Toys
I came upon a windup toy.
He danced a jig to bring me joy
because I was feeling low.
My name is Pinocchio.
I'm no ordinary boy.
I told him I was made of wood,
He said that he understood.
The pleasure he could bring
radiated from a spring.
Soon, I was feeling good.
The sadness that his jig belies,
which I detected in
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Categories:
toys, children, dance, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
wannabe king toys with soldiers
parade had it all
toy soldiers, planes, tanks, salutes ~
a wannabe game
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Categories:
toys, games,
Form: Senryu
Categories:
toys, dog,
Form: Other
Tooting Her Own Horn
Mark Allen was ten years old, and his favorite things were trains;
Like teal moments after the storm, when colorful beauty remains.
Mark had a shiny, toy train set, and he was frequently adding cars;
As people often have dreams of travel, underneath jewelled stars.
Mark's Papa was a train conductor. He loved to manage the train;
And Mark liked
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Categories:
toys, children, dream, fantasy, fun,
Form: Couplet
All play with toys but
Growing up no childhood destroys,
Even grown-ups play with their toys.
Each to own fun at once,
There’s little difference,
Save that, elders glued to their toys get no great joys.
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Tongue-in-cheek|35.01.2025|Quintain, humour, childhood
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Categories:
toys, age, childhood,
Form: Quintain (English)
You Better Believe It
You better believe it
When I say this because,
Here before you I sit ...
The one and only, Santa Claus
When I say this because
... I want you to believe,
The one and only, Santa Claus
Your eyes do not deceive
I want you to believe
Look at me, if you can,
Your eyes
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Categories:
toys, childhood, children, christmas, growing
Form: Pantoum
A Holiday Tribute to My Grandson
My Grandson's Toys;Christmas Memories
Dear Edward:
You grew from Little League to be Varsity
star!
Sadly, we rarely see much of one another
anymore.
So Grandma, finds happiness in your once
beloved, boyhood toys.
It's like being with you, even though you are
now driving a sleek car and havingfun with other
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Categories:
toys, christmas, grandmother, grandson, high
Form: Free verse
Joys of a Christmas Past
On that Blessed Christmas morn,
we watched with great delight one
of nature’s finest shows,
Streets were being covered by the
silent falling of pure fluffy snow,
Evergreen were decorated with strings
of twinkling lights,
They shimmered like stars, illuminating
the night.
Around the Christmas tree, the laughter
of children full of excitement and joy,
Busy exchanging and opening gifts
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Categories:
toys, children, chocolate, christmas, emotions,
Form: Free verse
MISFIT TOYS ISLAND FABLE
Alone and Separated
Far from a Child’s touch
Divided in much
A bus with square wheels and not round
A Passenger train with no steam engine pull
A flying Eel
A rewrite Reel
All the above are Misfit toys
Needing the joy from every Girl and Boy
They are stuck on an island in the middle of nowhere
It’s up to Santa to bring the
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Categories:
toys, adventure, appreciation, beauty, boy,
Form: Free verse
dog toys
tall grass hides dogs toys
accidentally mowing
weeding out the toys
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Categories:
toys, nature,
Form: Haiku
Little Talia and her Toys
Little Talia, so cute and sweet,
Was so absorbed in her pursuit.
She built a tower, high and straight,
With colored blocks to her great delight.
She sat surrounded by toys in an isle-
A giraffe, an elephant and a crocodile
Her imagination ran wild and free,
As she built a world of her own in glee.
Her tower rose to the
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Categories:
toys, appreciation, fun, joy, kid,
Form: Rhyme
Great Lego Spill at Sea
On a night with waves so high,
A ship sailed beneath a moonlit sky,
With cargo bound for distant shore,
It carried toys, and so much more.
But, fate had landed on a different course,
For the sea unleashed its torrential force,
The tempest rose, the winds did howl,
The ocean roared, an angry beast on prowl.
As the ship heaved to left
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Categories:
toys, games,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
toys, childhood, engagement, games, perspective,
Form: Than-Bauk
Big boys toys
Horizons blurred, goalposts shifted
The genie granted three wishes
Yet our heart aimlessly drifted
Weary at doing the dishes
Hall of mirrors made heart shiver
Horizons blurred, goalposts shifted
Soul thanked not God, Who’s the giver
Till erst dark desires were sifted
With veil of delusion lifted
Though soul was free, ego was bound
Horizons blurred, goalposts shifted
In silence, peace within was
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Categories:
toys, desire, introspection, spiritual,
Form: Quatern
Toys
Toys are kids best friend
They play until too boring
Each day not he missed.
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Categories:
toys, creation, engagement, friend, inspiration,
Form: Haiku
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