artful dodger of London Town
...When I travelled to London Town
I never expected this to go down
Artful Dodger came out of the dark
Smiled at me, as if I was a lark
He was rumpled and crumpled, this tallish boy
I did not kno...
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Categories:
tallish, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme
One Tiny Red Balloon
...Over by the corner the bandstand plays on
next to the cotton candy wagon and the clown
Its a circus act full of people and acrobats
and tallish men on walking wooden stilts
One tiny red ballo...
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Categories:
tallish, addiction, anxiety, future,
Form: Quatrain
Sotto Voce
...Sotto voce a whisper sweet
if by chance we should come to meet
down in the valley where flowers bloom
shall we enter a two way street?
And if by chance this journey's fleet
with passion'...
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Categories:
tallish, appreciation, romantic love,
Form: Rubaiyat
Kids' Table
...Laying my head back, eyes closing,
reminiscing, the years falling away into decades ago
to the 1950s at my grandparents' grand home
for Christmas.
It was a gracious dining room.
Noontime sun s...
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Categories:
tallish, christmas, cousin, family, friend,
Form: Free verse
The Dower Flower
...The Dower Flower©
It is a misty summer day, the morning rain
providing a sheen on the sidewalks
the temperature warm with the touch of a coolness
My eyes are drawn to a neatly
manicured bush...
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Categories:
tallish, beauty, flower, woman,
Form: Free verse
Nighttime Symphony
...Before I go to bed tonight, I'll leave
My window open
Just a crack; just in case you miss
Me, and find the time to rescue
Me and whisk me all the way back home
I'll feel the breeze
And hope it ...
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Categories:
tallish, art, childhood, natureme, summer,
Form: Free verse