The Pigeons of Trafalgar
The pigeons of Trafalgar Square
Are feathered, yet lacking in hair.
They'd look erudite,
With wigs powdered white,
But wouldn't get up in the air.
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Categories:
trafalgar, abortion, animal, bird, england,
Form: Limerick
Trafalgar Falls
Treasure trove for intimate set, tourists slide into glory hole.
Warm springs, hopping boulders, the rush of Trafalgar soul.
10/14/2021
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Categories:
trafalgar, nature,
Form: Couplet
The French Don'T Give A
a total news blackout
but anyone would be the same
the public never knew of it
did it matter?
they were doomed
from the start
my mate didn't care
about the FA Cup last week
the germans don't
care about the percieved
or actually non-existent
football rivalry with England
sweep the battle losses
under the steamer rug
if you win a tin cup
you'll refer to with pride
it
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Categories:
trafalgar, humor, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Hans Haacke's Gift Horse
"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth", I question.
Research on this ancient proverb, of course
finally brought me to this aged suggestion:
"the longer its teeth, the older the horse."
Remembering a blue-chip London bus trip
we took a journey to T-Square perforce.
There upon the fourth plinth, we dared not to skip
the stellar sculpture called Hans Haacke's "Gift
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Categories:
trafalgar, 11th grade, art, chicago,
Form: Rhyme
Trafalgar
Nelson paced the deck of the Victory
In waters off the coast of Gibraltar
Signalled to his fleet to do their duty
Before the battle known as Trafalgar.
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Off the Spanish coast
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Categories:
trafalgar, england, french, sea, spanish,
Form: Sonnet