Short Trouper Poems

He's downstairs in his cage  
chirping like a real trouper 
canary ramblings,
upstaged 
by no other pet,
 he's mine....

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There was to be a grand barking contest
To find the dog that barked loud and longest
A man came on his scooter 
Farting loud as a trouper
And said he couldn’t tell a b from an f....

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R-eal trouper never yields 
E-asily amidst adversity; 
X-factor is the true faith, 
Y-es, the trust in the Almighty. 

P-ool and river of tears 
A-re not in her eyes; 
I-n spite of all heartaches, 
N-ever she falls but rise. 
A-ugust twentieth Sunday, 
G-iving up cannot take her; 
A-nytime you can see the heart of the real trouper....

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A RACE TO DE-BONE FISH:
Filet
Relay

A CONVENT FOR SHELL FISH:
Oyster
Cloister

A MEMBER OF THE UNDER SEA MAFIA:
Mobster
Lobster

A PROMISCUOUS SHRIMP:
Trampy
Scampi

A MUSICAL RED SNAPPER:
Snapper
Rapper

A COMPASSIONATE FISH:
Caring
Herring

A LAW ENFORCEMENT FISH:
Grouper
Trouper

2/2/13
Entered in Brian Strand's All Yours Contest...

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Happy New Year Soupers
(To my poetry soup family)
From: Tom Wright / AKA Miracle man
12-29-2019

I extend this challenge, to each fellow Souper, 
cast fear aside, and continue being a trouper.
Praying for each one, both happiness and health,
and that each of your talents you see as wealth.
As 2019 concludes let each reflect and review,
making 20-20 a year, to repent or renew.
...

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Off to Nashville you went
So your songs could be heard 
The competition was tough
Often without a kind word

But you held to your gun
Because you had something to say
And that was something to be proud of
And reflect on day-by-day

You believed in yourself
You knew you were right
You were a resolute trouper
You gave it your best fight

Now that many years have passed
And memories wane
If you had it to do over,
Would you do it all again?...

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‘I’m ready for my close up’
Said Grouper Dorcas Rose
‘Just let me sign these autographs
And then I’ll strike a pose’
‘I’d hate to disappoint my fans,’
Said Trouper Dorcas Rose.
‘For Fans with Fins are fickle,
And they irritate ones nose.’
‘We Groupers are gregarious
Of that there is no doubt,
but shoals of fans just aggregate
can you Airbrush them out?’
‘Ones stuck you see in this melee,’
Said Super Dorcas Rose.
‘So you just film and I’ll just swim,
We’ll play it as it flows....

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‘I’m ready for my close up’
Said Grouper Dorcas Rose
‘Just let me sign these autographs
And then I’ll strike a pose’
‘I’d hate to disappoint my fans,’
Said Trouper Dorcas Rose.
‘For Fans with Fins are fickle,
And they irritate ones nose.’
‘We Groupers are gregarious
Of that there is no doubt,
but shoals of fans just aggregate
can you Airbrush them out?’
‘Ones stuck you see in this melee,’
Said Super Dorcas Rose.
‘So you just film and I’ll just swim,
We’ll play it as it flows....

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