Short Mardi Gras Poems

fat
Tuesday
pancake day-
mardi gras some
say...

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En 
francais,
pancake day-
mardi gras they
say...

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Bourbon street Jazz
Bared bead catchers
Mardi Gras...

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What is Fat Tuesday?
To disgorge your wicked ways, 
be impish and play....

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mardi gras beads shine
memories, they will linger
harley-davidson 

©Donna Jones...

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To play part of clown,
Mardi Gras "must" be in town,
"Safe" to pull pants down!...

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countless snowflakes fall
they twirl, twist – swirl in the wind
embrace pale Mardi Gras...

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new orleans
mardi gras
beads for show



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on June 24, 2018...

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
pale
poppy’s
mystery: 
her 
dark
Mardi Gras
heart
...

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   When monokus become molecules
     and Mardi Gras is Mata Hari
   Things start looking pretty scary, so

   If view arm an mis rist
     It tim c optmtris...

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So here's to Happy Tubby Tuesday,
The big New Orleans jazz & blues day,
With the drunken revelers en masse...
On second thought, let's give it a pass.
(sorry)...

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the season has sprung 
music and bright ribbons flow 
thousands will attend 


Mardi gras colors 
crowds singing blues and jazz songs 
tis the seasons start

10-2-23...

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No way I could go to Oahu without my cat she said.
Poindexter is in full agreement, he nods his head.
Gets out his brochures and points with his paw.
And he says “Let’s go during Mardi Gras”....

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Masquerading couple did the cha cha cha
They were here for New Orlean’s Mardi Gras.
We saw them coming and we gave them a gentle wave.
Their waltz was original, inspired, and extremely brave....

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He traveled down from Arkansas,
To New Orleans, for Mardi Gras.
"One evening of abandonment,"
That's what his trusted friends say,
"He frolicked on Fat Tuesday night,
And repented on Ash Wednesday."...

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His head is monstrous said the withered hag with a bit of awe.
I did not know who she meant, until I turned and saw….
A colorful creature dressed like the Mardi Gras
You are right I said to my observant mother, Maw....

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A roaring laughter of all walks of life;
The glittering faces and the salsa beat 
Of Mardi Gras, seals the two-way lane 
With such unrelenting hope;
With maturity and humanity; 
That is shown, elegantly, after dusk....

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alive
bright
noisy
different
jovial
pumping
energetic
outlandish
musical
death
graves
shrimp
river boats
voodoo
floats
Mardi Gras
masks
beads
eateries
fun
swamps
tour guide
horse carriages
rain
clouds
casino
Cajuns...

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Fitting like second skin,
far better than what he
finds in the closet. Now 
feathered, a Mardi Gras;
floating on dance of lies.
False hopes of romance masked,
For this man's lonely schemes.



Written by Gabby Sabre
Let's Pleaides---nette onclaud
4. 25. 2014...

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Beads fly by
Kids grab for candy
Bands play Jazz
Spangled girls
Sweat and sugar sticks to me
Laughter fills the air 

Catch the beads
The floats go by us
Look at that
Wonderful
What a way to welcome Lent
First one last Beginet




For the Share a Shadorma contest...

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With a tattoo of Dallas on one breast
She decided she wanted another
After a while she made a decision
To get a tattoo of Paris on the other!

A few weeks later at the Mardi gras
With no help from panels or committees 
She decided to rip off her blouse
And show everybody her cities!...

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New Orleans
Great fanfare
Parades and festivities
Flamboyance
Glamorous exuberance
Vivid colors
Feathers and costumes
Strings of beads
Strewn everywhere
Loud blaring music
Frenzied partying 
Right on through to
Shrove Tuesday



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on February 23, 2019...

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Craving a poboy,
a women in Michigan
hangs her head and cries,
longing for a home
that no longer exists.

Dreaming of seafood,
Mardi Gras, snowballs
and jazz bands-
A man in Oklahoma
awakes in tears.

As one lonely jazz horn
floats a requiem
over empty streets,
and a pot of gumbo simmers
in a government issued trailer....

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We are going to Horror Land ha ha!
Her folks just returned from the Mardi Gras
Who named this amusement park Horror land?
Asked a man whose ideas were large and grand.

Person who created it for Halloween.
It’s the kind of place where most can scream.
The kids like everything about it said Ma.
So when we went, we had to take Pa....

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Gucci Leopard with a cha cha cha
Danced his rear off in the Mardi Gras
We laughed at his energy and his smile
So, he went off dancing, down the magnificent mile.

Buy me a George Rodrigue dog, someone yelled.
Gucci Leopard came running back because someone smelled.
He is a drag queen with a super sensitive nose.
Of course it leads him where ever he goes....

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