Short Tampa Poems

underway again
deep sea fishing with my dad
together again...

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tampa highrise job
the girls walk by,wonder
the trip of it all...

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Dad fishing the bay
me and Bonnie running wild
while Mom's being Mom...

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quarterback
Patrick Mahomes
Kansas City Chiefs
quarterback
Tom Brady
Tampa Bay Buccaneers...

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A big meat eater in Tampa Bay
became a vegan for his fiancé
But his pug feels forsaken
with his bland tofu bacon
So he’s calling the S.P.C.A...

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Fell asleep with a broken guitar
and a bowl of cheese.
played basketball with a deflated ball.

remorse is forbidden,live in the
amusement of the puzzle....

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A Pomeranian in Tampa Bay
Loves nothing better to do than play
When ordered to speak
She’ll play hide and go seek
Her philosophy is live for today

1/15/22...

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This is the story of William from Tampa
While playing guitar on his parent's veranda
A guitar string broke
In his eye it did poke
Known as Blind Willie with a limited panorama


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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I made a secret shop today...
Drove to downtown Tampa Bay
We dined for free, or so they say
It's a lot of work for meager pay...

Timing the waiter's every action
While noting each tiny infraction
Caused me plenty of dissatisfaction
That will be my final interaction...
 Incognito...

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Terrible Trump Rally

We were at another terrible Trump rally;
Had taken its terrific toll as well as tally;
Wise cracking
While hacking;
He did even go viral  deep in the valley.

There were only two African Americans
at his Tampa rally.  He even has a cat
who is a ding bat and like him plump 
and fat.


Jim Horn...

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She talked a lot of nonsense

                                   And killed a whale of conscience

                                           In the city of Tampa
          
                                     Under Mrs. Fleu and Pampa

                                   Begrudged she lost a poll sense


7/7/7/7/7 Limerick...

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Quarterback Tom Brady proved he was not too old to play.
He won the Super Bowl for his new team in Tampa Bay.
By a 31-9 score, Brady led the Buccaneers to victory.
The losing team was the Chiefs from Kansas City.
After the results in Super Bowl number fifty-five,
at the age of forty-three, Brady can still thrive.
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“Woe is me,” when football season closes
Crimson Tide lost in a sea of roses
     Tampa Bucs, Tide, Seminoles
     To “off” my remote just strolls
I’ll use TM for football osmosis

My Coach Bowden-signed football is glass-encased
How do I endure the trauma I’ve faced?
     With my pompoms cast aside
     “Six-month drought!” I cried
“It would hurt less to have my face replaced.”



*Entry for Susan’s “Drama Queen” contest....

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Flew home to a heat wave
Though it’s not supposed to last.
The temps down south in Florida
We’ve already surpassed.

I’m usually not sockless
And in shorts the third of May,
But that’s just how I traveled
To my New York home today.

This morning down near Tampa
It was sixty-five degrees
When we took an early walk to town
With quite a lovely breeze.

It’s a topsy-turvy world we’re in
Yet what I find most strange
Are the people who insist that there
Has been no climate change!...

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