Call it Bazball or just Test Cricket
...We knew from the get go after Brendon accepted the call…jettisoned old school for new cool..the Kiwi on the balcony who looks like he’s smoked some bud..having a kip..let slip..quick to quip..almost ...
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Categories:
skittle, england, sports, summer,
Form: Rhyme
Moms boy
...Why are you so so harsh?
You scream at your sister: ,,Don't try to be someone large!"
You remember me of children crying and run away even though their parents are in a rush.
You have these green ...
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Categories:
skittle, april,
Form: Free verse
The Penknob Kid
...PENKNOB: Is our household word that my kids euphemistically created of the two phrases that I purposely refrained its actual pronunciation by slurring PENKNOB: Phrase #1. Hands-Off/or don'...
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Categories:
skittle, children, courage, cry, hurt,
Form: Ottava rima
Tiger
...there are dew drops on my whiskers,
as I blink my eyes to greet the morn,
I rise to my feet and stretch and yawn,
and saunter down to the shallow lake,
slowly through the tall tufts of dr...
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Categories:
skittle, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Personification
Knockout
...Knockout!
Drop the bowling ball on Putin’s head
See how the multi coloured ball
Adds another colour to its rainbow hue
Now bloody red with a bit of brains yellow
Not that Putin ever had a brain ...
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Categories:
skittle, conflict, military, political,
Form: Free verse
A Field Day Shoe Fit For Mother Goose
...A field day shoe fit for Mother Goose
Fruitless effort squeezing figurative juice
Pandora called triggering
helter skelter to get loose
necessitating Bullwinkle J. Moose
to usher at yours t...
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Categories:
skittle, 12th grade, adventure, age,
Form: Rhyme
Mother Goose Would Find Her Tail Feathers Ruffled
...Mother Goose would find her tail feathers ruffled
Hey diddle diddle
the cat and the fiddle
when off to see
a crooked man and woman,
whilst cowards jumped
over moo ving little
pair of mis...
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Categories:
skittle, abuse, allusion, anger, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Monster Family Stomp
...welcome to the monster family stomp
tromp slap skittle scurry trip and tromp
were those the rats so evil and furry?
monsters are afraid of these creatures, so hurry!
I think one just bit me ...
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Categories:
skittle, halloween,
Form: Rhyme
Love In Flight
...A bird comes to tell me a story,
perched on my window sill,
it knocks on the glass to wake me up,
with its bright yellow bill!
This morning’s tale was about their love,
love as all the birds k...
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Categories:
skittle, bird, dance, love,
Form: Rhyme
Rainbow Seeds
...Rattling like Skittle packets in my hand,
seeds so miniscule will become so grand.
Bull's Blood Beets and Brandywine Tomato
begin the extensive garden rainbow.
Scarlet Nantes Carrots hide in ...
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Categories:
skittle, candy, color, creation, dream,
Form: Couplet
You'Re Facing a Hurdle It's Still the Same Track
...Don't think you've fallen
where no one else has fallen
don't think you're fighting
a fight no one's fought
Growing up in a world of rainbows and glitter
shielded from the stress and the strain...
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Categories:
skittle, anxiety, depression, endurance, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
skittle, animal, words,
Form: Haiku
Said Sinless Sermon Horn Haiku
...Said Sinless Sermon Horn Haiku
Said sinless sermon, (5)
And what we did determine, (7)
God removed vermin. (5)
James Has Been
Beginner Sinner
Horn
So did you either:
Cook eggs in ski...
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Categories:
skittle, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Rum Tum Tiddle
...Rum tum tiddle
You can fiddle
In the middle
Of the place where you piddle
In a skittle on the griddle
Rum tum tiddle
It's a brittle little riddle
As you tell your tarradiddle
And we beat a...
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Categories:
skittle, fun, games, music, nonsense,
Form: Lyric
Violette Contest - Odd Thoughts
...hear the happy skittle
knows he isn't brittle
laughs at flying spittal
from the vicars
see the sullen dancer
living fearing cancer
seldom wants an answer
always bickers
smell the Christ...
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Categories:
skittle, nonsense,
Form: I do not know?
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