OREO THIEF
...just a little humor for your day....
OREO THIEF
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Etta the squirrelette, with a penchant so rare,
For Oreos, she hid with the utmost care.
In her ...
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Categories:
squeaked, 12th grade, humorous,
Form: Limerick
MOUSE HOUSE
...MOUSE HOUSE*
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In my shoe, I found quite a sight,
a small mouse, with fur soft and light.
He twitched and he squeaked,
as I gasped and I freaked,
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Categories:
squeaked, 12th grade, humorous, in
Form: Limerick
MOUSE PRINCESS
...MOUSE PRINCESS
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In a kingdom where cheese was the prize,
Lived a mouse princess with green eyes.
She donned a small crown,
Above her royal g...
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Categories:
squeaked, 12th grade, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Alice Through The Wormhole
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"I'm bored," said Alice to nobody in particular. Lying in her bedroom, gazing wistfully at the stars, she often wondered what life might be like on another planet. School was boring, she didn't hav...
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Categories:
squeaked, fantasy,
Form: Narrative
King Mouse
...Who was only one inch tall,
raised in a lab since he was, well...small,
doped on phenobarbital,
escaping o'er his prison wall.
Tell me friend, can you recall
King Mouse?
Who lived in a tidy ...
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Categories:
squeaked, animal, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Fiddlesticks
...There was a young man bought a pangolin
but thought it was a mandolin
to be played like a violin
he tipped its scales 'til they creaked
tweaked its tail so it squeaked
and named the bow Anne Bo...
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Categories:
squeaked, animal, fun, humorous, music,
Form: Rhyme
Acrostic Agility Poetry Contest
...Paws on the windowsill, waiting for me
Ears perked up at the jingle of keys
Treats disappear with lightning speed
Dirt on the floor, but I don’t mind
Over and over, he’s one of a kind
Goofy gr...
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Categories:
squeaked, boy, cute, pets,
Form: Acrostic
4x10
...The Killing Field”
Ariana nodded, tremolo fingers,
and they ran across the killing field,
watching the steel-toed kite ascend—
a fleeting instant of triumph in the vacuum.
Josh scoffed as it d...
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Categories:
squeaked, absence, allegory, angel, angst,
Form: Free verse
4x10
...The Killing Field”
Ariana nodded, tremolo fingers,
and they ran across the killing field,
watching the steel-toed kite ascend—
a fleeting instant of triumph in the vacuum.
Josh scoffed as it d...
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Categories:
squeaked, absence, allegory, angel, angst,
Form: Free verse
Park Swings
...A walk to the park
The crisp morning air
There’s frost on the ground
A chill everywhere
Squirrels scurry about
From here to there
They notice me not
I’m needn’t a care
Sitting alone
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Categories:
squeaked, character, devotion, emotions, forgiveness,
Form: Rhyme
a song for oppy
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spun …
the dust devil did
(unusually strong, that)
but instead of leaving another layer of
light-blocking powder
it cleaned the solar panels like
Windex and microfibre -
shiny … as new
th...
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Categories:
squeaked, analogy, science,
Form: Free verse
Interlude
...The night was slippery, glass windows squeaked,
fingertips slipped off skin. Humidity paused
between layers of still air, only to slowly leak through.
The house was raised up on stilts
to avoid f...
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Categories:
squeaked, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Night Bus
...NIGHT BUS
I recall that girl, she was a mouse
Scurrying to and from daily work
White furry coat on that cold day
A cute little pink nose, trembling
I wanted to cup her in my hand
But alas, it...
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Categories:
squeaked, identity,
Form: Personification
Refurbished Nursery Rhymes: 3 Blind Mice
...or...Where's the SPCA when you need 'em?
A farmer's wife who was not very nice
Mutilated a trio of disabled mice.
Each squeaked for its life
As she wielded her knife
And disencumbered them all...
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Categories:
squeaked, animal, humor,
Form: Limerick
Balloon
...I blew into a balloon
filling it with my breath
and tied it off
it squeaked a little
as I tied the knot
then grew silent
I held it in my right hand
by that tightly tied little knot
and tappe...
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Categories:
squeaked, senses,
Form: Prose Poetry
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