Short Townsfolk Poems

In Winnegan, on the Moselle
There's a story townsfolk will tell:
A witch came to dine
She savoured the wine
And cast a prosperity spell!...

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A friendly boxer up in Green Bay
counsels townsfolk day after day
A sagacious old dog
with a website and blog
He advises: Less work and more play!...

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Two Nazis the partisans killed
For revenge a town's blood was spilled
Resistors forgot
Townsfolk would be shot
Where hell seems forever instilled
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The medicine man sold it with a grin,
the townsfolk dying again and again,
tried to runaway,
townsfolk without delay,
gave him a taste of his own medicine.






11-19-16...

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Heard of this local filly named Jiggles Galore
Some of the local townsfolk called her a whore
Twas not very nice
Some partook in her vice
And rode giddy up until they got sores...

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Tick tock, tick tock
Oh what a shock!
Both hands fell off 
The town hall clock.

It's sad to tell
All is not well,
But the mayor left,
And took the bell.

No hands, no chime,
Oh what a crime--
How can the townsfolk
Know the time?...

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A soothsayer vigorously announced impending doom,
    To the gathered townsfolk causing such gloom,
            But when a lightning bolt struck 
              The predictor was out of luck,
      Laughing, they swept him away with a broom....

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In enclosure
She weaves magic spell
Throughout what she endures
Hidden, cackling a laugh
Cursing the townsfolk
She does procure

Russell Sivey

Form Compression
Contest: POEM OF COMPRESSION
Sponsor: nette onclaud

9/25/2013...

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A sign at an outdoor restaurant I found was a wee bit barbaric
“Tables for eating customers only” soon the townsfolk would perish
Much the same as toiletries
A tree on which you can pee?
The english language at times can send a confusing message...

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The woman shaped mountain, though old it would thrive.
But who could have know she had been real and alive.
I hadn't known she was a woman, till she stared into my eyes.
The townsfolk think i'm lying, I hear all their rude replies.
Soon enough they'll understand. A plan I shall contrive....

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There once was an odd fiddler on the roof

     Townsfolk thought of him as the village goof

          He was a nuisance and pain

               But for finding him insane

                    The onus was theirs for burden of proof

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
© All Rights Reserved...

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Lumpy Rumpy, a rather large lad,
Had a reputation for being so bad,
He rolled a mega barrel down the hill,
Full of dead fish and the content spill.

The reeking aroma made people sad,
With pegs on their noses they got so mad,
The townsfolk chased Lumpy down the street,
If they catch him up they might paddle his seat....

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The townsfolk were jealous and calked her “ El Fuego.”
As she was the notorious flirt of sprawling, San Diego

Her shapely legs, put mens’ hearts in a total trance.
The scent of  perfume, ah~with her, they wanted to dance.

Her eyes, like sensous lighthoueses ,forever were calling.
Like a wise
Them~ into her rapturous arms, they dreamt of falling.


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the archaeologist stood 
on the original floor
above her was laughter
loving and war

the archaeologist stood
at the foot of a pit
beside broken lepers
and gentlemen sit

the archaeologist stood
in the ditch of a moat
where bloodied invaders
and townsfolk would float

the archaeologist stood
to her knees among bones
of all history's people
in all of their homes...

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A witch’s coven went into a dark forest
The clan met together to plan a town curse
They debated and picked the one they liked best
An evil would come, hurting the youngest first
The townsfolk were oblivious to this deed
The did not know the power of this dark seed
They all got sick with some horrible disease
The witches came laughing, pretty as you please

Russell Sivey...

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Salvation was born that long ago night,
In Bethlehem's lowly town.
Little did the townsfolk know,
Emmanuel had come down.
Night time sky began to glow,
Twas a star brighter than the rest.

Never before had so bright a star been seen,
Inciting omens to be guessed.
Good tidings were shared with the terrified shepherds.
Heavenly messengers sang with joy.
The shepherds did as the angels said,
   and worshipped Mary's baby boy....

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The mischief of the phantom was a plague to the town.
The townsfolk always had a sleepless sleep and their cries of horror always filled the night air.
What they did not know was that they had mistaken the ghost for a dreadful creature.
This harmless ghost just wanted to have some fun and share in the delight of their evening joy;
The joy that united the people around a bonfire before their sleep, was what the little ghost wanted to be a part....

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The witches held men
Up against the wall of pain
Where they are shackled
To take the brunt of the curse
Leaving them helpless to hate

They will infect more
Of their own people in town
Creating hate throughout
The townsfolk fear their return
How they will spread hate around

Death sure soon follows
To kill the many lost ones
The curse will live on
Through the few that were taken
Where Halloween brought a curse

Russell Sivey...

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music to kids ears
Pete carried on with his flute
without parental consent

his larynx engaged
as his footprints leave their clues
there would be scars over soot

townsfolk grab pitchforks
multilingual torches mad
with fear and grief chase down thief

find kids in a trance
listening to final dirge
and piper’s mocking laughter

parent takes the flute
second silence in forest
breaks the jester’s tool in half

Peter Piper’s dust to dust
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George Bailey taking the icy plunge,
Clarence saved him being his guardian,
a close call,
for Bedford Falls,
saved town from tyrannical bug,

The heartwarming scene at the end,
where townsfolk contribute a dividend,
hearing a ring,
angel got his wings,
poor Uncle Billy's pink slip pending,

George's life finally on the upswing,
till Uncle Billy forgot one more thing,
work in his briefs,
townsfolk red cheeks,
indecent attire thrown in the clink.


 
12-25-16...

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The creature at the bar loved to get drunk
But townsfolk kept well away cos it stunk
At this bar with his friend
Drank whiskey till night's end
You’ve probably guessed its Sammy the skunk.

Joe the mayor asked the townsfolk to think
For an answer to that horrible stink
They came up with a plan
A huge extractor fan
Now skunks and townsfolk can both share a drink.


Written on 9th September 2018-09-09





For animal limerick contest sponsored by Charles Messina....

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