Infliction
...He was just a boy alone in journey of life
Morals, high standards upon family name he walks
No recollection to memory, just brief thought in mind
Certain image portrayed, locked away in the dep...
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Categories:
tailgate, absence, conflict, endurance, longing,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Drive with Caution
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signs and warnings out and about
reminders for caution and safety on the roads
we know sunday drivers are a menace
apparently red squirrels drive slowly
while the black ones drive too fast
chi...
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Categories:
tailgate, animal, fun, humor, word
Form: Free verse
Acceptance
...I haven’t truly lived until now.
I have been locked away for so long
In a small room in a place that was never my home.
Home is where you feel safe.
My freedom without judgment is where I fee...
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Categories:
tailgate, break up, loss,
Form: Free verse
In Autumn
...In Autumn
In Autumn pumpkins hang out in
hedge mazes, corn visits wreathes in
Finland, spices go to
music festivals, photos of
chestnuts do
the splits, marsh mellows make
prank calls, h...
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Categories:
tailgate, humor,
Form: Free verse
Football game
...Crowded stadium
tailgate parties on
smoking barbecue
beer and booze flowing
chatter, loud music.
Warmth of friendship
high with the drinks
bare chest in snow
one big proud fan.
crowd...
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Categories:
tailgate, football,
Form: Free verse
A Little Late?
...A little late?
Tailgate?
Uhoh, smash!
It's a crash!
Hospital bed -
Enough said....
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Categories:
tailgate, car,
Form: Rhyme
Old Weathered Pickup
...A rust-eaten frame, a canvas of scars,
A weathered old truck, a king of the bars.
Its paint, once a gleam, now faded and worn,
Like a story told, a lesson to be born.
The tailgate hangs loose, ...
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Categories:
tailgate, old,
Form: Rhyme
Creating a New You
...Written: August 28, 2023
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If you don't covet where you live, my friend,
Imagine a fitter home, a place to mend,
A sanct...
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Categories:
tailgate, analogy, appreciation, change, character,
Form: Rhyme
What the Friggin
...What The Friggin
Happened here mate.
I thought we had a date
Now you're late
Where's the bait?
I've burnt the steak.
You're a flippin'
flagellate.
Get off your tailgate
and get over here
a...
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Categories:
tailgate, anger, raven,
Form: Rhyme
Disrespecting My Friends Anguish
...My friend’s house caught on fire when she was gone.
It was a gorgeous house, in the country, on fifty acres.
She had painted custom murals and decorated every room fancy.
The kind of house people ...
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Categories:
tailgate, fire,
Form: Narrative
Bobo's Comeuppance
...A Rottweiler Shepard mix
longsuffering had proven to be
With the Doberman pup, a red one,
won on a gambling spree
Rocky the mix and BoBo
coexisted for a time
As any two male dogs can manage...
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Categories:
tailgate, animal, planet,
Form: Rhyme
Street Skiing
...Early one Christmas morning, many years ago,
after the earth received a new blanket of fresh fallen snow,
and while the day was still dark and new, Wondering why
did our Big Brother wake us? we...
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Categories:
tailgate, brother, memory,
Form: Haibun
Road Rage
...It takes two to tango,
as they say.
It also takes two
to road rage.
It sure is fun watching
two insane,
out-of-control knuckleheads
zigzag aggressively
on the highway
with their driv...
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Categories:
tailgate, analogy, anger, angst, encouraging,
Form: Didactic
One Date Too Many
...she spoke of her man who rode a horse
to date her one night
no carriage in place for her to sit
she smacked the horse’s rear
her man was ridden out of sight.
she spoke of her man who had horse...
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Categories:
tailgate, funny,
Form: Rhyme
National Beer Day
...Today’s a day to shout and cheer
And naturally, to have a beer
For it’s the day, across the land,
When Prohibition lost its stand.
We owe it all to F.D.R.
And whether you are in a bar,
At hom...
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Categories:
tailgate, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
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