Routines
...People live by their routines
And some will never bend ‘em,
While others are more flexible,
Not minding an addendum.
Yet it presents a challenge
When those sticklers will not budge;
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Categories:
sticklers, people,
Form: Rhyme
Sticklers versus HippyDippys
...The Sticklers are rule-followers; they do seventeen weekly have-tos.
There is no room for flexibility, or deviation from their parents’ teachings.
Have to go to church, read the Bible, pray daily, ...
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Categories:
sticklers, life,
Form: Free verse
Name Something You Might Find Written On a Bathroom Wall
...Ring the bells for me
Fairytale clock keeper
I wanted to meet a beautiful end of my own design
But those sticklers at the bureau are obsessed with time
I couldn't hold on to my youth , adulthood ...
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Categories:
sticklers, angst, anxiety, depression,
Form: Free verse
Three Little Lines
...1) haiku* untitled:
october winds
of scattered maple leaves
~ handwritten poems
2) a three-line poem titled:
OF AUTUMN LEAVES AND ALL
a three-line poem is open to free verse, allitera...
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Categories:
sticklers, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Jaywalker
...The city has evacuated the streets at this hour,
and vacancy has given his unsteady feet
right of way at every intersection.
The traffic lights, sticklers for rules, continue
color-coding prio...
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Categories:
sticklers, betrayal, drink, growing up,
Form: Free verse
The Mystery of Humpty Dumpty
...Too many questions, way too few answers
Why would an egg wear blue pants, sir? And
Wherefore his fall? Perchance he was struck with a lance, sir
Or could it be he keeled over from cancer?
B...
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Categories:
sticklers, humorous, mystery, myth, nursery
Form: Rhyme
An Open Relationship
...Social settings have stigma attached to this.
Atmospherically climactic negative correlations sustain society.
Civilized individuals are naturally monogamous; serially…
On the other hand gender...
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Categories:
sticklers, assonance, relationship, social, society,
Form: Didactic
Unquotable Quotes - Vi
...Unquotable quotes – VI
(Note : A good many of the « epigrams » in this sequence of quotes are a take off on other well-known short poems, proverbs, sayings or expressions faites, etc . The rest...
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Categories:
sticklers, environment, fun, humor, humorous,
Form: Epigram
Don'T Miss Out
...Father Christ’s encounter with the Pharisees never fail to entertain.
Almost everywhere He preaches
A few people would show up
Trying to compromise His ministry
To catch Him in violation of cus...
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Categories:
sticklers, black african american, christian,
Form: Light Verse
Brand Loyalty
...The toothpaste that I use is Crest.
I cannot tell if Crest is best;
But it’s the brand I’ve always used.
A change would get my teeth confused.
For laundry, what I buy is All;
A prior brand I can’t r...
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Categories:
sticklers, life,
Form: Rhyme
Home and Hearth (For the Wise Children of Earth)
...Tell me the secrets to your life, bushman
Show me how to befriend the garish land
Guide me through nature’s surviving devotion
Teach me with dry eye that knows no ocean
Lead me to hope in battlef...
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Categories:
sticklers, history, life, nature, people,
Form: Couplet