ONE ADVANTAGE OF GROWING OLD
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Sometimes as we age…as we hit the downside of our prime
we have a tendency to forget things…occasionally to lose track of the time.
And even though our memory becomes something we can’t always ...
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Categories:
subs, age,
Form: Rhyme
WHEN THEY TURNED THE MUSIC OFF
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We love to listen to the music of the mountains from our cabin…
The wind whistling through the trees…
The buzzing of the hummingbird wings…the birds’ songs floating on the breeze.
So when we t...
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Categories:
subs, inspiration, silence,
Form: Rhyme
Subs v Dubs
...In the debate between dubbing and subbing
I side with subs to savor the original
mellifluous French, Tamil, Korean, Italian...
Reading the subtitles assists the deaf
and hard of hearing althou...
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Categories:
subs, film, french, international, language,
Form: Free verse
MOURNERS SURPASSES-
...Laid still mourners pass, surpasses
Time moves let subs pendant closed passes
Subjoin the beauty instilled blurred by glasses
To be resurrected renewed in the ever lasted...
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Categories:
subs, analogy, anxiety, bereavement, celebration,
Form: Elegy
Guess Who
...We were four but now are two
We wrote 100 songs times two
Fields and subs and Rigby too
To sold out crowds we sang bout Jude.
You’re getting close to guessing who
I know you’ll get it with this...
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Categories:
subs, music,
Form: Rhyme
The 12 Days of Christmas From Florida
...On the first day of Christmas Florida gave to me
A palm tree with color lights.
On the second day of Christmas Florida gave to me
Two Publix subs,
And a palm tree with color lights.
On the t...
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Categories:
subs, christmas, december, song,
Form: Lyric
Indian Lake Boat Ramp
...Today we stopped at Subway
and grabbed our favorite subs, chips and drinks
then headed to a picnic table
across the lake from the boat ramp
our favorite spot to watch boaters
set their boat...
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Categories:
subs, animal, fun,
Form: Free verse
War of Malingering Swarms
...Male bees are useless layabouts
Gather no nectar or pollen
Can't feed themselves
Have no stingers
Yet World War III
Will be fought with a swarm
Of a billion, billion drones
Some made of cardbo...
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Categories:
subs, war,
Form: Free verse
God of the Oceans
...God of the oceans vast and deep
we come to you as helpless sheep.
You formed the oceans by your might,
against you, who can dare to fight.
The whales that oceans depths traverse
what tails lik...
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Categories:
subs, deep, environment, god, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Soma Sonnet: Suicide Watch
...*Image of Family Focus by FOTF.
Soma Sonnet: Suicide Watch
The steaminess awkward away,
as summer writhe its day of me,
I risk a search that subs my plea,
lies atonement hopeful ...
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Categories:
subs, death, suicide,
Form: Sonnet
Met the New Art Substitute Teacher
...We had a new art sub yesterday.
No surprise.
We have had nineteen art subs since March.
It is the last week of school.
Mr. G the new art sub was positive.
Energetic.
Glad to be here.
Told me...
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Categories:
subs, teacher,
Form: Prose Poetry
Displaced
...The end, or beginning
of the strip mall starts
at the Subway Subs
a set aside frontage overlooked
by bushes and idling traffic.
Further along, the ephemeral
Pop-up Party Shop;
when not ‘up’...
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Categories:
subs, poetry,
Form: Free verse
46 Per Cent of Japan's Population Hide When Someone Rings the Doorbell
...i guess it depends on the resonance the amplification
when i sang in the bedroom my father shrieked
put a sock in it and i remember reaching for
the pants drawer to find a pair, but i once did
tu...
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Categories:
subs, humor, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Chelsea's Two Sins On Goal
...Chelsea was supposed to be on top
At the half time stop
But it was M U
That got one through
One nil
As everyone left their seats for a fill
Hopefully it will change for pensioners in bl...
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Categories:
subs, anger, blue, england, night,
Form: Rhyme
War Mechanic
...War came. How could it not? Bringing many things especially death. They wanted to knock Turkey out of the war. One ally less for Germany.
Many events happened. Some were firsts. All included death....
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Categories:
subs, conflict, military, tribute, war,
Form: Free verse
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