Over-Dramatic.
Over-Comedic.
Over&Under---Simplified.
Little Tigger Growl...
GRrrr.
Noisy Drama.
Read It's Intents.
Its Intensity...
It WAS
Made 'How You
WISH.
Wee Wishy-Washy...
Nahhhhhh.
*I Lost You In The Flood.*
You Were My Family... My Lust... My Unconditional Grace.
How Long Can Hereafter Wait?
ALLLLL OF THE PAST.
-Gray Squirrel
09-01-2026
Leftovers from a child's dream
where Christopher Robin and his crew
imagined a world of Tigger and Pooh,
when innocents thrived and saw only good
gentle, soft gestures within the wood
where time along still and quiet stood.
Bring back those days of wonderment
when my children could pursue their dreams
and life itself could laugh and sing,
no AI, no Tik Tok challenges
just pure imagination and carefree dalliances
let me be a child once more.
a blue ballon! A magnificent day all right.
Where is Tigger? Pooh dances with delight.
loving life, as he watches the sight.
what better toy could there be, so bright?
he watches it float out to sea, fluffy and light
AFTERGLOW
The sound when all nuclear particles smash
And now that a bomb has been detonated
The deafening roar follows a blinding flash
Impatient tigger fingers should have waited
Deep in the motivation, there’s always cash
But now too late to be investigated
And soon it will be the end that we all know
With an ironic nod in the afterglow
They come between dreams,
soft focus tails wagging,
whiskers electric,
the ones we have named,
wide-eyed refugees
we had carried home in cars,
or in our arms curled around
their trembling ribs.
They return like blood
to fill again a round vein
on the surface of sensation.
The tactile plasma
of Patch, Lucky, and Tigger
still checking our pulse.
Those 'pets' we once called ours,
who understand,
it is we who were once -
theirs.
friendly to the max
a happy bouncing machine
tigger rocks big time
They come between dreams,
soft focus tails wagging,
whiskers electric,
the ones we have named.
Wide-eyed refugees
we had carried home in cars,
or in our arms curled around
trembling ribs.
They return like blood
to fill again a round vein
on the surface of sensation.
The tactile plasma
of Patch, Lucky, and Tigger
still checking our pulse.
Those we once called mine,
understand,
it is we who were once theirs,
once owned.
Ratatouille’s Remy
Chef hat
on rat
Mighty Mouse
Small mouse
moves house
Tigger
He knew
the Pooh
Porky Pig
Utters
stutters
Yogi Bear’s Snack
Yogi
Hoagie
Bugs
Funny
bunny
Miss Piggy
This hog
loves frog
Kermit of Sesame Street
This frog
hates bog
Goofy’s Reformation
Hound fool
found school
Garfield
One fat
sarcast!
Postman Pat and Fireman Sam,
Ballamory and Desperate Dan,
Thomas the Tank and Winnie the Pooh.
Hours of fun that entertain you.
Bob the Builder and Rolly Mo,
Rosie and Jim as they come and go
Georgie Shrinks and Tigger too.
These are the favourites that entertain you.
Little Red Tractor and Fifi Flower,
Dora the Explorer and the Troll that glowers,
Swiper the Fox and Lions in a zoo.
These are the things that entertain you.
Taryn and Tigger of Irishville
Lived in fear of a windowsill
The old woman there was old and mean
And of cats she truly was not keen
I wish the faerie of St Pat was near.
She would fix that old dear.
She’d make her kind, and change her up.
She’d put tranquilizers in her cup.
Taryn and Tiger had a good day almost every day until
They found themselves under the old biddie’s window sill.
That old crone would come unglued and throw pots down
Breaking crockery and flowers all over the alley ground.
The faerie of St. Pat must have heard the kitty couple’s plea.
During St. Patrick’s parade, crone left the apartment to her cousin Bea.
Bea loved cats and invited them in for cat nip tea.
It was the beginning of a marvelous relationship, you see.
Tigger was excited about the story.
He asked if he could bring Mickey.
The Cheshire cat showed up too.
Maizie, the storyteller was enthralled.
Few readers get to have three celebrities in a room.
She read with as much excitement as she could.
Can Eeyore come next time? Tigger asked.
And Minnnie? Mickey asked.
And Alice? Asked the Cheshire cat.
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb showed up at that second.
The Mad Hatter said you were reading a book, one of them said.
Maizie was thrilled. She thought this would be an ordinary Tuesday.
The thing about chiggers:
I’m glad they’re not bigger.
They’ll make you go dancing
Like A. A. Milne’s Tigger.
Avoid ‘em with vigor!
When they pull the trigger,
Get under your waistband,
You may need a jigger.
Of whiskey! Of whiskey!
You’ve gotta ask right,
'Cuz chiggers are red
And jiggers are white.
O, chigger! O, jigger!
They both like to bite.
The former’s a flea;
The latter’s a mite.
Tigger ceaselessly zooms with zest and zeal
Triggered so well by enthusiasm-wheel
So contagious is his active delight
Moving my child toward functional delight.
Eyoor stays calm and cool in his posture
Bringing serenity in group venture
Allowing grand good balance to prevail
Such is Creator’s plan fears* can’t assail.
*Matthew 8:26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
Quatrain with modified clerihew on Cartoon Characters
April 5, 2022
2nd place, "A BRIAN STRAND PREMIERE CHOICE" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand; judged on 4/7/2022.
bouncing
trouncing
flouncing
pouncing
Tiggers: bouncing, trouncing synergy
of pure flouncing, pouncing energy
*Image of Winnie-the-Pooh Spoon Race by the sponsor.
AUDIO: by Ka'au Crater Boys singing 'House at Pooh Corner' popularized by Kenny Loggins
Christopher Round-Robin
Christopher Robin, whose name bears o'er song,
strained mid per sideline crowd of the racetrack,
praising those three most skilled entrants along,
Piglet, Tigger, plus Pooh Bear hears soundtrack.
Strained mid per sideline crowd of the racetrack,
ah, the well-versed Rabbit and his small friends,
Piglet, Tigger, plus Pooh Bear hears soundtrack,
Owl talks and sees while y'all listen, sight lends.
Ah, the well-versed Rabbit and his small friends,
praising those three most skilled entrants along,
Owl talks and sees while y'all listen, sight lends,
Christopher Robin, whose name bears o'er song.
*Photo #4
2021 August 01
*2nd Place*
Pantoum Rhyme 1
~~Eve Roper: Judged 2021 August 13
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