Short Shallot Poems

my friend candace tied the knot

met him in a parking lot

silhouette afar

loading up a car

then came fate a dropped shallot.
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There was an old lady from Shallot
T'was good with a driver and mallot
She worked with a hammer
She spoke with a stammer
That old she's a HE from from shallot!...

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The pieces of me shattered and flew out the window, like the mirror in Lord Tennyson’s “Lady of Shallot”, and the pieces fell into place on the ground; creating a new version of me....

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Lord Tenny, he did write,
With pen, muse and might,
This poem 'twas out of sight,
Raised the bar to new height,
This "Lady of Shallot,
Her beauty was within,
Some say it was a whim,
But unbeknowst to him,
Was something of a win,
She'll never be forgot....

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Tis August, organics abound,
tomatoes juicy and round,
potatoes new dug from the ground,
among the delights to be found.
But best is the lowly shallot.
Queen of the oniony rabble
over it M'Lady did babble,
this oft neglected vegtable,
which Tennyson never forgot....

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For the Lady of Shallot Contest


Just sit back and hear a tale
About some folks that chose to sail
In a boat, that was so frail 
Caught up in a mighty gale
Surely, not my style

Watch the ship as it gets tossed
It sure looks like,  "All is lost"
If not for the courage of the crew and Boss
They never could've, made it across 
Here to Gillian's Isle...

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Set to weave on an age-old loom
Living within an empty room
Through night and day in same costume
Like a Shallot Lady in gloom.
She looks into a mirror left
As shadows come, and shadows flight
Run her shuttle as they alight
Leaving the loom, creeping in fright
Reveals the entire slender weft. 

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September 10, 2014
Form: Rhyme AAAAbCCCB
Sixth Place Win
Contest: The Lady of Shallot by Isaiah...

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