Short Bonanza Poems

Examine closely each line stanza
Popular but no bonanza...

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foundationless thoughts
bonanza of ideas
solid fiction...

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boundless happiness
independent of surrounds
supreme bonanza...

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The Cartwright Brothers
the Ponderosa owners
and Ben Cartwright's sons...

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The adages only lie
they say after the storm
then comes the bonanza
lie because the flood comes !...

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On mountain l live
You are rose quartz bonanza
I find happy sky 


-Monday, June 17, 2019 Chattogram...

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Sing Us A Stanza

We want someone to sing us a stanza
About when we entered an extravaganza
Forgot child support;
Spend a day in court;
After trying to find a big bonanza.

Jim Horn...

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Corn goes on forever in the state of Nebraska
Corn goes on forever in my mind, a bonanza
Fields of my psyche
Are rolling by crikey
In silliness as I shout out these happy stanzas...

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So what happened to the cigarette industry
Are they all on welfare, did they join the infantry
Bet they never thought
The bonanza would stop
We smartened up stopped dying rapidly...

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Corn goes on forever in the state of Nebraska
Corn goes on forever in my mind, a bonanza
Fields of my psyche
Are rolling by crikey
In silliness as I shout out these happy stanzas...

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Birthday balloon bonanza with a bubble bobble bee
Turquoise, orange and peach spraying off thee
Purple yellow and periwinkle giving a wee wee wee
I love Birthday balloon bonanza when she comes to me....

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Dolphins are so smart they convince the foolish
To stand at the side of the pool and throw them fish
A bonanza it is
Even those with arthritis
Can't resist the free stuff, the battle is fierce...

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Life can be a symphonic bonanza,
A philharmonic extravaganza,
A choral sunrise,
And an orchestrated surprise,
A conducted ecstasy,
An instrumental epiphany,
These are the peccadilloes of life,
The crescendo of my eternity....

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Busy piazza, 
Amidst angry sun
And cacophonous sounds such as,
"pipipi peepee" and "bonanza! bonanza!!",
Calling all to answer,
Nagging market women,
Causing palaver.
Pedestrians roaming.
Every man to his own
Yet who knows who?




CHARLESMELODY
(Lightning Ink)....

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'Twas a Sunday extravaganza,
To eat dinner, watching Bonanza.
     Hoss’s plight so intense,
     That my state of suspense,
I cannot describe in one stanza!

Submitted : On A Lim Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Joseph May
Submitted : 4/27/22
Television series: “Bonzana”
Result: Honorable mention....

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Sancho Panza told Marisancha to pass the  plate of Gazpacho 
     she was screwy and forgot the cue and passed the plate to Cascajo
                          Sancho hit Mari, Casca hit Panza
                           Alonso rushed in, gravy bonanza
         "Don Quixote de la Mancha" hailed Don Miguel's Alonso Quijano...

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Captain Kangaroo, Leave it to Beaver, Father Knows Best,
Dennis the Menace, Candid Camera, Red Skeleton,
Bonanza, Paladin, Gunsmoke, Perry Mason,
Dick Van Dyke, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres,
Andy Griffith, Danny Thomas, Ed Sulllivan,
Sing along with Mitch, My Favorite Martian,
I Love Lucy, all grayscale.
Color obsolete until 1966....

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Go go boots
Made for walking
Nancy Sinatra
60’s fodder
Rock’N Roll
Jazz
The Blues
Diana Ross and the Supremes
Elvis and Ann Margaret
Ed Sullivan
The Beatles
Twiggy
Mini-skirts
Johnny Cash
The Grand Ole’ Opry
Underdog
Polly Pure Bred
I Love Lucy
Leave it to Beaver
Bonanza
This may have been when all of this video stuff started....

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Bonanza on my TV
After that the Rifleman
Democrats watch Westerns, too
I can't write cowboy poetry 
since I a not a cowboy
But I have been to Texas 
and written for a publication based there
Democrats watch Westerns, too
Jesse James was a fierce outlaw
But I am not cut out to be him 
as the song says
But, yes, Democrats watch Westerns, too...

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Be respectful of do not disturb,
often it’s just me wanting time solo;
Understand that it’s not you,
no it’s just me picking my poison;
Driven to get myself rejuvenated,
all I need is a buck up bonanza;
Road trip until I feel a bit calmer,
I’ve no desire to provide an alibi;
Enjoy a grin don’t come undone,
spoil yourself a bounce back awaits....

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Andy Griffith and Barney Fife 
Aunt Bea 
Opie 

Father knows Best 
Betty and Bud 
Kathy called “kitten” 

Loretta Young 
Dinah Shore 
The Lennon Sisters 

Bonanza 
Adam 
Hoss and Little Joe 

Sing Along With Mitch 
Gary Moore 
Ed Sullivan 

Wholesome family shows 
Until Elvis 
Showed up on Ed Sullivan 
Our shocked parents 

Jumped up and turned off the TV set 
But not soon enough...

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Little Joe, Hoss, Adam, and Ben.
I see them on the tube again.
They live in central Nevada
at a place called “Ponderosa”.

Widower Ben, and his three boys
shared their pain, as well as their joys.
We saw laughter, as well as tears, 
during a run of fourteen years.

They showed us a real frontier life,
full of adventure with some strife.
They still stand out among the best
in their exploits of the Old West....

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Through iambic pentameter I sing!
Without thee nary a poem I'd put down.
Break the ice? In a pickle? No such thing.
Had not found a home in this word town. 
  
Yet not all that glitters is syllabic.
And perhaps not all the world's a stanza.
To be pentameter of the iambic
Or not to be? What a real bonanza!
  
The world is your gooey lump in a shell.
Join the wild goose chase or move to Carmel.




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Give it a shot!
Let's see what you've got...
Jot it down
Be a clown
Go have fun with the plot.

Take a crack at a rhyme -
This got wrote in no time!
Pick a path
Have a laugh
It won't cost you a dime.

Try for a tough stanza -
It will be a bonanza.
Got a sec?
What the heck:
Poetry extravaganza!

A little much, don't you think?
So throw me into the clink.
Toss the key...
Goodness me,
This thing sure does stink!...

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Iron bars bent open begins the show
A black and white striped bonanza
A ballet of bravado under midnight skies

The bashful dancer eschews an eager audience
A plethora of prances covers an endless stage
His legs lilt inside a labyrinth of forgotten leisure

And no matter the truth of his turbulent persona
Tireless desires to dance and devour deliverance
Is what drives him from the spotlights in the dark
   

March 18, 2016...

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