Short Dally Poems

Two bold months swish by
No chance to dilly dally
Enjoy the moment...

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springs' gentle breezes
stir hearts to dally and then
chuck at aspen leaves...

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peaceful solitude

amidst flora and fauna

let the mood dally

until bluest skies go gray

and sky water gently falls...

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While political folks dilly dally
Job growth winds down a deep valley
Employers won't hire
Old folks can't retire
The poor house could be our finale...

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He roots this is the finale
How long can she dilly dally?
He thinks she's quite cute
If in her birthday suit
Trump's sure to pollute Nikki Haley...

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Dilly dally
In the eye of the storm
As the winds rush by

The reverse being true
As my outside calm
Hides my reeling core

Not so much 
Hidden
Anymore...

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There was once a seahorse named Henry
Oceanrider was he for he roamed slovenry
He met Mustany Sally
To change he did not dally
For she was dish told of in heathenry...

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Ponderance from Poet Atop A Mountain

The path I follow
until I can’t go further;
A chasm prevents me
from reaching the other side
and so I dally henceforth....

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Writing verse,
I dally forth

Hours more stole,
than loaned

Prose to suffer,
and wait in line

Time once more
—deposed

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)...

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to
stay 
away
too 
long 
is 
wrong;
to
dally
too
long
is 
wrong;
act
now,
do
not 
wait,
act
now
on
this
song.


Inspired by Life without U & M E contest...

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Dilly Dally/Lin Lane/Dilly Dally/Unseeking Seeker

Energy seeks and energy finds
Those who are of like minds 
They may clatter and clash
But just like water its own level finds...

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Ever been down to “Nonsense Alley”?
It's an excellent place to dilly dally
You'll meet a fine fellow
A funny caballero
He certainly is clever with his witty verb-ality...

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Listen to poem:

Tis all 
shilly-shally, dilly dally
wiffle waffle, willy wobble 
quiver and dither 
teeter and twitch,
which whatever, wherefore wobble
hem and haw, ho and hum
Tis all a dithery tizz...

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Writing verse,
  I dally forth

The hour more stole,
  than loaned

The prose to suffer,
  and stand in line

With time once more,
—deposed

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)...

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Toll and Tally Taken On Valley

What Trump did  was to dilly dally,
When he had been at the big rally;
Those supported,
Were all shorted;
Tossed trash took its toll and tally.

Jim Horn...

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Makes No Matter Where Trump Has Been

Makes no matter where Trump has been,
What he had done did again and again;
Dilly dally
At a rally,
Usually looking like a  stupid shenanigan.

Jim Horn...

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Have you ever been down to “Nonsense Alley”
It's an excellent place to dilly and dally
You'll meet a fine fellow
Some funny caballero
He certainly is clever with his witty verb-ality...

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Bluster is planning with his pal Dilly Dally
To take us all down a very dark alley









Funniest Rhyming Couplet Ever Contest
L Milton Hankins
Original Poem Howdy Doody Conversation
11/28/21...

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Those who dream 
and value Time 
live to see a Dawn.

But doomed into 
the ruins of a Dinosaur
are those that forever
Dilly-Dally.

For theirs is Drowning
and Dropping
Till history judges
them Harshly....

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Have you ever been down to “Nonsense Alley”
It's an excellent place to dilly and dally
You'll meet a fine fellow
A funny caballero
He certainly is clever with his witty verb-ality


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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She was reluctant to take on a pig-faced warrior that day.
Had heard they are vicious, and they do not dally or play.
The sow said, “come on!” in the most arrogant maniacal way.
She turned tail and ran toward the outskirts that day....

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Ferocious felines
Friday night feasting on fish
Fast and Furious five


Call girls on the prowl
They are busy with their clients
Five on Friday night


June 11, 2023.
Show Don't Tell, Tell Don't Show Poetry Contest, 
Dilly Dally....

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diamonds strung on shrubs
prisoned gems in woven nets ~
of sunlight's prisms

beads of morning dew
captured on strings of silk threads ~
spider webs at dawn



June 6, 2023
Show Don't Tell, Tell Don't Show
Sponsored by Dilly Dally...

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as snow is melting
emerald buds show on trees
gemmed blooms are peeking

intensity sun
in the orange days shining
refreshes plum lives


Written on 6/6/2023
For: Show Don't Tell, Tell Don't 
Show Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Dilly Dally...

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old doors withered worn
burnished by strong wind and sun
youth leaves beauty stays

though old and fragile
brushed with long years of living
beauty found in age

June 7, 2023
for "Show Don't Tell, Tell Don't Show" poetry contest
by Dilly Dally...

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