By accident
...
As
if by
accident
a fellow died
an arrest denied
did he fry on purpose
no one cared no one ran in
all kept silent, as if tongue tied
one body burning, sheeting on fire
a whore lit a smok...
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Categories:
sheeting, allegory,
Form: Etheree
TANKA show tell COLLECTION
...without-
the waning sun
warms my face
shalom cloaks
the wells within
with a tremor of light-
daybreak tinges
the nigrescent sky grey-
the horizon appears
distinct in my mind's eye
on ...
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Categories:
sheeting, poetry,
Form: Didactic
Snow
...soft shearling sheeting
shivering shimmering snow ~
seasonal savior
Inspired by but not entered in* the Ice, Snow or Frost Haiku Poetry Contest sponsored by Tania Kitchin
*I was just too d...
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Categories:
sheeting, seasons, snow,
Form: Haiku
Tanka the Form E
...huddled together
from the sheeting rain
the unbrellas mob the hearse-
then in twos
slowly separate
NOTE:A tanka in English is essentially a 3 line hiku(SHOW)with a couplet amplification (TELL)...
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Categories:
sheeting, poetry,
Form: Tanka
Comes Forth the Rain
...
comes forth the rain, riding a cloud
bucking, straining, fighting the reins
snorting, cavorting, brassy and loud
comes forth the rain, riding a cloud
rambunctious colt, kicks loose th...
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Categories:
sheeting, rain, storm, weather,
Form: Quatrain
Tanka Feb 3
...huddled together
from the sheeting rain
the unbrellas mob the hearse-
then in twos
slowly separate
NOTE:Essentially a tanka in English is a 3 line hiku(SHOW)& a 2 line couplet (TELL) comment...
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Categories:
sheeting, poetry, word play,
Form: Tanka
Stool Matters--
...STOOL MATTERS--
O' crap, whatz wuzz that~!!
Oh, I stepped in and animal excrement,
specially that of common domestic
farm animals left in pasture used as fertilizer
Solid matter dis...
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Categories:
sheeting, adventure, analogy, anxiety, engagement,
Form: Dramatic Verse
From Bed To Worse
...Young Peter destroyed his bed sheeting
So he could go out trick or treating
His mother went mad
And so did his dad
Their language is not worth repeating!...
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Categories:
sheeting, halloween, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Business As Usual
...Rock Hardon just called a staff meeting
To hear a complaint about cheating
Our Xerox machine
Could not be wiped clean
So privates were publicly sheeting...
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Categories:
sheeting, business, humor,
Form: Limerick
Mixed Metaphors
...Trump’s not “great,” he IS fat, his morality’s more like a doormat
To Satan than ‘shining’ example of ‘City on Hilltop!’
His base ‘chokes’ on swill that he feeds them, his fascist black ‘Colors’
W...
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Categories:
sheeting, faith, love,
Form: Rhyme
Home At Last
...Home at last, home at last, home at last!
upon my favorite white pillow
encouraging me to dream
giving me solitude
letting me relax
welcoming me
white sheeting
cool
crisp...
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Categories:
sheeting, home, perspective, recovery from,
Form: Nonet
Withdrawal
...During enduring winter rain
the small bird cheeping
his only wish of certain warmth
ducks out of the sheeting rain - each
grain aimed an icy dart poignantly
tipped with a hardening past -
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Categories:
sheeting, addiction,
Form: Rhyme
Berry Stained Sheets
...Berry Stained Sheets
She, she alone has set my heart free.
Her loveliness now given freely to me.
Our lasting bond forever defined
Eating raspberries from parts aligned.
With laughing memories...
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Categories:
sheeting, longing, love, lust, romance,
Form: Free verse
A Funereal Tanka
...huddled
from the sheeting rain
umbrellas circle the hearse..
in twos
they slowly depart...
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Categories:
sheeting, death, imagery,
Form: Tanka
Teddy Bears On Holiday
...Teddy Bears on holiday.
The Teddy Bears marched one and all
Smartly through the Hotel Hall.
With Ted in front Freddy last
They raised a smile from all they passed.
“Look lively now” was Lion...
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Categories:
sheeting, children, kids, holiday, kid,
Form: Rhyme
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