Short Quaintness Poems

gramps' farm cottage, photogenic,

       exudes  country  quaintness, scenic,

         but wait till his grandkids arrive,

             bedlam it'll be, a mad hive,

            what to us may be anarchic,

            for gramps,  joyfully chaotic!...

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For the mid-October contest of Andrea Dietrich
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dipping amber leaves
Earth spray-paint mid-October
crisp breeze, vibrant hues ...
reshaping insight whispered,
quaintness awakened for fall...

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Magnetic quaintness ocean-gazing wave
I can't hold the charm of her cheerfulness.
A life patch is blooming for us to save.
Magnetic quaintness ocean-gazing wave
Sacred spaces I find balm in her crave.
Bluebirds singing lullabies in fullness.
Magnetic quaintness ocean-gazing wave
I can't hold the charm of her cheerfulness.

Written: May 10, 2023...

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Advertising has us in it's wrappers
here's the bad stuff ~ here the clappers,
it seems the product needs the jabbers
like a potato chip ~ the grabber!

but for the quaintness of the blabbers
I could not focus ~ or react thus
now here's a cute phrase ~ DIPPLE DABBERS
they're not like "p r i n g l e s" ~

They're just "ADAPTERS"!



Note ~  Hi Mark Pringle (our poetic benefactor) Had to say something that could
separate the wimps from the "snappers!"...

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