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Mountie Gets His Man
...Crime never pays, sooner or later the long arm of the law will reach you. Quote by poet. Sergeant Tim Wheeler’s shift was nearing the end, it had been a long day. He put his coat on, and t......
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Tom Cunningham
Categories:
townsfolk,
prison,
Form:
Free verse
The Night the Truth Stayed Silent
...The road was long, the night was cold, A stranger walked into the town. His coat was torn, his hat pulled low, His weary eyes fixed on the ground. The streets lay still, the lamps burned low, ......
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Naima Ybarra
Categories:
townsfolk,
anger, evil, hero, hurt,
Form:
Free verse
The Ballad of Barley Pettigrew - in Three Parts
...I - Barley Pettigrew I'll tell you a story, outstandingly true, of the young lad called Barley Pettigrew. He was born with nine fingers on his hands. For how high he could count, it met his de......
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David Crandall
Categories:
townsfolk,
bird, flower, love, silly,
Form:
Rhyme
Incident At Milton Creek Silver Mine
...Giant balls of tumbleweed were blowing down the main street And off the Sierra Nevada mountains there blew a fine sleet It was late December in the old Western town of Milton Creek Preparation......
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Tom Cunningham
Categories:
townsfolk,
america, christmas, december, memory,
Form:
Narrative
Santa versus The Grouch
...'Twas the night before Christmas, and there sat the Grouch, waiting for Santa and his present filled pouch. I'm sure that all of you have heard of the Grinch, but the Grouch is far worse, at least......
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David Crandall
Categories:
townsfolk,
christmas, holiday, humor, sports,
Form:
Rhyme
Vincent's Arles
... 20th February 1888, he left as snow fell in Paris, seeking warmth, bright light and colour. Provence beckoned, Arles awaited. Cold welcome soon turned warm, Vincent keen to explore, keen to adv......
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Simon Rogerson
Categories:
townsfolk,
art, journey, paris, places,
Form:
Free verse
Goosey Lucy
...In a humble hamlet, not so grim or glum, Lived a goose named Lucy, quite the funny one. With feathers fluffed and waddle wide, she'd roam about, Her honks and hijinks would make the townsfolk s......
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Alesia Leach
Categories:
townsfolk,
animal, funny, humorous,
Form:
Alliteration
Billy Butcherson
...Once upon a Halloween night, Billy Butcherson came to life, A zombie with a tongue of tar, Brought back by three witches, so bizarre. Hocus Pocus, the witches chanted, In the night, their ......
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Alesia Leach
Categories:
townsfolk,
grave, halloween,
Form:
Rhyme
Boo!
...In the chill of night, when shadows dance and sway, A tale of Halloween, I'm bound to convey. A story woven from the threads of scare, Beware the whispers in the haunted air. In a quaint old......
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Alesia Leach
Categories:
townsfolk,
halloween, horror, scary,
Form:
Rhyme
Mr Sewerman
...Grunt grunt below the gutter The man of the sewer works With his big old rusty spanner He twists the pipes, the nuts and bolts That struggle to hold the metal that jolts The rats and roaches s......
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Shiku Kariuki
Categories:
townsfolk,
poems,
Form:
Free verse
The Circus Comes To Milton Creek
...Sheriff Koplin was woken up by a loud trumpeting sound Grabbed his Winchester and prepared to stand his ground A huge elephant was walking by it took him by surprise He'd never seen one in his......
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Tom Cunningham
Categories:
townsfolk,
america, animal, humor, western,
Form:
Narrative
did it happen?
...Two Nazis the partisans killed For revenge a town's blood was spilled Resistors forgot Townsfolk would be shot Where hell seems forever instilled ......
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Duke Beaufort
Categories:
townsfolk,
conflict, war,
Form:
Limerick
Come-Again Ben
...The werewolf hunter came to town to help the people fight The moon was getting larger and would soon be full and bright Those vicious hairy beasts would savage townsfolk all night long But now the......
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Terry Flood
Categories:
townsfolk,
humorous,
Form:
Narrative
Bubble Gum
...You may have heard the story of Tom Thumb; and how he was a tiny little boy. But what about his sister, Bubble Gum, she also brought her proud parents much joy. Just one inch taller tha......
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Emile Pinet
Categories:
townsfolk,
beautiful, character, children, fantasy,
Form:
Sonnet
The Cheese Wars
...It awes me so to stand, pen and paper quivering in my hands; My solemn river of a mind’s been shaken by the quaking land. It seems to me worthwhile to mention, the city’s filled with wild tension. ......
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Nefellie Frankel
Categories:
townsfolk,
9th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
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