The Cut-Out-And-Keep Guide To Trees
...the silver birch
it likes to hide
so as you search
at eventide
you find it there with many friends
playing poker through the night
the common oak
a wise old man
an aging folk
since time...
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Categories:
spikey, fun, funny, humorous, light,
Form: Light Verse
the forest is alive
...verdent leaves
spikey, pointed,
symmetrical, heart-shaped,
walnuts, oak, maple
one lone elm
unseen in Kansas for awhile
crickets are buzzing
grating commercial airline sound
buzzing, tril...
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Categories:
spikey, tree,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
spikey, nature,
Form: Haiku
The Holly Grove
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Once Upon a long ago time, when the earth was full of abundant life;
and humans, who now have dominion, were but a distant star in the night…
Everything in this magical Kingdom had a...
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Categories:
spikey, christian, community, creation, earth,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Brutal Calvary
...That time when Jesus walked among men
has long passed, only faint images remain;
and the curious crowds followed Him everywhere:
they heard a wisdom from the mouth of dare!
Herod was a savage: ...
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Categories:
spikey, character, conflict, death, devotion,
Form: Rhyme
How I Wish Today Was Just A Bad Dream
...Oh how I wish with my yearning nostalgic heart
That I could wake up to find
Today had just been a nightmare of a dream
And it was still the wonderful 1980s
When I was still young carefree and so ...
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Categories:
spikey, adventure, age, change, divorce,
Form: Free verse
Destiny Angel
...Let's get this out front
I think I'm in love
With an angel who flies
In the sky high above
My protector, she guides
Or calls down when required
When the future gets tangled
Or perception g...
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Categories:
spikey, angel, destiny,
Form: Rhyme
The First Turn of a Fall Leaf
...The first turn of a leaf, a constant reminder that summer is brief. The suns slow burn melts into the horizon leaving behind: a colourful show, a crisp autumn breeze and a sharp wind blow. Dark night...
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Categories:
spikey, imagery, life, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Winter's Web
...ice crystals rest on my window
like a second skin
a season's restless spirit
in water vapour
condensing
a winter picture frame
spheres of spikey stains
in a silent closing
patterns complete
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Categories:
spikey, cool, february, image, imagery,
Form: Free verse
The River Mystery
...Dry river mystery
The river in the domestic landscape was not as big
as it used to be, for years, the rain upland fell sparsely
when the hot summer came, the river dried up.
The river bed was...
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Categories:
spikey, angst, august, corruption,
Form: Free verse
What Do You Do
...Sleep eludes me
Women, kids, money, dreams, problems
Cycle in and out
Numb to the present
I can't do anything about
Run from here to there
Every place becomes intolerable
Where will I rest my ...
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Categories:
spikey, bird, river, song, truth,
Form: Free verse
One Step
...behind my last
word
and letter
is the wh
missing the why
Yet a yeti without an eye
rattle the door
to give them a scare
the Baritone sax
the all knowing facts
spikey haired to the max.
Sti...
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Categories:
spikey, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Coming of Death
...I hear its scary voice
Approaching my scope
I hear its ruffling footsteps
Walking through my door
Wildly opening its arms
I feel its spikey claws crawling on me
Digging deep inside me
Pouchin...
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Categories:
spikey, 4th grade, 5th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Western Wailing Woolysaur
...A brand new documentary
A first for archeology
The Western Wailing Woolysaur
He’d never spotted one before
Neither had he seen one dead
It’s very spikey and it’s red
The spikes it has are ever...
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Categories:
spikey, animal, humorous, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Weather Whatever
...How did the jungle get here?
Did it come on a train
like an old time circus
rolling in before dawn
while we splattered safety-nets
with doomsday drivel.
A rainforest has invad...
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Categories:
spikey, poetry,
Form: Free verse
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