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Scuttlebutt Poems - Poems about Scuttlebutt

Premium Member The Dawns Scuttlebutt
...the dawn’s scuttlebutt dovetails with the dishwasher whirring and tweeting the wagging of beaks and wings movement of a writer’s hands......

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Categories: scuttlebutt, bird, sound,
Form: Tanka
Fantastic Words
...A closer look at a fantastic word And no, I’m not talking in bafflegab To not repeat this speak is just absurd To absquatulate like a fracas herd Throw a foofaraw over a little jab A closer lo......

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Categories: scuttlebutt, fun, words,
Form: Villanelle



My Middle Sister Aleera
...When you were born, I did not know what to do, You see, I was only just the age of two. Wherever I went, so did you You see, we were stuck together like glue. Then as we grew up, we st......

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Categories: scuttlebutt, family, love, sister,
Form: Rhyme
Truth
...She sat at your table You laughed at her jokes She saw then, but couldn't believe It was all an orchestrated hoax You invited her to afternoon lunches But left her to find friends Her presenc......

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Categories: scuttlebutt, judgement,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Buying a New Computer
...The salesman said, “This computer will do everything, but wipe your butt!” My wife said, “If you buy that thing … please tell ......

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Categories: scuttlebutt, computer, humor,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Ravenous Vulture
...I’ve been harkening back to my formative years Haunting seedy seaport bars in Keelung, Navigating strange interventions abroad, While adjusting my ears to an alien tongue. On the streets of th......

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Categories: scuttlebutt, allegory, literature,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Scuttlebutt
...Scuttlebutt ran in and bit me. Harder than a mosquito bites. I yelled ouch! Scuttlebutt did a summersault into my reptilian brain. She is easy to antagonize. Scuttlebutt chuckled So I pull......

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Categories: scuttlebutt, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Light Verse
Keep Mouth Shut and Bury With King Tut
...tune could not carry horrible sound would vary and also very latest scuttlebutt trump should keep his big mouth shut bury with King Tut they will realize after hearing all the cries forgo......

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Categories: scuttlebutt, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
The Bees
...The bumble bees sounded the horn Then broke out with all their thorns For the Gardner who just cut Their hive into scuttlebutt They made him wish he was never born......

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Categories: scuttlebutt, happy, humor,
Form: Limerick
The Last Train, Part I
...On the canvas of a cold, grey, winter sky, In large black letters above the Iron Gate, Read the message: "Arbeit Macht Frei". A shrewdly sinister, propagandist lie, Designed to deceive all of our......

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Categories: scuttlebutt, allegory, allusion, analogy, holocaust,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Rule of Threes Three
...Will you make the cut? Or settle for a shortcut? Coaches' scuttlebutt Execute the steal Professing rather than real The truth to conceal Blessing progeny Highlights God's sovereignty Not......

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Categories: scuttlebutt, bible, life, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Quotidian
... Quotidian (commonplace or ordinary) Written: by Miracle man October 19, 2020 I say this not intending to sound like some old cliché, but most things are quotidian that lurk in my day......

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Categories: scuttlebutt, desire, feelings, how i
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Life On the Street
...A monochrome of boho days segue one another surreptitiously. Endless pantomimes of idle chatter flutter by. Cantilever bridge, a one stop halting site for gossip and suspense. Small talk, bespoke......

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Categories: scuttlebutt, birth, business, care, caregiving,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Megan's Quest Part 3of7
...'A magical lock?' Groaned Graygall in a voice of defeat. 'We are doomed before even we are set to advance. To defeat Trolls would be an almost impossible feat but with Troll magic we haven......

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Categories: scuttlebutt, adventure, courage, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Flagan the Dragon Part 3
...The Tale of the Duck The morning was crisp and in need of assist from the sun to warm up the day. The Dragon needed some food to lighten his mood so he had a plumb before making his way.......

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Categories: scuttlebutt, funny, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

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