Let the Cowboys be, in pastures new!
...Cowboys
Let the cowboys be…
Let them tend to causes....genuine and real
To bequeath…an opportunity to be authentic.
To bequeath…a shot at redemption
To weed the errant and replant in ravines, ch...
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Categories:
servings, anger, angst, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
Farewell Advent! by James Ryman translation
...Farewell Advent!
by James Ryman
translation by Michael R. Burch
Farewell, Advent; Christmas has come;
Farewell from us, both all and some.
With patience thou hast us fed
Yet made us go hung...
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Categories:
servings, christian, christmas, fish, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
Hindsight 20 20
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I was coming up on 60, when I found a lump in my left breast.
One day of anxiety turned into two weeks of tribulation
as I returned again and again to the hospital for tests.
At last, I got my v...
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Categories:
servings, cancer,
Form: Narrative
Cereal In The PM
...My mouth coated with Coco bombs
Washed with vanilla cream
Taste buds scream, as if they are exploding
Flavor that melts on my tongue
And I haven't even added the sepia syrup
It turns my favori...
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Categories:
servings, black african american, chocolate,
Form: Blank verse
Afters
...Fourteen pounds; that’s a bucket of lard
And losing that shouldn’t be so hard
It’s turkey, pud and let’s not quibble
A pretty frequent midnight nibble
It’s one whole stone of belly fat
Inflati...
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Categories:
servings, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
I Know I Saw Him
...Stepping through the pine and holly wreathed front
entrance of the homeless shelter,
as a Christmas Eve snowfall decorated the city,
I carried a fresh turkey,
I heard joyous singing of adults and...
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Categories:
servings, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
Death In a Lunch Hour
...he entered the room as if rice was about to boil over,
seeing faces of those he didn't recognise look as though
they were reading the last line of a book they never read
before, staggered, asymm...
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Categories:
servings, death, health, heart, life,
Form: Prose Poetry
Pluck a Poet
...Loves me, Loves me not?
Loves me, Loves me not?
Plucking petals is biased, as most flowers have 5 petals!
Counting the fingers and toes
of a poet, is ever so biased as well!
My dear, do you pluc...
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Categories:
servings, angst, poems, poetess, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Old Soul
...The innocence of the new and the wisdom of the old,
Grandfather was like a warm blanket in the nights of winter cold
Stories at the bedtime, warm servings of love during the day,
Setting up the ...
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Categories:
servings, adventure, age, beautiful, birth,
Form: Rhyme
Huskey Mountain Ode
...Gravel crusted potholes, all slathered up with mud,
And ruts that jar your bones served on the side.
No place to turn around: I know because I've tried;
The heavy rains bring washouts from...
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Categories:
servings, home,
Form: Rhyme
Entry Code: S M K
......s m k...
sewing mainly knowlegables
seals most.....knit....
sackcloth mental-knots.....
so mosquito-kiss
sensations mean....keep
smiling.....music knockouts
sounding....mythological keybo...
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Categories:
servings, magic, math, sunshine,
Form: Free verse
Virtue Dining Versus Silly Value Menus
...Midst exciting functional cooking session
provoking strong eating urges’ passion
my appetite strides for flavorful progression
brave to defy menus’ farting repercussion.
There’s sizzlin...
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Categories:
servings, blessing, cheer up, christian,
Form: Rhyme
Restaurant Reapings 3
...Aware of my attention to her as well as my proximate presence, she went on in a steadily refined rhythm, neither upset nor uplifted, holding my slick sight at reducible ductility and scotching its sn...
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Categories:
servings, inspirational, writing,
Form: Haibun
Yee Haw Let's Party
...Hey all you nice people, got a fantastic idea
Let's party, we could load up on beer and pizza
Maybe dance in the moonlight
While trying to remain upright
In spite of downing six servings ...
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Categories:
servings, roses are red,
Form: Limerick
John Watt's Delightful Servings
...Diet soup can be missed, but not John Watt’s delightful hearty* servings.
*Proverbs 27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend...
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Categories:
servings, appreciation, character, christian, encouraging,
Form: Monoku
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