A Rat's Prodding
A wet patch of wa-ter glints
unusual!
It was my ears that it re-flected,
sand or dust or what-ever it wasn’t no more,
got every-where;
es-pecially bet-ween my grey hairs.
It didn’t matt-er,
I wasn’t thirsty no more.
Scurry-ing off to…
what was it called again?
Wooood.
Yes, wood boards
dis-carded,
they say.
May-be food?
Could be,
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Categories:
toying, analogy, animal, science fiction,
Form: Free verse
Toying With Words
black, white, gray, tall, wrinkly, short
Money, broke, bank, racquetball court.
Sandal, beach, woodpecker’s bird call,
Flower, plant, winter, spring, autumn, fall.
I am toying with words, waiting for a poem to surface.
Word association is the way I put my brain on notice.
Red, green, yellow, silver, gold, periwinkle blue.
Owl, hawk, rooster, ugly chickens too
Ankle, knee, joints, wood tick,
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Categories:
toying, word play,
Form: Rhyme
Toying
toying
loose willow braids
the summer zephyr
posted on June 27, 2019
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Categories:
toying, fun, nature, summer, tree,
Form: Haiku
Annoying and Toying
Annoying and Toying
There always have those who are annoying;
With this thought and Idea I am now toying;
Never need coin,
For you to join;
Everyone a church they can be enjoying.
Jim Horn
V ery great is each veteran;
E loquent and no one better than;
T hat we will remember when
E ach one would with their endeavor
R
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Categories:
toying, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
Tinker Toying
Circles and sticks.
Round holes that
don't fit.
Elementary
my dear.
Magic carpet cruise
down
crooked streets
of vacant use.
Nonsense.
Silly.
He was always
square.
Whoever surmised he
was cut from
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Categories:
toying, angst, life, loss, sad,
Form: Free verse