Poem Without a Boat In It
...Do you remember that long-ago summer
Camping out down by the lake?
You, me, your sister, and my mother
And all of the memories we’d make?
Fishing, we found, was a pointless pursuit
For all tha...
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Categories:
shoulder strap, childhood, friendship, funny, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Unveilings
...It was not I that unveiled her beauty.
The model waiting to enter a camera lens
fusses over a shoulder strap and steps out.
Did I see a veil fall?
The crying girl beneath was erased in an insta...
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Categories:
shoulder strap, poetry,
Form: Free verse
On the Double
...8/18/17
Put on a camo hat
Then checked each and every trap
And reset them, so there could be another catch
Been wearing a mask
To take care of the task
It's tedious, and helps being apt
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Categories:
shoulder strap, dark, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Toujours
...Always, my golden muse of subtle secret entertaining
If comes, it is not my fault to see her even in the soup;
It seems you stealthily descended from a famous painting
Of the same blond season of ...
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Categories:
shoulder strap, creation, fairy, i love
Form: Imagism
Why Did You Pull Me Over
...You Had No Reason To Pull Me Over
By Elton Camp
It gave poor Fred quite a fright
A siren and a flashing blue light
He was certain he wasn’t speeding
And that other laws he was heeding
He was only...
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Categories:
shoulder strap, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
You'Re Beautiful
...You're beautiful
I say to my faultless boy
holding him like a mother
my love cleansing all the trouble
my fingers soft on his baby skin
and smooth forehead
You're beautiful- but you always change
Y...
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Categories:
shoulder strap, love, passion, people, romance,
Form: Free verse