Short Toothy Poems

canine squats... tail wags

   duty's done... toothy grin... Bye...

      Hey!... you poop... you scoop......

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small creatures stand and knock
parents in shadows watch Jack's toothy glow
dreaming of good times past...

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cold wind toothy bite
uniqueness of each snowflake ~
ice crackle puddle

12/6/2022




Winter Nature Themed Haiku Poetry Contest
 Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin...

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Half his mind is wandering loose
the other half leashed to a rabid poodle.
His toothy grin is as stable as a tropical monsoon.
He will internally combust one day,
if not, I will gladly light the fuse....

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apples grapes peaches on tray
silky rinds explode 
flesh blended with milky cream
nectar squirting juice,
add cherry toppings
toothy- fruit
binge!


Make Me Drool With Epulaeryu ...

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Not happy to see a toothy fox teaching my history class.
I immediately made up an excuse and got a hall pass.
Principal said, “Do not worry unless he loosens his tie.”
Which he did three seconds ago, so now will we all die?...

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A friendly smile.
The maiden sobbed and walked along. 
A friendly smile;
The toothy grinning crocodile
said, ‘Sit by me, tell me what’s wrong.’
He ate her whole, spit out her thong.
A friendly smile…

For Debs’ Rondolet ‘Nature’ contest
(non PM at the moment, I think)...

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Consistently sincere 
rock solid.
Formidably weathering trite storms.
Carol your dedication
exemplifies
exemplification.

Whether shocked or soothed there you are
discerning
smart
shrewd
kind

You know your own mind.

The Cheshire cat's toothy grin
has nothing on you....

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MORGAN WITH TULIPS

toothy and yellow.
Sun-petals next to
my grandson, who

at eleven chuckles
at the mere two pictures
under the title.

Seasonal surmise, of
one planting, upending soil -
captured with one grand sun
and a pearly white smile.

2/23/2020...

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Pete

The family dog is a yin yang
Two faced in black and white

Lives his life on a log chain
Likes to play with his bite

Pearly, ivory, toothy fangs
Partial faced in the moonlight

His Pyrenean bark is like a big bang
His bark is worse than his bite

~ Leonard Napierskie...

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There's a shark swimming in the soup
quietly circling and lurking
Hiding behind mean metaphors
and toothy snide similes

He's poised, ready to strike
and feast on the unwary
Ripping off the heads
of anyone muddying his waters

12/24/18

Contest Sponsor Anthony Slausin...

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i have changed
i am not the same girl i once was
my eyes no longer light up and my smile is no longer toothy
instead my eyes are dull and have bags under them from crying in place of sleeping
my smile has been replaced with one forced closed mouth grin
i am not the same girl i once was 
i have changed...

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She’s perky.
The wind churns through sparrows;
death strikes with its usual toothy banality.
Windows are blown out,
hurricanes fart blood.

The weather girl flaps her arms,
pushes nipples into the camera,
winks.

Tears will be shed somewhere,
but for now
we smile, we nod
eye on a different focus....

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is the happiest smile
really the most simple
is the toothy grin more decieving
than first thought
the bigger the smile
the higher the curve on our lips
when our eyes strain 
from grinning so wide
that they water
and we say they are happy tears
than is there also
friendly frowns
and delighted grimaces...

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toothy grin, downcast eyes
hidden by two dozen
sunset roses, a great-big
box of choice-chocolates
‘tis a good thing she doesn’t see
his flaming breath, the ring
on his butt-naked-finger
…this once

10/27/2022

I’m back in my book of tricks.
Dragon Fodder given to the wife
after a husband’s bad behavior....

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Behold the mighty pyramids that stand beside the Nile.
The pyramids appear amid three hungry crocodiles
Who are swimming down the Nile in a hungry single file
As they eye an idle anglophile a mile down the Nile.
And in awhile these crocodiles, now three satisfied reptiles, 
Reappear amid the pyramids with three horrid toothy smiles....

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Everybody assumes

you like dogs

especially their dog

sprung from its tether

breaking for you

this morning

all a-scud over the gravel

propelled by yeasty, toothy

gushing grins

	homing in on you	  over there
	
	fossilized, frozen by 

	by the dumpster’s     Gape,

	one less

	cat person

the world won’t miss....

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Consistently sincere 
rock solid.
Formidably weathering trite storms.
Carol your dedication
exemplifies
exemplification.

Whether shocked or soothed there you are
discerning
smart
shrewd
kind

You know your own mind.

The Cheshire cat's toothy grin
has nothing on you.

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Inspired to repost by Giorgio's 2/5/14 blog.  Thanks, G!...

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THE DARK SIDE

Little swish – big swish!
Big fish eats little fish
Aint nature grand though

Fly tiny bird fly!
There’s an eagle way up high
So? One has to eat

Run little mouse run
cat will have his fun
Even though not hungry

Some say it is love
When the lion bites her throat
Jungle king courtship?

Not a bit of it!
Toothy has picked a winner
Sweet wilda beast for dinner...

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The cat was in the moonlight clear.
Arching his back, quite full of fear.

Jack-o-lanterns were rather dear.
Showing fierceness with toothy leer.

Goblins, ghosts and spooks in the mirror
Added to the ambiance of fear.

The older kids did laugh and jeer
Some of them possibly sneaking beer.

A wild screeching in my inner ear
Let me know Halloween was very near....

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Family of wolves stretch
In preparation for day
They are exactly alike
Their coats are beautiful

The coats seem sprinkled with snow
Weights and heights seem perfect match
The length of their stretch exact
But their smiles are different

Two have toothy bared smile
While one seems pleasant teeth hidden
Not a tooth is showing in smile
This wolf had to be adopted...

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I have a worthy goal
I pine to be a fossil
on permanent display
in some future museum

All it takes 
is the proper soil
in which to reside
for years and years
of unflinching patience

And then a bit of luck
when a doctoral student
stumbles across my remains
and finds the subject
for her dissertation

Scientist will argue
over what it all means
and I will live on in death
as a smiling toothy enigma...

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Don’t underestimate telling someone they were missed. There was a black hole in a pew, in a schoolroom, at work; on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday… Widen that smile, that big toothy grin. Don’t underestimate letting that sunshine radiate. We feel the warmth, the tether, that we matter, altogether.

puzzle piece of you
your unique shape with borders -
see palms reaching out

9/28/2022...

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We volley with sketchy returns
each moment of empathy mirrored
in cough or laugh,
toothy smile or nod
to prod hundreds of
muscles in chase,
scrambling for that
elusive reciprocal
that binds us in effort,

a hiccup of reactive
responses contrary
to conscience or will
to fill yawning mendacity
while locking journeys
in mutual discord
behind the mask
of ordinary compassion
banishing inner calm....

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Margaurita was always called challengingly short.
In the afterliife I will be tall, she would retort.
When I die, make my day-of-the-dead statue tall, she said.
Give me a scary toothy face, and a huge, oversized head.
We made this woman's statue twelve foot tall.
Her face was long, she was no longer small.
Do you think she knows? We asked each other.
Honoring the best we could, our sainted grandmother....

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