Short Dicky Poems

A Chinaman named Dicky Yee -- Long E 
                                     -- so tiny they call him Short E...

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There was a pilot called bush
Who flew by the seat of his tush,
   His job was so tricky
   That he listened to dicky
And silenced his critics with shush!...

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Not Ike, JFK, or Lyndon B.
Tricky Dicky, Gerald or Jimmy C
Ronald, HW, or Hillbilly Bill
“W”, Barack, Trump, and Biden still
Yet, I keep voting and hoping that somebody will
...

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Richard Nixon was the president’s name
It was Watergate that brought him shame
They wanted to impeach him, the F.B.I.
But he resigned before they could try.








Written 21st of March 2019
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Sponsored by Tania Kitchin....

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Ticky Bicky Boo
Licky Mickey Moo
I'm in love with you
Little Tsuki Tsu.

Chicky Dicky Doo
Ricky Nicky Nu
Close your lips with glue
Kiss a kangaroo.

Tricky Picky Poo
Quicky Hicky Hoo
I'll practice Wu Shu
By a shady yew.

Wicky Kicky Ku
Yucky Sticky Stew
Visiting the zoo
Painting chickens blue....

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Wishing Well

Sleep sweet Mary sleep
It'll be okay in the morning
Sleep little Dicky sleep
we can fix it all tomorrow
And we'll picnic by the cuckoo's nest
Shell hard boiled eggs in sun
Then once around the wishing well
before we all head home
Thread carefully the thistles deep
puff dandelion seeds along
With tired feet and sleepy heads
before we head on home...

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A scampish little rascal was he.
Dancing truth on the silver sea.
Collecting nickels for his fee.
Slapping his tummy at the baby’s knee.

Singing loudly with yellow chickadee.
Using phrases like wanna-bee.
Living in sin was the key.
We called him little Dicky Dee.

Lived every single second with glee.
Was a friend to all you see.
Lived to be a ripe ninety-three. 
What better scamp could ever be?...

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Mine I know, yours I’m liking all the more
Mine likes chasing birds, yours likes a little dicky too
Mine likes playing with bunnies, yours is partial to a rabbit too
Mine likes being stroked, yours does too
Mine is all furry, yours was once too
Mine purrs away, yours lovingly murmurs along
Too much pussy I know
All a little bit catty but it’ll have to do
Say hello to Florence the pussy cat
Darling, do you name yours too?...

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Listen to poem:

I framed your silhouette 
snapped from shadow
captured when I feigned 
a photograph of your profile
in bright sunlight 
with white wall behind.
I wanted an outline of you 
in sharp contrast relief,
so my mind could fill in 
all the details from memory
- a changing slide-show
  of images flipped through,
So much more revealing 
of how much I love you
than an album 
full of snap-shots frozen
- with smiles for the dicky bird,
lips pursed in faked poses....

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