Spiffing Up
...Replacing old things for so many’s a snap.
An upgrade, to them, is a breeze;
But I get bogged down in a kind of a trap -
Any change brings me down to my knees.
If it works, I can live with it, ...
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Categories:
spiff, home, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
The Last Organ Grinder
...Down the faithful brick stones he goes with his favorite monkey Spiff
through the alley where twilight glints soon turn from pinkish to gold
beneath a yawning sun. Bringing forth a new day,...
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Categories:
spiff, appreciation, music,
Form: Haibun
The Thief
...One day, a petty thief
Stole a piece of bread.
She dashed away in a spiff
“Stop her!”, the trader yelled.
Along came a couple who,
Upon hearing the trader’s shout,
Broke into a run too
Unti...
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Categories:
spiff, 4th grade, 5th grade,
Form: Rhyme
November's Bronzing Glow
...Detailing leaves of golden spiff
I lean up close to take a whiff
of turmeric colored leaves sublime
and skies of ruby reds sweet wine
Engaged upon the breeze my touch
awaits the pinnacle's...
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Categories:
spiff, nature, november,
Form: Lay
Sounds of the Night
...Run friends as fast as you can
From this dreadful land
Be wary of a terrible sight
Of things that go "Blasty Blang Beedle Bum Bang" in the night!
Nery a more terrible sound
That can be heard f...
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Categories:
spiff, animal, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Things You Hear In the Night
...Run friends as fast as you can
From this dreadful land
Be wary of a terrible sight
Of things that go "Blasty Blang Beedle Bum Bang" in the night!
Nery a more terrible sound
That can be heard f...
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Categories:
spiff, fear, night, sound,
Form: Rhyme
Writers and Actors
...Pretending the roman’a clef is fake
We portrayed bits of truth in every take
Director and author got into spiff
Author threw up his hands and said “what if”?
Protagonist was not camouflaged wel...
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Categories:
spiff, 10th grade,
Form: Sonnet
Grandiose Ideas
...In the middle of the night
When I can’t get back to sleep
All these grandiose ideas
In my wired brain do creep.
I will clean out all my closets.
I will rearrange each drawer.
I will freshen u...
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Categories:
spiff, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
The Path
...A path can lead or return those who follow. It will show
you the way back from whence you came.
No need to give it much thought, right?
Perhaps you did not think about the path being there
in th...
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Categories:
spiff, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Beauty Defined
...Alluring beauty and soul-lifting smile on her face; Glittering natural hair coiled inside her golden kente scarf.
Her perfectly shaped legs in her stunning faded blue jeans. She’s beauty defined!
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Categories:
spiff, appreciation, beautiful, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Varishvectium, Osilldollteamiun
...Their are millions of you
and a lot of them are
a whole lot better
convince me why it is
I love you.
out of many, one!
few more than I planned for.
answer the question
from which direction
t...
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Categories:
spiff, love, marriage,
Form: Ballad
Averse To Change
...The pictures on my walls have not
Been changed for many years.
I’m stuck with what I have
Or that’s the way that it appears.
My furniture is old as well;
Things rarely get replaced.
I like th...
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Categories:
spiff, change,
Form: Rhyme
Front Door
...Visit a place where you’ve not been before
And the first thing you face is the sturdy front door.
Of fiberglass, oak, tempered glass, even steel,
The entryway should have a certain appeal.
My c...
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Categories:
spiff, home,
Form: Rhyme
My Morning
...I wake in darkness lazily and loll around in bed,
Just sifting through the rhymes that prance around inside my head.
The dawn cracks open like an egg’s prize plop into a bowl;
I scramble up to start...
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Categories:
spiff, life, time,
Form: Couplet
A Trillion Tomorrow
...A Trillion tomorrow
Sunny morning
Walking down the street
a smile on my face
Hello to everyone I meet
Some say I won the lottery
That’s why I’m kind
But they don’t know
I got you on ...
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Categories:
spiff, love, world, love, me,
Form: Light Verse
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