Sprained My Heart
...Sprained My Heart
I’ll kiss your image that sleeps in my memory
That’s what I’ll do and ponder a spell
You left me with that wound inside that hasn’t been fixed in nary five years. And even than…...
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Categories:
sprained, appreciation, courage, hilarious, humorous,
Form: Free verse
True Grit
...marathon runner
all the way with a sprained knee ~
a sheer force of will
Date written: 05/13/2023...
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Categories:
sprained, endurance, motivation, sports,
Form: Senryu
Forever Altered
...The sound of metal scraping on asphalt, echoed through the frosty morning air, as the trailer slid and skidded, leaving chaos and destruction there.
The semi-truck came hurtling fast, its trailer s...
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Categories:
sprained, anxiety, change, emotions, how
Form: Rhyme
''I Shoulda Seen It Comin''
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the snow was falling ...
the wind blowing it in drifts ... here and there
and it was real cold
oh, gosh that snow was bad
but pretty
like a winter wonder...
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Categories:
sprained, funny, snow, storm,
Form: Free verse
Heater and Hand and Heros--Oh My
...A new day began, I sprained my right hand!
Then my furnace decided to "give up the ghost"
Neighbor brought friend who would understand;
soon, room became as warm as toast.
then it ...
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Categories:
sprained, hero, muse, smile, winter,
Form: Rhyme
Off To a Marvelous Start
...2023’s off to a wonderful start
Lost my wallet at the mini-mart
Right away though things got worse
My wife misplaced her cash purse…
One of our kids is home in bed
Said he fell on the si...
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Categories:
sprained, new years day, stress,
Form: Couplet
Old War Stories
...I am young, a tough nut,
hard to crack.
Thick mud splashes half-blind me.
Bones are jostled, pushed into aching flesh.
I am spun around and dumped,
lifted up shoved back in.
A pummeled nose ble...
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Categories:
sprained, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Menu-Ettes
...The waiter asked: “Do you want that here or to go.
I replied: “if I eat it here don’t I get to take it with me?”
((oldies but goodies}}
“Waiter! Waiter! There’s a fly in my soup!”
“Well ...
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Categories:
sprained, humor,
Form: Free verse
Compromise
...Life is full of oddities
Which can give it variety
And every now and then
Even cause soe anxiety
He was a man of character.
He trod his own path,
Kept his undies in the fridge
And his coal in ...
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Categories:
sprained, humor, love, marriage, romance,
Form: Rhyme
The Haunted House
...Last night my friend visited a haunted house
Not brave enough to join him, I felt like a louse,
I stayed home and watched a funny comedy
While fleeing a goblin, he sprained his knee....
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Categories:
sprained, halloween, horror,
Form: Couplet
Working Out Isn't Working Out
...I used to like barbells, enjoyed pumping iron,
my Nautilus* gym was one happy environ.
Those posters of 6-packs and marbled biceps
inspired me to start counting carbs, pounds, and reps.
M...
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Categories:
sprained, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Wee Willie Winkie
...Wee Willy Winkie
Sprained his little pinkie
Wee Wendy Winkie
Fixed him up by jinkies...
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Categories:
sprained, nursery rhyme,
Form: Monorhyme
Running Through the Ages
...Early Times
Panting through a few females.
Running on the spot mostly.
Go to Paris to find myself
find a locally made Gallic STD.
Have a Ringo mustache,
the prostitutes on the Montmartre
t...
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Categories:
sprained, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Ports Beyond the Storms
...Did you find that port
where the sea greets the land
with pearls and sparkling fishes?
Was the voyage you took to get here
full of storms or near misses?
In the autumn woods were there truff...
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Categories:
sprained, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Chance To Finance and Lost Pants
...when we took a chance
our home we had to finance
lost our shoes and pants
read a manual
how to care for spaniel
name was daniel
sunday seems to be
day God made for you and me
all of us ag...
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Categories:
sprained, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
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