Short Ames Poems

A playboy and his schnauzer in Ames
think life’s all about fun and games
With his money all spent
he can’t pay the rent
Now it’s his deadbeat dog that he blames...

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There’s a young lady in Ames we are told
who claims a pedigree royal and old
It’s Dairy Queen for brunch
and Burger King for lunch
Then dinner where the arches are gold

Written 3/19/22...

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J-oyous 
A-nniversary 
Y-ou 
D-elightedly 
E-njoy 
E-mploys 

& 

M-arriage 
A-crostic 
A-nd 
N-ames 

Topic: Anniversary of Jaydee & Ma'an Escobal (December 28) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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chats rugissaient
ombres dans la
riviere retreci
trognes
unarming lignorance
laisse echanger nos yeux
et examinir scruter
les secretes de nos ames
submerger
vers lenfant a naitre
demain
ou es-tu...

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R-egards
O-f
N-uptial
N-ote
I-n
E-xpression

&

E-mploy
D-evotion
R-ightfully
A-pplying
L-ove
I-n
N-ames

Topic: Anniversary of Ronnie & Edralin Galanta (May 07) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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N-uptial 
O-pus' 
R-ight 
M-eaning 
A-pplies 
N-ames 

& 

N-icely 
H-aving 
A-dvanced 
L-ovely 
Y-ear's 
N-ote 

Topic: Anniversary of Norman & Nhalyn Coronacion (January 18) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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H-appy
E-vent's
N-uptial
R-ings
Y-early

&

I-ntensify
R-ighteous
M-arriage
A-s

P-oem
I-n
N-ames
G-ives
O-ne
L-ove

Topic: Anniversary of Henry & Irma Piñgol (February 03) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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M-use
A-bout

T-he
R-ighteousness
I-s
N-icely
I-mplemented
D-aily
A-s
D-ifferent

N-ames
I-n
E-ach
V-erse
E-mploy
S-weetness

Topic: Birthday of Ma Trinidad Nieves (July 12) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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N-uptial
O-ccasion
E-mploys
L-iterary

&

M-essage
A-s
R-egards
L-et
Y-our
N-ames

G-leefully
I-mplement
L-ove's
I-mpact

Topic: Anniversary of Noel & Marlyn Gili (January 26) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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E-agerly
S-oothe
T-he
I-nternational
F-ans
U-ntil
N-ames
N-eed
Y-our

S-ublime
O-de
L-etting
A-crostic
R-hyme
E-ntertain
S-pectators

Topic: Birthday of Estifunny M. Solares (July 08) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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D-edication
A-pplies
N-ote
I-n
L-oveliness
O-f

&

N-ames
A-s
N-uptial
C-elebration's
Y-early

G-lee
A-dvances
M-atrimony
A-nd
Y-our
O-ptimistic
N-ecessity

Topic: Anniversary of Danilo & Nancy Gamayon (February 16) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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C-hosen
H-umans
A-re
R-ightfully
M-ade
A-dherents
I-nside
N-otable
E-xcellent

C-hurch
A-s
S-trict
T-ruth
I-s
L-ived
L-etting
O-bedient
N-ames
E-xpect
S-alvation

Topic: Birthday of Charmaine E. Castillones (February 27) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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M-arriage
E-vent's
L-ovely
A-ffair
N-icely
I-mplements
O-ne

&

M-agnificent
E-xpression's
R-egards
L-etting
Y-early

P-oem
A-pply
N-ames
U-sing
G-lorious
A-nniversary

Topic: Anniversary of Melanio & Merly Panuga (January 05) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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C-ouple's
A-nniversary
R-ightfully
L-ets
O-ptimistic

&

M-essage
A-bout
R-egards
Y-ield

J-oy
A-t
N-uptial
E-vent

A-s
N-oble
T-heme
O-f
N-ames
I-mplements
O-ccasion

Topic: Anniversary of Carlo & Mary Jane Antonio (March 31) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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A-nniversary 
L-ines 
G-ladly 
E-mploy 
N-uptial 

& 

M-eaning 
I-n 
C-ouple's 
H-appy 
E-vent 
L-etting 
L-ove 
E-ndure 

A-s 
N-ames 
G-leefully 
E-xpress 
L-ikable 
I-dea 

Topic: Anniversary of Algen & Michelle Angeli Rasco (December 27) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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W-ords 
I-n 
N-uptial 
S-tatement's 
T-opic 
O-f 
N-obility 

& 

V-irtuously 
E-mploy 
N-ames 
I-n 
C-onveying 
E-xpression's 

G-reat 
R-emembrance 
A-bout 
C-ouple's 
E-vent 

Topic: Anniversary of Winston & Venice Grace Metura (January 03) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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^ Jamez by James Edward Lee Sr.

