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Scrimping
Scrimping Poems - Poems about Scrimping
Scrooge
...Note: I am not sure if titles of this form can be something other than the first line of the poem, but my actual title would be "Christmas Figures" if that is able to be done. Scrooge ......
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Andrea Dietrich
Categories:
scrimping,
character,
Form:
Diamante
Ghost Towns Criss Cross Wide World
...Information superhighway bumper to binary bumper. Stark contrast versus deserted macadam thoroughfares. Magnification rendered visualization coronavirus alias covid 19 courtesy electron microscop......
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Matthew Harris
Categories:
scrimping,
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Chinwag Pies
...Chinwag Pies A crowd gathers Where the poor run wild, Relentlessly taunting An innocent child, Scathing, scalding Thieving eyes, Scrimping, scraping Chinwag pies. Two a penny F......
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Robert Horton
Categories:
scrimping,
poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Pretty Patty
...Pretty Patty was a penny pincher of the worst kind She saved every single cent that she could find She carefully cut out coupons ,counting every one A bit bizarre but buying butter cheaper, oh wha......
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Barbara Gorelick
Categories:
scrimping,
care, feelings, inspirational,
Form:
Alliteration
An Apology
...And, I owe myself an apology... For not believing in myself, For not trusting myself, For the times that I didn't seek the best, But just accepted what was left, For the the times that I allowed......
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Danita Michelle Allen
Categories:
scrimping,
deep, truth,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Have a Word With Yourself
...Have a word with yourself you could do with a mate, Have a word with yourself girl before it's too late, Ya having a baby 'n' cutting no slack, ......
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Julie Ann Jones
Categories:
scrimping,
addiction
Form:
ABC
Hero With No Medal
...HERO WITH NO MEDAL Could be you or me fallen out of the net. Just an old guy, down and out - Park bench newspaper-blanket : Drop a coin in his cup as I walk about. Never was any great hero - ......
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Sidney Beck
Categories:
scrimping,
dedication, integrity,
Form:
Quatrain
Hero Without Medal
...HERO WITHOUT MEDAL Could be you or me Just an old guy, down and out Park bench newspaper blanket Drop a coin in his cup as I pass. Never was any great hero Lawyer,actor, statesman, preacher, cha......
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Sidney Beck
Categories:
scrimping,
people, integrity,
Form:
Free verse
Six Simpering Thick-Skinned Shifty Spinster Sisters
...Six simpering thick-skinned shifty spinster sisters stiffly sit Stitching sticky skid-marked scivvies of sixty sick stingy sailors. Six sick from stitching scivvies of sixty sick scrimping sailors ......
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Andrea Dietrich
Categories:
scrimping,
funny, sick,
Form:
Alliteration
Skinbobs Job
...Well my Skinbob,had an employment trial,in which we think ok she got another callback,a chance to earn more pay she really is a grafter,and manors so polite i think the boss shou......
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Paul Beadnall
Categories:
scrimping,
hope,
Form:
Rhyme