Short Buckeye Poems

To celebrate Cinco de Maio
She set her vibrator on "Gyro"
It started to hum 
When in walked her mum
 Et voilà! The State of Ohio!...

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come to the great state of ohio
the best place in the country to go
they call it the buckeye state
a great place to relocate
where the three rivers begin to flow

State Limerick Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Kevin Shaw
7/15/19...

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I will have eyes on you from heaven Mom said.
I felt comforted by this, thinking cardinals of red.
Messengers are sent from heaven every day. Right?
Cardinals did not come, they stayed out of sight.

Asking Mom daily for a sign, I began to get impatient. 
She was in no hurry, her own ways totally patient.
A buckeye butterfly came to me in the summer and lit.
On my finger, with eyes from heaven. I about had a fit!...

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WOODCHUCK! WOODCHUCK!  FEBRUARY TWO.
EVERYONE'S UP HERE WAITNG JUST FOR YOU.

PUNXSUTAWNEY PHILL OR BUCKEYE CHUCK.
WE'RE FREEZING UP HERE.
SNOW AND ICE WE'VE HAD ENOUGH!

IF YOU SEE YOUR SHADOW.
THEIR IS WITHOUT A DOUBT.

SIX  MORE WINTERY WEEKS.
KEEP YOUR SALT AND SHOVELS OUT!

IF YOUR SHADOW YOU DON'T SEE.
YOU WILL HEAR A SHOUT OF GLEE!

FOR IT'S A SIGN THAT SPRING IS NEAR.
AN OMEN SOON IT WILL BE HERE!

MAFLongfellow...

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Ashamed
   I see what you have and I want it.
I am immediately ashamed.
   Indignant over the fact that these feelings could breed with in me;
dismayed at the buckeye of truth that may lie dormant.
   Time has a way of encouraging one on their way.
To feel crowded and herded onto the paths that are tamped down before us.
   Expectation in the abstract is just a thought.
However, once that possibility comes anywhere near, it is time to move on.
   An epiphany cures all....

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