Boston Ivy
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POTD~
In the misery of a paler grey nightfall
she blinks like citrine glazed along walls,
Ivy of Boston flaunts her shimmer without guilt
as palette of amber claims her lustrous glides
slit...
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Categories:
social climber, passion, winter,
Form: Free verse
Social Climber
...Ivy is a climber
She climbs up on ladders and chairs
Creeps into an empty house
And climbs its creaky stairs
She just loves climbing
And never falls
The best thing she loves to climb
Is up a...
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Categories:
social climber, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Stock Market Drivel
...Torrid sunshine blisters reign on pavement,
that colour coded coffee stain slipway,
bearer of insole-laden footwear,
open source channel for glib hot air calculus from starchy social climber, sto...
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Categories:
social climber, art, character, courage, creation,
Form: Prose Poetry
Mom and Alzheimer
...Come here, my dear, and have no fear, I'm here,
Mom loved her grandkids, but she loved us first,
We're her trials, hid behind smiles, she rehearsed,
Mom had The Word, and the Lord--...
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Categories:
social climber, mother,
Form: Rhyme
Social Climber
...So you call yourself a rhymer,
you’re nothing but a social climber.
I got better rhymes than you in my sleep.
If you come my way accept your defeat.
I will challenge any male or female.
You're ...
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Categories:
social climber, slam,
Form: Rhyme
Milo Minderbinder, III
...Oh, you’re a club-tie glad-hand social climber
If e'er there were one, Milo Minderbinder
A meticulous craft, your quest for domination
Your smile so bowed, so proud of your lofty station
Your w...
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Categories:
social climber, character, vanity,
Form: Sonnet
Party Vine
...PARTY VINE
The Sweet Pea is a social climber,
behind your back, a wisenheimer.
In the night it wields its powers,
Sweet Peas strangle other flowers.
Sweet Peas think the rainbow's somber,
t...
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Categories:
social climber, celebration, color, flower, happiness,
Form: Light Verse
A Social Climber
...life is a ladder
and i am a social
climber
climbing one step
after another
but life is hard
so i have to move
faster
if i want to get
further
for the rich is
getting richer
and the poor g...
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Categories:
social climber, encouraging,
Form: Classicism
Social Climber
..."There is no safety this side of Death",
admonished Father Jubal.
There's a chance we've only one more breath;
I'd bet my bottom Ruble!
My iron tongue- my lying lung!
One last dirge to be sung...
But...
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Categories:
social climber, death, father, heaven, money,
Form: Rhyme