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Our World of Yesterday

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   Petal-pushers and hula hoops
     ‘Greasy Kid Stuff’ – smear on the goop
   Baseball card gum that tastes like rubber
     That amazing stuff called ‘flubber’  

   Dino the Dinosaur and th...

Categories: slowpokes, fun, games, nostalgia, today,
Form: Couplet

Come Shop With Me

...Come shop with me 
  up and down the aisles
Buying whatever we please

Scurry around slowpokes
  crash into displays
Swerve to avoid kids in the way  

No matter the season
  don't need a re...

Categories: slowpokes, fun, giggle, together,
Form: Rhyme

New England

...the sea winds calling
           calling beach tides thrilling
                  thrilling woodlands for hiking
	                hiking along streams vibrant 
		             vibrant wildlife ...

Categories: slowpokes, beauty, culture, environment, happy,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Slowpokes

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Slowpokes
Written: by Miracle Man
11-5-2019

My wife isn’t one to just sit and piddle,
She cares about others and is always on the go.
She’s forever busy but accomplishes little,
Say...

Categories: slowpokes, me, time, wife,
Form: Lyric

Leadfoot

...likes to drive very fast
looks at signs that say "Speed
Limit 55," just
laughs, pushes that pedal 
lacks proper fear of blue
lights, sirens, and tickets
loves to whiz past slowpokes


April ...

Categories: slowpokes, humor, light,
Form: Verse

Turtle Time

...Turtle Time


Ever wonder what they think?
You know, the turtles.
The throwbacks, the procrastinators,

“Land—water—both?”
The first houseboats,
heads sitting on the bow

guiding the cumbe...

Categories: slowpokes, environment,
Form: Free verse

I Just Can'T Win: My Petty Peeves

...I had just woken up feeling great
like I barely had gained any weight.
But not so says my scale!!
The despair I can't quell.
So I go pile more food on a plate.

Next, the car on a side ...

Categories: slowpokes, funny,
Form: Limerick