Christmas Cheer
...T'was the night before Christmas and through the beer store
folks were procuring Christmas cheer by the score.
They came from near and far to get bottles of rum
to make yummy eggnog and to its ple...
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Categories:
shocker, celebration, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Can You Explain this Movie?
...We sat at the only empty table.
I'd never seen her before,
that elegant, thirty-something lady,
when I visited that shore.
I was twenty-two years old, with big ideas,
a little scruffy, a ...
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Categories:
shocker, confusion, political, romance,
Form: Rhyme
What A Shocker
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Wet with sweat, the seaside called my name
Coastal waters taught me to proclaim
Gentle breeze on water
Sweating, getting hotter
Bikini came off, despite the shame!
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Categories:
shocker, beach, funny, humorous, ocean,
Form: Limerick
Pirate's Gold
...I went on a journey across the land,
until I got to the beach with it's golden sand.
I was not here for sandcastles and a splash
I've come to collect some more sea-glass.
Some of it is pretty a...
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Categories:
shocker, adventure, beach, boat, fun,
Form: Rhyme
My Mother Passing
...Oh, why now? I had prayed for three more years,
Man lived, then we all die, and our resting is decided by a mortal,
Should it be with your father or mother or be by yourself?
I had seen so many ol...
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Categories:
shocker, addiction, allusion, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Blank verse
The Pranker and the Prankee
...THE PRANKER AND THE PRANKEE
Pranking might be a game to a pranker
But an unpremeditated shocker.
The prank might become costly
Cos when you presumed it'll be funny,
the fun becomes a life bre...
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Categories:
shocker, 1st grade, hilarious,
Form: Rhyme
The Climate Yo-Yo
...I’m a trilobite, I took my leave
Nature had a shocker up its sleeve
In hot water
Air gets shorter
Things got heated and I couldn’t breathe
I’m a stegosaur and I’m long dead
I got a ...
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Categories:
shocker, earth,
Form: Limerick
Brown Midas
...He felt so cocksure
his Midas Touch was proctor.
Vegas pulled him down.
Now his Midas touch is brown.
His failure was a shocker.
NB: Inspired by, but not entered in, Edward Ibeh’s This of That...
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Categories:
shocker, addiction, confidence, corruption, feelings,
Form: Tanka
Mr Wig
...[Pylon (UK) = Transmission tower or Electricity pylon (USA)
Domestos = Bleach]
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Jeremy Wig was entirely bald
He sought the best hairpiece that h...
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Categories:
shocker, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Tribute To My Paternal Grandmother
...Old and bent when she sat in her gooseneck rocker
Waiting for the angelic shout to call her home
Grandma was best described as very prim and proper.
When we learned she was gone it w...
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Categories:
shocker, grandmother, memory,
Form: Villanelle
The Red At the End of Gold
...I was a happy fruit farmer, growing delicious, healthy fruits for consumption.
Since we'd bought the farm ten years prior, all the family lent to its function.
It was a large, productive farm, an...
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Categories:
shocker, fantasy, fruit, joy, nature,
Form: Couplet
Compose Yourself
...Often, I must say to myself, “Compose yourself,”
So, I take a book of lovely poems from the shelf
When I see chaos and fear surrounding me,
And slowly absorbing them, set aside my inse...
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Categories:
shocker, peace, solitude,
Form: Couplet
Compose
...Often, I say, "Compose yourself,"
Take a book of verse from the shelf
Seeing chaos surrounding me,
I lay down insecurity.
Sitting in my goose-necked rocker
I suppose, it comes a shoc...
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Categories:
shocker, peace, solitude,
Form: Couplet
Rat Race
...7/11/21
Never been the smoothest talker
Got to make the best of it before I need a walker
Had a lot or nothing to offer
Wasn't always worth the bother
4 days a week I work with and help doct...
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Categories:
shocker, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Maradona In Soccer
...Playing tired
Went to rest today
Maradona
Son of Arge n tina
Married to soccer
Father of goals
Children kicks
Relation of claps
Maradona a shocker in soccer...
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Categories:
shocker, death, feelings, sports,
Form: Free verse
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