Tailspin
To faire du genoux in Paris
They mounted a wheel called Ferris
A few times around
Without touching ground
And her eyes shone like Polaris
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Categories:
tailspin, humor,
Form: Limerick
Tailspin
my head's in a whirl
life a perpetual blur
seems like yesterday
i played marbles
in the school yard
now i'm old and wrinkled
constantly wondering
where it is and when i'm at
AP: Honorable Mention 2020
Posted on August 24, 2020
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Categories:
tailspin, age, change, humor, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Tailspin
I was sent in a flutter
With the news you had uttered
An unexpected shock that caught me off guard
Like a solid sucker punch
Straight and square into my guts
The breath froze inside of my lungs with its force
I was too stunned to know what to say
We have heart-to-heart talks nearly everyday
Was there some sort
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Categories:
tailspin, anger, emotions, heartbreak, love
Form: Rhyme
American Tailspin
Mini malls copper distortion
Forgotten parking lot meters
Store front greeters grimace
The straight narrow beaks to blend
Except when starlight offends wanton monkey binge
Give me bling to amend my shine
Never resigned but to revv up these hips
And feature the status rings of neighboring chinks
Chaste you never bought my fool
I was still scrubbing service
With the Lafayette oyster muddle
While we
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Categories:
tailspin, adventure, angst, animals,
Form: Free verse
Turkey In a Tailspin
'Tis a twisted, tawdry tale !!
Poor Tom the Turkey is in a tizzy !!!
Tom's tongue is in a tangle, too terrified to talk !
Taunts and threats taking a toll
Tormented by a tip from tattle-tale townfolk
That Tom's in trouble! Tom's time is ticking !!
Tom the Turkey so terribly tramautized !!
Trapped in terror....
Teary Tom is taking
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Categories:
tailspin, funny, thanksgiving,
Form: Alliteration