TATTOO DEPORTATION
...TATTOO DEPORTATION
I’d almost forgotten that damned tattoo
A small symbol that years ago, I had got
It was a couple of lads, drunk on vacation
The tattooist did it in red on my shoulder
I’m a ...
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Categories:
scowled, adventure, symbolism,
Form: Rhyme
Bunch of limericks and other funny tricks I
..."Okay, tell me, who's gonna be next?"
said the writer of the too-long text.
"No, please, not me," said the lean noun.
"Cut that fat verb there, two lines down."
And they all watche...
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Categories:
scowled, crazy, funny, giggle, howl,
Form: Limerick
Insatiable bowl
...Fury of cage,
Forbade him from rage.
For he knew he was in pain,
Which gave him joy from the sorrowest gains.
Deemed to be horrid,
Demise from torrid.
He was slandered,
For the world’s a foul ...
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Categories:
scowled, absence, allegory, analogy, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Laura Norder 2 - New Balls Please
...Laura Norder took her gun and strapped it to her thigh
The skirt she wore was so damned short she had to strap it high
And stood there on the corner where the street lamps dare not tread
She waite...
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Categories:
scowled, courage,
Form: Narrative
Christmas Shopping Madness
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'Twas the night before Christmas and I still had gifts to buy.
I procrastinated getting it done; a terrible fault I can't deny.
As I juggled bags of presents that cost far too much money,
A side...
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Categories:
scowled, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Now, Now, Mister President
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They gave Mister Biden a tongue-twister
But his tongue got tangled and it blistered
First he scowled peevishly
Then he said sheepishly
“Thought I read ‘Kamala’ ~ tried to k...
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Categories:
scowled, humor, kiss, leadership,
Form: Limerick
Rum n Raisin 12 - And Walnut Makes Three
...Raisin said, “Rum, I’m beginning to see
that there will be times when we cannot agree.
Disputes shouldn’t leave us at a complete loss
So I think it’s proper that I should be boss.”
Rum gave a s...
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Categories:
scowled, cat, dog, leadership,
Form: Narrative
Musings On Faith
...He spoke of faith. I told him I had none. He laughed. I scowled, muttering an obscenity. He continued. Telling me that we all had faith, that I had faith. He asked me if I had a brain. I told ...
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Categories:
scowled, faith,
Form: Haibun
Unholy Matrimony
...“‘til death do us part” the vampire once said
to his pallid bride, her throat blushing red.
The guests grew squeamish at what they just saw,
filled with great dread and primordial awe:
as the...
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Categories:
scowled, halloween, horror, marriage,
Form: Rhyme
Trial of Red and White Fire
...Centuries ago
In ancient Hermopolis
A debate roared loud
Between a proud Christian priest
And a strange shepherd
Who was a Manichaean
Wearing ragged clothes
And who was looking f...
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Categories:
scowled, beautiful, fire, religion, religious,
Form: Choka
A Quiet Day In Heaven
...This poem is dedicated to anyone who has a garden…
and trees!
*
The God of the Sun said, “This ought to be fun,
just watch that girl sat on the sand.
When I make the ...
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Categories:
scowled, humorous, rain, sun, wind,
Form: Rhyme
The Widow In Her Cabin, Part Vi
...“Harlot! How dare you betray my dear son!
Now bearing a damned vagrant’s little one!”
But Joanne cocked her head, looked quite confused,
“But father wherever did you hear such news?!”
And then af...
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Categories:
scowled, desire, family, heartbreak, history,
Form: Epic
The Widow In Her Cabin, Part V
...Some people did gossip, but Amos played
the part of a shy, young man seeking pay,
desperate for work, and with nowhere to go,
some laughed at this, and he let them do so,
knowing what waited at h...
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Categories:
scowled, desire, family, heartbreak, history,
Form: Epic
Impure Thoughts
...My pastor scowled, where have your nasty thoughts been?
You must know every impure thought is a sin!
But my mind kept transgressing
There was JLO undressing!
He said do as I do, and poured me som...
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Categories:
scowled, drink, religion,
Form: Limerick
Cathars In the Land of the Angles
...In winter's cold grip
In the land of the Angles
The Good Christians came
Against their will to a trial
In a grand city
Called the Ford of the Oxen
Good will be slaughtered
By the hands of hot ...
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Categories:
scowled, christian, endurance, england, history,
Form: Choka
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