Sailors and Locals
...Sixteen sailors strode into a pub,
Then a group of them left to get some grub.
Those who remained got into a fight,
With some locals who drank there every night.
Although the sailors did outnum...
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Categories:
strode, humor, math, riddle,
Form: Couplet
WE SEE LONDON DAY 4
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After I woke up and went out to our little balcony to write…
a ladybug landed on my computer and decided there to stay
As she traversed the perimeter of my computer…
I knew it was going to be gr...
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Categories:
strode, travel,
Form: Rhyme
The Wild One
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Out comes the storm
In a galloping parade
Of silver and iron
Honour masking the greed of men
In the rattling and dim wilderness
The rituals and the songs
Are ready to be extinguished
By ...
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Categories:
strode, women,
Form: Free verse
When Leadership Forgot Her Name
...Leadership once stood so tall,
But lost her spine along the hall.
No knocks, no words, just silent calls—
She wiped away the names on walls.
Silence sits—a secret scribe,
Whispers soft, comman...
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Categories:
strode, education, integrity, leadership, pride,
Form: Rhyme
Ember Girl
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Born orphan, the torture of her stepmother and stepsisters
shaped the fairy tale Cinderella with fire, the ember girl,
who didn’t dream seeing the dormant love bloom,
but seethed within to tak...
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Categories:
strode, fire, imagination,
Form: Free verse
CASEY’S SECOND CHANCE!
...The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Mudville nine that day;
The score stood four to two, with but an inning left to play.
And when Cooney fell at first, and Barrows met the same,
A hush of sorrow...
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Categories:
strode, baseball, destiny, inspirational,
Form: Lyric
cardinal aristocat
...Cardinal aristocat strode into the priest’s hall
No one uttered a sound, they were stunned after all
He had never looked this fit, this fine, this brave or tall
His regular plain monk’s tunic had ...
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Categories:
strode, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
The Bittersweet Paradox
...On sleepless nights, down winter's road,
A lonely knight in silence strode.
He raised his drink, a golden hue,
And bellowed deep, as sorrow grew.
A sudden quake—his soul it stirred,
And throug...
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Categories:
strode, allegory, analogy, culture, dream,
Form: Rhyme
Death
...Here Death strode and left its trace
Where laid its hand to mark the place
Bade stony pages stand in waiting
To offer up in silent greeting
Final words for those distressed
Written out on granit...
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Categories:
strode, death,
Form: Rhyme
Fernando Ramone
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Fernando Ramone was a Latin lover
Who dazzled the girls with his charm
He could often be seen strolling along
With a gorgeous girl on his arm
It didn't feel much different this night
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Categories:
strode, scary,
Form: Rhyme
That's Wrong
...The scuffling duo sparred in the park
Their screams and shouts so very marked
A bag was clutched in the woman's hand
A man had grabbed it while he harangued
"Let go!" He shrilled and tugged it ...
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Categories:
strode, funny,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Avon by the Sea
...I didn't pull my weight
The boss was really sore
He said "you're second rate
and I won't take it anymore."
He continued raving
On how I was misbehaving
Said my job was not worth saving
An...
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Categories:
strode, america, friend, ocean, places,
Form: Lyric
A dumpster fire
..."To the White House he strode," sang his choir,
The elephants sparked a dumpster fire,
His words became its fuel,
Deceit was his tool,
While the donkeys cried foul: "He's a liar."
We need no D...
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Categories:
strode, conflict, death, political, power,
Form: Limerick
No wizard just a blizzard
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A lion, a tin man, and a scarecrow.
Followed Dorothy, beyond the rainbow.
Singing and dancing, they strode,
Along the yellow brick road.
Where an old witch, plunged them knee dee...
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Categories:
strode, confusion, dance, dog, journey,
Form: Limerick
Wiz
...A wiz like no wizard before
A lion that wanted to roar
Tin man was hollow
That’s hard to swallow
But not like a man made of straw
Now Dorothy and her new friends
Took the road to see...
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Categories:
strode, fantasy, film,
Form: Limerick
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