When The Tank Stinks
...Her skill sets though narrow,
are tried and tested,
she has the tools to navigate around
our reality without going belly-up.
Occasionally, we swim together
through the same plastic castles,
b...
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Categories:
suitably, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Bubble Thoughts from the Circling
...Her skill sets though narrow,
are tried and tested,
she has the tools to navigate around reality
without going belly-up.
We share the same fish tank.
She has her own patch of metaphor
and I...
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Categories:
suitably, poetry,
Form: Free verse
what it's worth
...
ever his little girl ...
she knew her daddy, suitably
the demons, the defeats, the drudgery and dreams
(dreams, deep and delirious,
as substances imposed)
no year of hers was
sans disappointm...
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Categories:
suitably, analogy, death, father, father
Form: Free verse
Yours truly embarks on wild goose chase after elusive pot of gold
...Yours truly embarks on wild goose chase after elusive pot of gold
alternately titled: incorrigible lottery dreamer
big plans to relocate self and spouse
to some tropical island paradise
by the ...
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Categories:
suitably, adventure, angel, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
To Sock Or Not To Sock
...He wore his desert wellies
With suitably besocked feet
As he strode manfully along
The rain driven wet street.
Britain in the summer time,
Ten climates in one day,
So the British stiff upper ...
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Categories:
suitably, fun, humor, irony,
Form: Rhyme
THE FINAL ACT
...THE FINAL ACT
After Humpty Dumpty’s fall
Angry residents placed a call
The locals destroyed the wall
As it shouldn’t be there at all
Injured Humpty was all gloom
Alone in the emergency room...
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Categories:
suitably, future, hurt, life,
Form: Rhyme
The Path of Justice - a Poetic Journey
...Written: September 09, 2023
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In the area of dominion, where elitism wields
Altruism flickers as a beam of light in the f...
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Categories:
suitably, analogy, appreciation, change, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Incomplete Metamorphosis of Distilled Adolescent
...Incomplete metamorphosis of distilled adolescent...
therefore he characterizes himself as an anomaly...any idea why?
Mortified, petrified, stultified, et cetera sheltered,
and mortally wounde...
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Categories:
suitably, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Yours Truly Embarks On Wild Goose Chase After Elusive Pot of Gold
...Yours truly embarks on wild goose chase after elusive pot of gold
two alternate titles:
1. Gander seeking goose that laid the golden egg
2. Incorrigible lottery dreamer
linkedin with previous ...
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Categories:
suitably, adventure, animal, bird, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Zydeco House Party
...The bayou sky flies a catfish moon over swamp gators
And cottonmouth vipers. Accordions, fiddles, and rub board vests
Make their ramble through the undergrowth hot on the trail
Of a sultry midsu...
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Categories:
suitably, allegory, america, celebration,
Form: Blank verse
They Are Kind of Long In the Teeth
...Weren’t they old belly dancers? Asked my crass cousin.
They are cheap too, cheaper than a baker’s dozen.
I did not like the way she spoke of the queens of the shrooms.
I had encouraged them to mov...
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Categories:
suitably, age, women,
Form: Rhyme
Wasted Verses Ushers Quirky Pathetic Oeuvre
...Wasted verses ushers quirky pathetic oeuvre
HENCE....herewith,
a post (traumatic)
stressed disordered poetic whim
to summarize fantasy
incorrigible lottery dreamer
paradise visage and eyes...
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Categories:
suitably, angel, appreciation, beautiful, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
On Track
...Though the clock had no hands to tell the time
It was still able to number the hours
Over the trees the sun began to climb
As dandelions roared on the lawn, 'flagrant flowers!'
Off to work...
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Categories:
suitably, morning, work,
Form: Rhyme
Out of Step
...Talking heads are synchronized,
words are replicated like cloned sheep.
Dodging in and out of an unchanging static
I skip the beat.
Hey, something just flashed my drive!
Time to suspend a st...
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Categories:
suitably, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Oktoberfest
...It’s the time of the year for Oktoberfest,
The nip in the air, the leaves skittering about
A fall festival that rates among the year’s best.
Custom beers and homemade pretzels to tes...
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Categories:
suitably, fun, holiday, october,
Form: Villanelle
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