White Lies
...that smile hides a hundred truths inside
white lies lined up like tombstones
cleaned nightly, scrubbing away the
shame spoken and guilt grinded daily,
stained with coffee and wine swallowed
to s...
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Categories:
swill down, analogy,
Form: Free verse
I Wish I Was the Wizard
...I wish I was a tin man
Out there cutting wood;
I'd rely upon the lube can
To keep my elbows good.
All day I'd task and toil
Until it's time for tea,
And then I'd take a squirt of oil
To keep m...
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Categories:
swill down, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Lollipop Series- What I Love
...Mommy deemed the three-year-old me as an honour
Said that I should become a doctor
Stethoscope and thermometer are in her gift bag
To spark the zeal in me, she set to wave a green flag.
Dadd...
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Categories:
swill down, birthday, boy, child, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Kyoto Proto, So What
...(The Kyoto Protocol, an international
treaty signed in December 1997, commits
member states to reduce their carbon
dioxide emissions. The United States is
the only First World nation not to rati...
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Categories:
swill down, environment,
Form: Rhyme
Colcannon
...We broke bread at dawn
Cold and shivering
Faces dirty, hearts weary
the kettle boiling over
a dying fire
tea meant to soothe
our bones and joints aching
a bubbling soup hits our
nauseous bellies and...
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Categories:
swill down, horse, soldier, war,
Form: Free verse