It Cannot Be Helped
...You want for the crawls and climbs,
sublimes and lemons.
Let the kid run, helplessly,
so he or she strives
for the unreachable star.
“Stop growing!” a mother hollers.
A father has ...
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Categories:
tricycles, children, parents,
Form: Free verse
All Alone
...In the front yard, I see cars,
going places, who knows where.
In the backyard, I see trees,
leaves fluttering in the wind.
White clouds drift in a sky of blue,
butterflies flit from here to ther...
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Categories:
tricycles, life,
Form: Free verse
Anticipation
...Apples, oranges, nuts; awesome fragrances.
And the spirit of love and joy was of no human origin.
Our father did not express tenderness, but Christmas
convinced us that he really did have a heart ...
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Categories:
tricycles, christian, christmas, holiday, jesus,
Form: Quintain (English)
A Song of Three - Favorite
...I sing a song of three.
There’s Larry, Curly, Moe;
the Ego and the Id
and the Super Ego.
Three Kings of the Orient
are known as three wise men.
Showing up at Christmas too
in song are three ...
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Categories:
tricycles, fun,
Form: Rhyme
A Cousin's Magical Memories
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Riding tricycles and swimming.
Bicycling madly on Chicago streets.
Ah, dear Lord, life was deliciously sweet!
Christmas time glowed in Elmwood Park.
That huge white flocked tree.
We ...
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Categories:
tricycles, appreciation, christmas, cousin, love,
Form: Free verse
Album
...Some call them junk
because of dust and rust.
Strangers disdain their honored positions
on shelves and secure places.
Owners refer to tricycles
with tattered ribbons hanging from tarnished h...
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Categories:
tricycles, remember,
Form: Free verse
The Weeds of Avalon
...life is a messy slurry
Tyson fury
an Olga tumble
an Ali shuffle
a low cal rumble
in nuclear jungles
hammer and sickle
stars and stripes
a polka dot pickle
citizen cocaine in the middle
PUR...
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Categories:
tricycles, life,
Form: Free verse
A Poet Cherishes Her Freedom
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~A Poet Cherishes Her Freedom~
People jogging, laughing riding gleaming bicycles.
Some serenely picnicking by the lake on thick, green gra...
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Categories:
tricycles, america, blessing, confidence, courage,
Form: Free verse
Created Me a Circus
...Big top three-ring-circus ferris wheel and sideshow freaks
Ringmaster draws your attention to the center ring
Presenting the bareback rider with a graceful fling
Silly clowns riding tricycles
F...
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Categories:
tricycles, fun, games, life,
Form: Rhyme
Charlie's Cartoon Characters
...CHARLIE'S CARTOON CHARACTERS
Once upon a time, long, long ago, in a far away land, in the land where Charlie lived, there was a group of cartoon characters who felt as though they were the greates...
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Categories:
tricycles, character, children, funny, marriage,
Form: Free verse
The Notice of 3-Three
...Dimensions of height, width and length
The watery phases, of ice, liquid, vapor
Life possibly is less after three days without water
The Holy Trinity: Father, Son and Spirit
We are a spirit, so...
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Categories:
tricycles, bible, god, inspiration, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
It Never Came
...The beautiful red wagons, windup toys and spinning tops, toy trucks, cars, tractors, and yo-yos. At the appropriate age, I usually received the
appropriate Christmas gift. The trains, the tricyc...
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Categories:
tricycles, childhood, christmas, memory,
Form: Couplet
The Night Clerk
...The night air with owls cry invitation of canopies of writers to write the
Days using the night pen jolting candle to the candidates aspiring to arson
night. The pans and pots exchanging strong a...
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Categories:
tricycles, beauty, daffodils, longing, solitude,
Form: Acrostic
Sibling Reunion
...They're getting older,
five brothers and sisters,
all with degrees, jobs, families,
nice homes, good lives, happier
than most except when they must
fly to the home of their childhood
and se...
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Categories:
tricycles, anxiety,
Form: Blank verse
I'Ve Never Met the Tooth Fairy
..."I'VE NEVER MET THE TOOTH FAIRY"
it was the city of La Puente and I was in kindergarten.
I was nothing significant.
I was just another kid fighting in the sand box.
while the kids played f...
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Categories:
tricycles, candy, deep, fairy, kindergarten,
Form: Free verse
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