,
Form: Rhyme
Piracy
...The sails billow as they catch the wind
White crested waves put our ship a sway
To portside ye mates and scalawags
The merchant's ship shall be our prey
Fly their country flag the captain yells...
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Categories:
scalawags, adventure, drink,
Form: Rhyme
The Pirate's Lady
...Crew of scoundrels, scalawags
Skulls and crossbones, on her flags
Hull held low by money bags
The fruitful Pirate's Lady
Upon her splintered deck they rove
Safely anchored, hidden cove
Her be...
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Categories:
scalawags, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Home Grown Pirates
...Boxed in
and filled with sand
like a dry ocean
the towering
creosote soaked pillions
take the form
of an old shipwreck
with riggings, planks
and a captain's wheel.
Paid by the commons
for ...
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Categories:
scalawags, adventure, black african american,
Form: Free verse