Short Puff Up Poems

Just stepped on a mini wheat, now I'm known as a cereal killer
Ate some fruit loops, now I'm a star in a fruity loopy thriller
Devoured some cheerios
Now have a happy ego
Coco Puffs make me loco, puff up and stick up my bad finger!...

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Puff Up, Inflate


One kind of pigeon,
one kind of snake,
as far as I know,
puff up, inflate.
There’s the bullfrog,
of course, and 
peacocks have tails
so I tell my wife
what she already knows:
Once I become 
whoever I am
then will
I love you.


Donal Mahoney...

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Love is like a dove,
love comes down from above.
I cannot waste love,
for I cannot taste love.
Love is caring and forgiving,
love is a blessing that comes from God.
Love is not puff up,
love is not ruff up.
Love is sharing and caring for those who believe in themselves.
Love is the greatest gift anyone can give to our love ones....

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So soon you forget me when work comes in play
I'm out of your mind while you're on display

Didn't you say this would not stress you out
it is what it is just a paycheck no doubt

I can already tell you are working unbarred
impressing the bosses who turned in your card

I am still here when you remember to breathe
or hold it all in as you puff up and seethe...

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The young smile behind ice cream cones
crying when they skin a knee.

The elders puff up behind fine machines
imploding when life has broken into pieces.

Tranquility lies somewhere in between 
Everything is temporary like a breech or a breeze...

Somewhere between the cone and the bleed
take a breath-pray to have appreciation
for the day
for just living....

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The mocking bird perched up in my tree,
Comes everyday now to visit me,
His feathers puff up as he tweets his little song,
He loves the attention so he stays pretty long,
This old bird can't get enough so I'll build him a house,
And fill it with bird seed every time he comes around,
Poor little fellow, so scrawny and small,
I'll feed him everyday until he gets big and strong!...

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Pollen green 3 inches
Of allergen confection, powders outdoor landmarks. 
A few ticks past dawn,
New birds, preflight,
Tune up their chirping chords, 
Like nature's philharmonic, knowing the neighborhood
Is soon to enter their amphitheater, in, from their rooms of sleep. 
Little lizards scurry, large clouds puff up and move through,
Steel blue, morning skies.
Sunshine coats deer and fox,
Chipmunk and squirrel,
And lovely life grooves
In time with God
...

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Why does the chicken nod its head
As it walks across the yard?
What has it seen, what has it read
Why is it so hard?

Why does the sparrow play hopscotch 
On the lawn?
Who is the person, the author
Of the invisible lines that had been drawn?

Why does the eagle fly so far up high
Defying gravity
As it eats the sky?

Why does the dove
Puff up as it serenades a mate
Ready for marriage, ready for love? 

Why is my head
Reading what is drawn 
In the sky
With love?...

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You greet me with a happy chirp when I walk into the room. 

I see your head turn and you puff up. 

You're such a pretty bird. 

When I stick my hand into the cage, you fly and land on the right side of the cage. 

Then I extend my finger as I reach farther into the cage. 

That's when you jump onto my hand. 

You chirp and I call you pretty bird. 

I motion for you to hop off my hand. 

Blue bird, you are a really good friend. 

Such a pretty bird...  


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