AFT THE STORM
...aft’ the storm’s the cure
the salt licks his face
though trenches’s formed
as foam settles down
will his Tessie rest
in his windward eyes
will she lay on his treasure chest
hearing the e...
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Categories:
tessie, longing, sea,
Form: Narrative
Postscripts On Love
...so far away…P.S.
and again…P.S.S.
the wanderer must, forlornly, leave it at
P.S.S.S. before she realizes he is crazy,
crazy in his love for her.
he misses her kisses and hugs,
having said so,
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Categories:
tessie, love, writing,
Form: Free verse
Hiding From Tattle Tale Tessie
...Tattle tale Tessie is on my last nerve.
She tells on everyone with vigor and verve.
Before they do much Tessie is whining away.
Wearing down my good mood by the end of each day.
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Categories:
tessie, 10th grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Stealth Threat
...T-he
E-pidemic
S-ickness
S-preads
I-nfecting
E-very
C-ommunity
A-s
S-tealth
T-hreat's
R-aunch
E-mploys
N-asty
C-orona's
E-eriness
Topic: Birthday of Tessie M. Castrence (April 15) ...
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Categories:
tessie, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Stealth Threat
...T-he
E-pidemic
S-ickness
S-preads
I-nfecting
E-very
C-ommunity
A-s
S-tealth
T-hreat's
R-aunch
E-mploys
N-asty
C-orona's
E-eriness
Topic: Birthday of Tessie M. Castrence (April 15) ...
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Categories:
tessie, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Big Occasion
...T-he
E-xcellent
S-cribe
S-imply
I-nspires
E-veryone
E-mploying
B-irthday
A-crostic
L-ines
O-f
B-ig
O-ccasion
Topic: Birthday of Tessie Ebalobo (December 21)
Form: Vertical Monocros...
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Categories:
tessie, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Splendor Shines
...T-he
E-arly
S-plendor
S-hines
I-n
E-ffulgent
E-arth
B-ecause
A-pparent
L-ight
O-bliterates
B-leak
O-bscurity
Topic: Birthday of Tessie Ebalobo (December 21)
Form: Vertical Monocros...
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Categories:
tessie, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
In Early Morn
...T-he
E-ffulgent
S-un
S-hines
I-n
E-arly
M-orn
A-s
N-ew
L-ight
A-nd
N-atural
G-low
I-solate
T-wilight
Topic: Birthday of Tessie Manlangit (September 16)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...
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Categories:
tessie, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Tribute To Georgie Cat
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Dear George, our cat grand-baby, now you're gone;
our hearts are saddened on this rainy day.
Your family found out this early dawn
those angels came to take you now away.
We do remember...
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Categories:
tessie, cat, miss you, tribute,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Why I Don'T Unfriend Tessie
...Why I Don’t Unfriend Tessie
By Elton Camp
Tessie will post a dozen times a day
Things foolish and ignorant they say
Her God, she asserts, is testing her
By the things that continually occur
No ma...
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Categories:
tessie, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Unfortunate Tessie
...A Saturday morning in June on a sunny day,
three hundred villagers were in the town square today.
For two hours, all the children, each man and his wife,
made a choice amongst themselves to sacrif...
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Categories:
tessie, adventure, fantasywife,
Form: Rhyme
Chihuahua Football At the Rose Hill Stadium
...Chihuahua Football At The Rose Hill Stadium
Watching football at home with my little dogs on a cold winter night, I realize that I coach my
own football team.
Running deep far into the footbal...
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Categories:
tessie, animals, family, fantasy, funny,
Form: Free verse