Short Flotillas Poems

The Spanish had armadas;
the Americas, flotillas.
The Amazon has capybara;
the Andes has chinchillas.
Kentucky has its sassafras;
Madagascar has vanilla.
Napoleon lost at Waterloo;
Frazier, in Manila.
Will a person tell the Mexicans
how to pronounce tortilla? 
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Iceberg

Emanating from below the surface
iceberg flotillas in frozen zone--
every shaft a shimmering face,
immense, sharp and wind-blown.
Obelisk splits arctic horizon--icy bone.

Note:  This form, called the EIEIO, is based on the English
            Quintain and is my own invention. I have taught
            this form to 12 other poets, and we had our EIEIOs
            published in several different chapbooks edited by
            me. Carol Louise Moon...

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