J ames is my Christian name;
A ways, please call me this;
M y life is as a storybook;'
E verywhere I go I look;
S o be aware and never, call me Jimmie kiss;O






 
^ pronounced "James"
11/25/17
)(Form: is really Name
but it's not in the drop down box)(...

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Whales live in the ocean
So it's pretty rare to find
A whale beached in Iowa
But it doesn’t mind

It swims in the Cedar
Takes care of the cattle
Stock breeder
Wildcat hill

Eventually, it’ll return home
Back to the plains
Iowa is all he’s ever known
The land of Ames

In Memory Of William Marshall Ferguson...

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I-nspired
L-itterateur's
U-nique
M-essage
I-n
N-uptial
A-nniversary
D-oes
O-ffer

&

A-crostic
Q-uote
U-nder
I-mmeasurable
L-ove
I-n
N-ames
A-vailable

A-s
N-ice 
G-reetings
U-se
L-asting
O-ath

Topic: 65th Anniversary of Iluminado & Aquilina Angulo (December 22,2019) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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N-ames
O-ffer
R-apturous
M-arriage
A-ffair's
N-ifty

&

N-ote
H-aving
A-fforded
L-itterateur's
Y-early
N-otable

C-omposition
O-n
R-emembering
O-ne
N-uptial
A-nniversary's
C-elebration
I-n
O-utstanding
N-obility

Topic: Anniversary of Norman & Nhalyn Coronacion (January 18) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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J ames said he feels at home here
A nd hasn't felt this good in years
M e, I learned the best remedy
E specially when one is "down" is
S OUP

F or it gets you back on your feet
O nions "taters" and some meat
U feel exonerated
L ike a kid in school 
KQQL
                         ***
no meter,   no rhyme,  just James this time!...

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R-ising sun twenty-fourth January
O-pens the day with light; 
S-hadows have disappeared, 
E-arly morn sets things aright.

C-oal clouds and haze
A-re both nowhere in view; 
M-ist and fog fade away, 
B-lack sky becomes blue.
O-pen your life to beacon, 
N-ever hide your aura; 
G-o and start watching
G-ames at the Philippine
A-rena....

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E-xceptional
R-egards
I-n
C-omposition

R-ightfully
Y-ield
A-nother
N-icely

&

B-eautiful
A-crostic
B-y
Y-early
L-etting
Y-our
N-ames

P-oetically
E-mploy
N-uptial
A-nniversary's
V-ertical
E-xpression
R-egarding
D-ivine
E-vent

Topic: Anniversary of Eric Ryan & Babylyn Peñaverde (December 27) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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"Qu'il départage avec équité avant leurs transformations,
ceux qui arriveront aux cieux avec les Justifiés, de ceux
qui iront en bas avec les Justiciés, car la Balance pèse les 
Ames souverainement."  Verset 25, Papyrus de Nebseni

Rondelet: Eyes from afar

Eyes from afar
Frequent visitors from the Dark
Eyes from afar
Come spy on life under our star
This your experiment or lark
Wonder brains criss-cross mad as quark
Eyes from afar

(c) T. Wignesan - Paris, 2012...

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Agora eu sei

Agora eu sei,
Fazer negócios como 
Nasce a alegria, 
como nasce o vento entre barcos de papel, 
como nasce a água 
quando a empreender não é uma lágrima. 

É primeiro só um barulho de espuma 
Em volta do sonho
que desperta, 
um amanhecer de pássaros na alma. 

É um grito, 
um grito apertado nos dentes, 
um horizonte 
onde o mar é permanente. 

Agora eu sei,
Quando
empreender não é uma lágrima, 
de coisas que trocamos 
para que tu as ames como eu....

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