Parched Earth-2 Forms
...1. Form: Free Verse/Theme: Indulgence
Singing those praises in church,
I see a vision of a parched earth.
Geosmin scent ascends;
or descends. Transference
between reality and surreality.
My...
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Categories:
splosh, hope, longing, rain, weather,
Form: Free verse
Raining in Summer
...Like a welcome Summer rain, humor may suddenly
cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.
—Langston Hughes
RAINING IN SUMMER
The little teapot leaned over, steam pours out...
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Categories:
splosh, rain, summer,
Form: Rhyme
April Fools' Day Cat
...A cat on April Fools’, sleek and cool,
Found itself in a rather wet duel.
With a splash and a splosh,
In a fishbowl, it did wash,
Proving even a feline can be a fool!...
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Categories:
splosh, april, cat, humor,
Form: Limerick
The Submisive Loser Dominant Victors Shower Of Rage
...The Naked brazen placid blue
Meets its foe the dark forbidding nemeses
Who unleashes his growing anger and fury
Obliterating and defeating his enemy
Proclaims a victory and unrolls his miserable ...
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Categories:
splosh, anger, birth, conflict, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Extra Pizzazz Jazz
...The oomph and zing of extra spin
adds razzmatazz to shot akin
to the standing ovation din
a hole in one gets for a win.
The cream screams to the top.
The razzle and dazzle of dance
shake, ...
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Categories:
splosh, dance, music,
Form: Verse
Jinglejangle
...tippy-toe tap tap
pitter-patter slosh
splish splosh, splash,
drip of tap
purr of cat
twits of bird chat
ratter tat, ratter tat
knocks on my door.
The unintended muse
was stifled
by the h...
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Categories:
splosh, silence, word play, words,
Form: Free verse
Tears In the Rain
...Raindrops on window
coalesce to create rivulets,
that run down the window pane.
They are like teardrops,
which emanate from pain deep within,
and which run down the face,
leaving snail tra...
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Categories:
splosh, cry, rain,
Form: Free verse
Hitting the Sack
...Alarm
Bursts calm
Day dawns
Loud yawns
Blow nose
Stretch toes
Quick wash
Splish splosh
Grab vest
Get dressed
Gulp tea
Then flee
I'm late
Stressed state
The boss
Is cross
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Categories:
splosh, work,
Form: Rhyme
Gone Fishing
...Burbling brooks
Small fish hooks
A rod goes thwip
With subtle whip
the float will drop
soft gentle plop
Tick, tock, tick
Patience the trick
A mighty thwap
The line goes snap
Wind with zeal
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Categories:
splosh, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Ho Hum, the Doldrums
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Ho hum, the doldrums:
I twiddle my thumbs
and scratch my bum.
I bumble ‘round,
and when I’m done,
I murmur, mumble, humph and hum.
<...
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Categories:
splosh, nursery rhyme,
Form: Rhyme
About a Plug
...A good number of us decided to go on holiday down to the sea,
Well, it was such a fun crazy time and it ended far too quickly,
Every night a couples’ name was pulled out of the hat,
It was our tur...
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Categories:
splosh, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Un-Fairie Queen
...An un-fairie queene
from an unchivalrous tale
lumping and clumping
off beaten tracks
down beaten ones
so beaten
that they click and crack
criss-crossed with crabgrass
so tall that it looks
l...
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Categories:
splosh, hope,
Form: Free verse
Beach Day
...While strolling on the beach
I can feel the sand crunch underneath my toes.
As I walk along the shore
The waves splash my feet.
I can hear the seagulls squawk above.
I feel ...
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Categories:
splosh, animal, beach, beautiful, bird,
Form: Other
Raindrops
...As
rain
starts to fall
pitter-patter-pitter
beads of water combine
together creating puddles of
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Categories:
splosh, life, rain, water,
Form: Concrete
Surveyor of the Storm
...SURVEYOR OF THE STORM
Today’s early afternoon is somber-gray.
Red, white, blue, cherry willow, stars.
A single lightning bolt, in downward zigzag,
striking, alongside the bark of a crépe myrt...
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Categories:
splosh, storm,
Form: Couplet
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