Short Gumboots Poems

How boastful the  way I rode a  sled
To flaunt my  gumboots as drag pads fled,

        I walked  through cold snow
        Fell off with pants low;

Exposing  my  hairy legs instead.



As I was Walking in the Snow  Contest
For Kevin Shaw   2/22/2018...

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Playing once in the back yard,
Sis kicked the cat really hard,
Snowy over the back fence went,
Red gumboots did have vent,
"Sit and read," my sis said,
'c...a...t' says cat, I read,
"The cat is gone!" I did not say,
"He is never coming back again!"
That is one way to learn to read,
Fear of gumboots, yes, indeed!...

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Miss Five whimpered as she walked from the house,

        Her feet hurt and caused her to grouse.

                  She made many stops

\                 and not a few small hops

       When boots came off - culprit was found - squished mouse!




Written 31 August 2018
For Limerick Contest
Sponsor  Charles Messina

nb.  Gumble boots was my name for my gumboots at age 5.  That day they
were Grumble boots....

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trees along the fence line strain
stretched tight by the wind
turning inside and out 
leaves in all directions 
buffeting and thrashing in the howling gale 

sheets of horizontal rain hammer the paddocks 
through the knee deep mud 
sodden cowprints overflow with water
       
still the rain pours down uncontrollably
and the wind roars over the hills
scarred with open clay slips 

raincoat and gumboots 
barely visible in the gloom 
the farmer trudges home 
after evening milking...

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