CANINE KING
...CANINE KING
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He was a dachshund extraordinaire,
a canine king with a luxurious coat most fair.
He ruled our neighborhood with nary a care,
his ...
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Categories:
snuffled, 12th grade, dog,
Form: Rhyme
Early One October Morning
...The smell of humidor
Charmed the old house and
Frightened me as I ascended the
Narrow stairwell that gentle
October morning.
The song of autumn was playing
Low, and with astute grace.
Silent, ...
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Categories:
snuffled, culture, october, society,
Form: Free verse
Washing and Drying Up
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Each night after the evening meal
there was never a discussion
as to who would wash the dishes
and who would do the drying up.
My mother was the washer,
my sister and I did the drying up.
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Categories:
snuffled, memory, mum, sister,
Form: Free verse
The Dance of Jacomo Frostus
...Twas the end of year when nights grow dark
And stars twinkle in midnight sky.
The earth was asleep and trees leaflessly slumbered,
Under the hedges sheltered small creatures and birds
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Categories:
snuffled, dance, environment, mystery, seasons,
Form: Lyric
Rat Rat Armadillo Part Ways
..."Are we gonna turn around,"
said the Armadillo to the rat?
Rat just snuffled following its twitching nose
rushing toward the miasma of offal piles,
of excrement and defilement.
"I prefer clea...
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Categories:
snuffled, poetry,
Form: Free verse
My Sweetest Gift, a Childhood Memory
...My auntie came to visit when I was three, but nearly four.
I proudly and lovingly wore her name gifted to me, a sweet legacy.
I was filled with excitement and delight, her eyes twinkled ...
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Categories:
snuffled, angel, childhood, love,
Form: Free verse
Foul Mouthed Fellow
...He was a foul mouthed fellow from Falmouth
Who spouted and spewed some sewage - like slime
'Til he met a maiden who made a new man
And taught this rodent ridden rummy to rhyme
He piddled and pu...
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Categories:
snuffled, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
World's Afterlife
...From streak and blur of candle faint
Her whispered breath gasps through dim hall--
That longing haunts without restraint
When a presence twirls come midnight:
Gently, gently she ...
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Categories:
snuffled, for him, light, longing,
Form: Rhyme
Lost
...My happy feet tried to catch up with his pace
Appetizing smells swirling out of street cafes
Chattering crowd bumping in to us in void
Almost missing me trying to cross
Holding his hand as tigh...
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Categories:
snuffled, lost,
Form: Free verse
Blossom
...Blossom
Frank Halliwell
Just grab a seat on that stump lad, and I'll take centre stage,
With a yarn about a small brown ...
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Categories:
snuffled, world,
Form: Rhyme
Blossom
...Blossom
Just grab a seat on that stump lad, and I'll take centre stage,
With a yarn about a small brown donk, and a lad about your age.
And thanks much for the offer, but I'll give the beer a miss,...
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Categories:
snuffled, adventure,
Form: Ballad
A Night In the Bush
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Out in the bushland, no street lights around
No sheltering tent, we lay on the ground
Close by a green pool and Kurrajong tree
Alone by ourselves, just Willow and me
The bushland at night is...
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Categories:
snuffled, nature, peace, night, night,
Form: Sonnet