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Refurbished Nursery Rhymes: In the Case of Tommy Tucker

...Why did little Tommy Tucker Have to sing for his supper? Did he stammer and stutter To merit just bread and butter? And what miscreant oaf Would then give him a loaf But nary a knife to cut thr......

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Categories: sing for your supper, humor,
Form: Light Verse

A Plucky Thanksgiving

... A turkey was being plucked and it hurt He was in pain and his fowl words were curt He pecked at the plucker Said “sing for your supper” And then ran for his life overexert. Now the t......

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Categories: sing for your supper, humorous, thanksgiving,
Form: Limerick

Homelessness

...We're down on our knees Begging you please For wanting a which way to go Are you listening at all Uouve forsaken our call Oh why is your answer so slow Chorus Are we wort......

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Categories: sing for your supper, betrayal, child abuse, depression,
Form: Lyric

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

The Penguin Who Squawked For His Supper

...There once was a penguin, got lost in France Had to sing for his supper or else dance -- He decided to squawk At which Parisians gawked -- He hit a high note and down came his pants......

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Categories: sing for your supper, bird, paris, song,
Form: Limerick

The Art of Seduction

...It starts with a bottle of rum it always starts with rum ... well in your case we'll substitute tequila hints of caramel caressing the tongue as we forget the lime we always forget......

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Categories: sing for your supper, beach, beauty,
Form: Free verse

Glitz

...The whittled worries and fears shred my nerves like ants on glass, sparkling red. I notice and bow to the glitterati in their fine silks and cuts of cloth because they pay my wages; they care little ......

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Categories: sing for your supper, allusion,
Form: Prose

The Battle For Sanity

...I am Nebuchadnezzar As I eat grass As my arrogance and pride Turned me into an ass I am humbled, I am lost I am on all-fours And I cannot even count The cost I am Rommel As I charge thro......

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Categories: sing for your supper, angst, conflict, confusion,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Hey Diddle Diddle, What's the Riddle?

...HEY DIDDLE, why the Cat and the fiddle And the Cow that jumped over the moon? Why they're all here in Nursery Rhyme land At the wedding of the Dish and the Spoon. The Little Dog is happy,The Cat......

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Categories: sing for your supper, childrenwedding, old, dog, cat,
Form: Light Verse