Short Stumpy Poems

Red, short, and stumpy
Ready to go any time
I'll hook up my hose...

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In loving remembrance 
Of all the beautiful trees
Sacrificed in the pursuit
Of my literary ambitions....

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I fell in love with a tree stump
It’s five foot two and lovingly plump
Wood is my life 
My wonderful wife
I clean the splinters in me teeth from her rump...

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There was an old cowboy named Stumpy 
Who's laugh sounded just like a donkey
He smelled like a skunk
High noon he'd get drunk
And then with the ladies got frisky...

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the purple leaves
unroll their sleeves
to frosty days
and longing rays

the thorny twigs
and stumpy-pruned sticks
secretly hides deep inside
the summer’s petalled pride

but sap will rise
to cloudy skies
to meet and catch
the swollen rays

with skirt of thatch
a blouse displays
a hidden promise 
of perfumed sprays...

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He gnawed on his resentment
In public and alone
Like a dog he kept on worrying
The marrow from the bone
Till he gave himself an ulcer
Till his teeth got small and stumpy
Till other dogs said, Hang on, Fang
You’re starting to look grumpy
He wouldn’t leave the thing alone
Just wouldn’t let it lie
Time to put the bone down, Fido
Go on, try

by Gail...

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Some folks call me a sausage dog
I think they couldn’t be meaner
It’s not my fault I’m long and short
And look like a misshapen wiener

I’ve got four stumpy little legs
So my tummy is near to the ground 
My owner’s take me for a drag not a walk
Guess that's why they named me Cigarette!


01~16~15
Contest: Dachshunds – Rob Carmack
~awarded 9th place~
Premiere Contest #13 sponsored by SKAT...

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