FACE TO FACE WITH A RACCOON
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We have five feeders hanging on our porch…for the birds who frequent there
(and the occasional squirrels…who have no idea what it means to share.)
During the day while sitting on the porch..we ...
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Categories:
scooted, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Fighting over the Best Seats in the Cheese Spa
...Morey was thrilled because the cheese spa was coming.
The refrigerator made happy sounds, it was fairly humming.
The cheese was melting ahead of time in the microwave.
Morey was the first family m...
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Categories:
scooted, 12th grade, 1st grade,
Form: Rhyme
Charlie Sheepdog Has a Scare
...Shetland Sheepdog Charlie jumped high in the air
Sheep he could handle, but this creature was unfair
As far as he knew it was an alien or a creature from far away
I was lucky to have my camera tha...
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Categories:
scooted, animal, dog,
Form: Rhyme
The Embrace that only Glenn Hughes could Orchestrate
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She was welcomed into my house
where she entered and said…
what is that quite romantic music playing?
Oh, it is Glenn Hughes on my vinyl record player
and I showed her how it spins an...
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Categories:
scooted, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Blooming Betty
...Bad breath Betty
Never had a steady
Or anything
Be it friend or foe.
Everyone avoided her don't cha know.
Then she went to the zoo
Met Evalynn
Who blew flowers through her nose.
Betty had to ...
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Categories:
scooted, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Rhyme
make my day
...Make my day! Clint McRoostwood said.
His attitude was as staunch as his comb was red.
Many scooted away from him with dread.
His movie star status was totally well fed.
He pretended that he was s...
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Categories:
scooted, 10th grade, 4th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Acorn Hair Please
...Acorn hair please the squirrel said as she scooted into the chair
Same color or shape or both? Asked the beautician named Mare.
Whatever you can do, but it has to be done exactly right.
Because at...
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Categories:
scooted, women,
Form: Rhyme
In the Forest of the Godlings
...Genie, my dog:
She was mixed part Pomeranian part Shih Tzu
a female genius with excellent sight
wise beyond her years she always knew how to
appease me, when I was not feeling right
Us...
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Categories:
scooted, analogy, pets,
Form: Quatrain
Refurbished Legends: Pecos Bill Or Tall In the Saddle
...There is a legend of a cowboy down in Texas
To whom they give the sobriquet of Pecos Bill.
It's said he rooted and he tooted
As across the plains he scooted,
Stetsoned, jeaned, bowlegged, and boo...
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Categories:
scooted, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Spot Admires His Boys Optimism
...“One more jump and I’ll have that apple!” Leland said.
Spot scooted back another nudge or so.
He had been stepped on before, and he did not like it.
Leland jumped and jumped and jumped.
His optim...
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Categories:
scooted, dog,
Form: Free verse
I Want To Go Home
...My father was locked in on an Alzheimer’s unit of a nursing home.
I asked my mother “how will I know when to leave?”
“You’ll know,” she told me.
So I went. Dad was playing cards with a woman and a...
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Categories:
scooted, dad, daughter,
Form: Narrative
Our First Date
...The candles burned bright
in the dark starry night
the wind was a warm summer's breeze
blowing through the trees
this night was special because it was our first date
and so far it was going grea...
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Categories:
scooted, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Suzette Suzette
...We thought we’d be the first kids there, this was totally wrong.
Hundreds of people were shoved into Great-grandma’s tiny house.
Maybe fifty, anyway a lot.
I did not know any of them.
Come in! sa...
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Categories:
scooted, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Light Verse
Oliver the October Scarecrow
...Oliver, the October Scarecrow was freshly made from hay.
He liked scaring the birds and the bumblebees away.
They tried to get near the pumpkin patch until they saw him wave.
His arms spiraled lik...
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Categories:
scooted, autumn, october,
Form: Rhyme
The Bricklayer
...His wheelbarrow wobbled
Across the broken sidewalk
Toward the job site
Where the work was
Some girls in yellow taxis rode by and whistled at his tanned arms.
His brown boots got chalked ...
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Categories:
scooted, break up, heartbroken, i
Form: Free verse
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