Short Wishbone Poems

thoughts of wishbone soup
overshadows all that starves
mind heartily set...

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Wishbone reunion,
Flying south this time of year.
Brings much Thanksgiving....

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Isolate echelon 
in a temperate sky
God’s migratory wishbone
snaps
when it reaches 
the place called home
...

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you make your wish
i'll make my wish
we're leaving it to chance
to see what happens



posted on April 2, 2025...

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Poultry farm chaos
Chicken-lickin’ you
Sweet and sour future
Henhouse flurry

Henpecked and handpacked
Epistle of gristle
Cellophane stiffy
Wishbone hope?...

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I don't own
  a smartphone
I've never had
  an I-pad

I don't text
  I'm not on twitter
What's the point 
  of all that chatter

A dog's life
  is all I've known
What I really want ~ 
  's a new wishbone...

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we used to love it when we reached the end of the turkey
we kids were allowed to compete in the wishbone challenge
my brother Larry Joe and I competed every Thanksgiving
what I would give to have one more wishbone challenge with him...

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When you are young
You hold your tongue
But when you are older
The world is a bit colder
You break that wishbone
In hopes you’ll never be alone
This place is scary
But the burdens we carry
Won’t hold us back
If someone is there to keep us on track....

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 Evergreen yours truly
Alpine summer time yours truly

Marigold indingo status quo yours truly
My sincere love for all so fully 

Succulent green
 Flash

 rainbow guidance
 Bright Idea 

Wishbone open sesame reel
Yours truly

3/29/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr  2020...

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The turkey this year was so great,
the wishbone lay there on the plate.
I won the big part
and wished from my heart;
“Please, grandad, don’t start a debate!”

He didn’t hear me, I am guessing;
said, “is it stuffing or dressing?”
We fed him with wine,
which made him supine;
that, was our Thanksgiving blessing!...

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wishbone
                                                      the furcula
                                           attachment wing muscle
                                     pulling tugging bending breaking
                                                        sternum





Happy Thanksgiving All
May Your Wishes Come True
Love Kathy & Jenny...

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Making Wishes

I take a penny and toss it in the well
Then make a wish and I can’t tell

If I see a shooting star in the sky
I make a wish for my wife and I 

If I have chicken with a wishbone 
This would be for two, I live alone 

No more candles on a birthday cake
No more wishes can I make

Making wishes that my wife could be
Together again with me...

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There was tiger named Archie Hoggerpipe,
Who, weirdly, wished to swap every dark stripe.
A turkey quickly agreed
To meet Archie's costume need.
Thankful lions ate Arch, leaving no tripe.

The stuffed pride of lions later cried fowl.
O how the savannah shook with their howl.
A tiger without wishbone
Left all lions anger prone,
Until round the striped turkey they did prowl....

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Listen to poem:

break a wishbone
you end up with the small half of the split

it's suppose to be fifty - fifty odds 
still we all know a very few of the people 
a teeny weeny portion of the population 
own the lion share of all the wealth

like bats without radar 
we fly blind
spend our days 
dreaming 
of the larger piece 
of the wishbone

here's the rub 
the turkey's already been skinned clean


Mar. 2 2016
armand ...

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My eyes fell closed as I watched a dark night sky
A chance wasted of hopes pinned on stars falling
Candlewick atop my cake, flame did defy
I feel the fates to my dreams are stonewalling

I plucked an eyelash with a deep breath inhaled
But the breeze beat my breath, another wish failed
A last chance hinging on thanksgiving alone
Alas, there’s no wish, on a broken wishbone


September 29, 2022
Pick-A-Title, Vol 32 - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh...

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I am the sultry silence
the wishbone
of your dreams
feel my warm breath
slither down your throat
across your chest
feel my transparent tongue...

We rage the erotic battle
I feel your pulse race
my fingers of flame
caress all that is yours
I am your imagination
arching above your feminine form
I sink slowly into you...

Just so you know my love
you will never be able
to shake me from your dreams
I will seduce you to a place
beyond mere thoughts and words
tonight, dream of us......

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