large cat of my dreams
powerfully majestic
terrific mouser
Tinge, thy colors terrific.
Weather wave, point where?
Heaven and Hell, this may stick!
Brick upon the bare.
Red the rampant real? Rind? Rhyme.
Tornados in time.
Wind above the city, chime.
Tequila, thy lime.
Yak upon the mountain;
Which way doth trouble lurk?
Rubbish, fill the garbage bin!
If you work, you shirk!
Psyche, soul tormented;
This place sure stinks of doom!
Lyre of love lamented!
O curse on pharaoh's tomb...
Bloom upon the tamarind?
Reality grinned.
Sin, thy light the whole world pinned!
Challengers a-chinned...
Roll that boulder, vagrant king!
Silver is thy sting!
Drenched upon but undying!
Rail about the ring!
Levels sinking in the pool?
Silent lies the spool.
O young people, keep it cool?
Flayed dismayed, fair fool...
Ghoul, thy magic terrible;
Golem, shall we ride?
Room within the brazen bull?
Bailiff, how you tried...
Terrific
I'm Only Prolific
When I'm
Tom --- TERRRRR-IFFIC
And My Wonder Dog
Isn't A BIG OLD
WONDER DOT.
I Meant To Say
SPOT!
Come 'eer BOY!
Oh, What A GOOD Boy You Are.
Will You Wait?
-Gray Squirrel
05-19-2025
One caramel macchiato, a barista calls out
Two people rush to the counter
It has a name written on it,
One returns to her seat empty handed
I sit in the corner with my laptop, watching the show
Coffee shops are a terrific place to hide out and write
Cappuccino, mocha, latte, expresso, the barista calls
As people head to the counter my fingers begin to click
Shirley lives in a teapot with flowers galore.
There is a dragon living in the mushroom next door.
Her pink snake will not go out anywhere if she is nude.
This faerie girl is fun to watch, and she has attitude.
Nothing bothers her, I bet her house could blow away
And she would be all sunshine and smiles the very next day.
I myself would like to have this kind of fortitude.
But first I may have to change my negative attitude.
Versatile, happy faerie frog ponders his day
As he sits on his lily pad in the middle of the bay
Cattails are giving themselves a gentle sway
As they are gently moved by winds from far away
What a gorgeous day faerie frog says, happy Tuesday!
His attitude is so good, everyone invites him to play
He dives into the water to swim with his favorite cousin May
She adores her joyful cousin; his great attitude makes her day.
Teacher leaves me no instructions.
I am a last second substitute
I will be here an hour, and I have no idea what I am doing.
One of the six-year-olds begins twerking.
An obscene dance, if you know something.
At home it might be considered funny.
I call him over and ask if he wants to sit with me.
I am old school, no nonsense, no play when you are in the wrong.
He decides he does want to sit with me.
Terrific choice.
This eliminates any chance I could have had for my own playtime.
Oh well, I did not need free time anyway.
Mother bunny has a joyful attitude and a full heart
She has four baby bunnies just a few years apart
They are skipping, hopping, thumping their hairy feet too.
The cutest babies with enormous rabbit eyes of blue.
She is proud of her litter, they are her pride and joy.
Delighting her parents who have decided to employ.
Her husband who seemed like an immature laddie,
But has become part of the family now that he is a Daddy.
Butterfly kid takes a photo of the other ones dressed.
Some are perfectly together, their curls perfectly tressed.
One is a chicken hawk, just leaving his enormous nest.
He takes a terrific photograph, surely one of the kid’s best.
Prolific used to refer primarily
to people, animals and plants
Those who produced abundant offspring
like kittens, puppies, and ants
Today we hear about prolific authors
Steven King comes to mind
But thanks to Malthus, Marx and Lenin
Folks in the West are disinclined
Sari, Sari the woman spoke
I was delighted when I found she
spoke of supper, as I was hungry.
Majestic and Magificent
Lavish and slendid
modish and grand
Chic Genteel and posh
a delight for all
a great choice of food!
Marvelous and grand!
Might a world of hungry people
eat and enjoy!
cups of cooked rice noodles drained
1 cup of steamed chopped spinach
1/2 cup of roasted red bell pepper
1/2 cup of lemongrass
2 tbsp of fish stock
1 teaspoon of chopped ginger
7 green onions chopped
1 cup of chopped cooked pig feet meat
5 crushed garlic cloves
3/4 cups of cilantro
1 pound of shrimp jumbo steamed and chopped
1/4 cup of lime juice plus 1 teaspoon of rice vinegar plus 1 table spoon
of pomegranate molasses plus 1/2 teaspoon of gin and
1& 1/2 tablespoons of cayenne peppers
6 cups of chicken broth
2 star anise
Sautee ginger,garlic,onion and lemongrass, five minutes tossed
and remove from heat.
boil chicken stock mix in vinegar and molasses mixture.
add pig feet and spinach and
allow to simmer.
remove stock from heat add all ingredients and serve!
Specific, ... Terrific;
Couldn't Skip Any,
Feat's, Show!
Laughter And Rhythm's,
Rhyme, .... Hope!?
They sent their mother the perkiest birthday bouquet
It was okay now that they did not visit every day.
One lived two blocks, the other a whole mile away.
One could barely stay. The other was dour and gray.
As her nurse, I was sad they did not come by Tuesday.
Or answer their messages which they did not bother to play.
For that is the day their mother passed away.
The truly terrific twinkle toes dynamo twirled in the air
She landed with a perfect pirouette as if she did not care.
We noticed that the bun was perfect placed in her ballerina hair.
The people in the front row were ready with an avid stare.
The truly terrific twinkle toes dynamo took off in a streak.
She gave us such a glimpse of her prettiness, I loved the tiny peek.
She danced so delightfully, she was dainty, powerful and chic.
Another ballerina this gorgeous we could hardly hope to seek.
God took me on terrific a tour
Of today that had much allure;
Singing birds with still flowers;
Ringing bells from His powers.
We watched a football game;
Lion in zoo who was tame;
While an elephant did trump;
Camel on sand with a hump.
People were in pleasant parish;
Loved priest who we do cherish;
When we heard it when virtual,
His ideas Biblical and neutral.
Will do what God did command;
Bring love and peace on the land;
Always be leader and a guide;
Punish all those who have lied.
Things are back to normal again;
God would free us from each sin;
We were nice and will behave;
From temptation sure to save.
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