Penguin Speak
...Spiffed up in my tux and looking so cool
My, how the ladies do titter and drool
I strut about to entice
Fell on my bum on the ice
Picking myself up, slunk of...
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Categories:
spiffed up, bird, humorous,
Form: Limerick
A Joyful Christmas Story With a Happy Ending
...Timmy Jimmy O'Blimey was a boy who loved Christmas and joyful happy faces
So when he saw an old man living on the street with nothing to eat, he felt sad
Though small of frame his carousel min...
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Categories:
spiffed up, appreciation, christmas,
Form: Narrative
Ye Old Jalopy
...Ye old jalopy of the junkyard
spiffed up
with spinning tires
hydroplaning of the weather vane
no ejection seat
no buckle to fumble
open air
hit from behind
the child held with...
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Categories:
spiffed up, car,
Form: Free verse
Dissembling Offerings
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He never brooked a lie that couldn’t be spoken
Spiffed up with a good spit shine
Tin promise made was a buffalo wooden token
Re-tale sale, it ain’t worth a dime
From Niagra Falls to th...
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Categories:
spiffed up, character, identity, people, psychological,
Form: Rhyme