A child's first lynching
...Dressed in their Sunday best
Toothy grins
Pristine shoes
Eyes sparkling with joy
A simple family picture
The epitome of innocence
'Spick and span' as they would say
A nice family outing
Wh...
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Categories:
spick and span, children, discrimination, memory, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
A Busy Mom
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Every day is Mother’s Day
we clean, we cook, we sew,
costumes, for kids dress up play
then out to sport we go.
Cricket, swimming, basketball,
gymnastics, ballet too,
soothe away their tummy a...
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Categories:
spick and span, children, mother,
Form: Rhyme
A Good Sense Of Humour Blunts The Sharp Blades Of Reality: Shaving Ryan’s Privates
...Roll back the clock to Josef Locke
(and not before or after),
in climes where shrines have names like Knock
without provoking laughter.
My father was an army man
(and yet me to beget),
all sp...
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Categories:
spick and span, military,
Form: Rhyme
Siraj in charge of the new Raj
...Dash of panache …blade cascades on the lash..rocking …fans cavalcade flocking to be clocking some shocking..peacocking....with a hefty splash of flash fancy dan elan
No mocking.. knocking or block...
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Categories:
spick and span, sports,
Form: Free verse
The Fans view Bless you Jaddu
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In Test cricket…we talk quite a bit about the assumption to be a hit…need gumption and grit…another platitude about the right attitude at any latitude…selectors gratitude for vigour..rigour..fortit...
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Categories:
spick and span, sports,
Form: Rhyme
GOODBYE WINTER
...GOODBYE WINTER
For winter, time is almost up
I take a sip from my coffee cup
The grass has grown very long
Neglecting it for weeks turned out so wrong
Mowing the grass is definitely a plan
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Categories:
spick and span, bird, flower, happy, september,
Form: Rhyme
Seeing Through a Dirty Glass
...Genesis: 1:20
The poet cleaned the kitchen window over the sink
At first glance
No birds were seen there to feed or drink water
Soon through cleaned window
Bir...
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Categories:
spick and span, bird, creation, faith,
Form: Suzette Prime
Supine, Looking at the Sky
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Supine, Looking at the Sky
Back from two days` intensive care
After an open heart surgery,
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Categories:
spick and span, feelings, god, heart, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
Snake Oil Man In Milton Creek
...It was about seven in the morn as the sun was starting to rise
Unbeknown to the folks of Milton Creek they were in for a surprise
Outside the saloon wagons were unloading, before noondays heat
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Categories:
spick and span, america, western,
Form: Rhyme
Afternoon Tea
...It was a day of jubilation when
The alligators came to tea
Though I didn’t quite like
The way they looked at me
A Jungle Jazz Combo played
Do Wap free and loose
As we all celebrated the day
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Categories:
spick and span, fantasy, fun, how i
Form: Rhyme
Regarding Planetary Alignment
...Planets are in motion and matched
upon a level plane.
Ducks are waddling faster
just to fall in line.
Pundits, prophets, and drunken poets
opine over a mystic wine,
others follow the science ...
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Categories:
spick and span, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Hoeing Stones
...Standing hoeing garden stones
Eyes awash with tears
As memories flood back from
More than sixty years,
To the little village churchyard
For which my dad cared
And which duty I, as a child,
So ...
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Categories:
spick and span, childhood, dad, growing up,
Form: Rhyme
Finnegans Horse Full Circle
...Life goes full circle Harry Finnegan thought,
Admiring his newly refurbished vending cart;
Spick and span with racy lines, a proper seat,
Digital till, weatherproofed, and state of the art
Men le...
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Categories:
spick and span, horse, humor, nostalgia, technology,
Form: Rhyme
Watching the Detective
...Here he comes
That little man
Nattily dressed
Spick and span
His funny accent
A dead giveaway
He won't get me
No, not today!
He's clever though
But not more than I
He does not know
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Categories:
spick and span, humor, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Jerelene
...JERLENE
Acrostic
Jerlene, lovely and beautiful young lady
Your tantalizing eyes enthralls a lonesome heart
Your smile captivates a feeble heart
Allures and fascinates a lonely life.
Every...
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Categories:
spick and span, angel, appreciation, beauty, christian,
Form: Acrostic
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