A Grand Barking Contest
...There was to be a grand barking contest
To find the dog that barked loud and longest
A man came on his scooter
Farting loud as a trouper
And said he couldn’t tell a b from an f....
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Categories:
trouper, dog, humor,
Form: Limerick
Abba Arrived In Living Color
...Abba arrived in living color,
a dream introduced by Super Trouper,
I was headlined as the Dancing Queen,
Mamma Mia wasn't even seen.
Fernando was my Spanish escort
who spoke French to me by
a...
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Categories:
trouper, music,
Form: Rhyme
Happy New Year
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Happy New Year Soupers
(To my poetry soup family)
From: Tom Wright / AKA Miracle man
12-29-2019
I extend this challenge, to each fellow Souper,
cast fear aside, and continue being a...
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Categories:
trouper, fear, god, happiness, health,
Form: Rhyme
The Rapunzel-Princess of the Flying Trapeze
...Suspended with roses, a garter and courage.
Her wispy white costume blows in the breeze.
Silky vibrations as she sways her bodice —
the Rapunzel-princess of the swinging trapeze.
Br...
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Categories:
trouper, beauty, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Bird Talk
...He's downstairs in his cage
chirping like a real trouper
canary ramblings,
upstaged
by no other pet,
he's mine....
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Categories:
trouper, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Real Trouper
...R-eal trouper never yields
E-asily amidst adversity;
X-factor is the true faith,
Y-es, the trust in the Almighty.
P-ool and river of tears
A-re not in her eyes;
I-n spite of all heartac...
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Categories:
trouper, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Okay What Fiend Stole Thy Body Electric
...Thine distorted reflection rippled
within rain maker's pool
upon a midnight clear
full moonlight sonata
flooded shallow abyss,
cleaved fractal structures of silence
reverberating dea...
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Categories:
trouper, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Okay What Fiend Stole Thy Body Electric
...OKAY? WHAT FIEND STOLE THY BODY ELECTRIC!?
thine distorted reflection rippled
within rain maker's pool upon a midnight clear
full moonlight flooded shallow abyss,
cleaved fractal structures o...
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Categories:
trouper, allegory, bereavement, depression, evil,
Form: Free verse
An Amazing Sojourn
...Off to Nashville you went
So your songs could be heard
The competition was tough
Often without a kind word
But you held to your gun
Because you had something to say
And that was something to...
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Categories:
trouper, lost,
Form: Light Verse
Fishy Footles
...A RACE TO DE-BONE FISH:
Filet
Relay
A CONVENT FOR SHELL FISH:
Oyster
Cloister
A MEMBER OF THE UNDER SEA MAFIA:
Mobster
Lobster
A PROMISCUOUS SHRIMP:
Trampy
Scampi
A MUSICAL RED SN...
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Categories:
trouper, funny, sea,
Form: Footle
On Loving the Literary Soup,,
...When my spirit was fogged in gloom
After i impacted concrete; like a lead balloon
It lifted my strength as I started to write
Of a beautiful girls toy; on its maiden flight
Intended for a con...
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Categories:
trouper, friendship,
Form: Couplet
Dorcas Rose
...‘I’m ready for my close up’
Said Grouper Dorcas Rose
‘Just let me sign these autographs
And then I’ll strike a pose’
‘I’d hate to disappoint my fans,’
Said Trouper Dorcas Rose.
‘For Fans with F...
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Categories:
trouper, funny
Form: Rhyme
Dorcas Rose
...‘I’m ready for my close up’
Said Grouper Dorcas Rose
‘Just let me sign these autographs
And then I’ll strike a pose’
‘I’d hate to disappoint my fans,’
Said Trouper Dorcas Rose.
‘For Fans with F...
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Categories:
trouper, funny
Form: Rhyme
You Can'T Take It With You !
...We all brought nothing into this world,
Just our souls in tact
All of us had chosen are separate ways,
Get caught off guard in some purple haze,
Each gravitational pull had sought to bring each...
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Categories:
trouper, hope, religion,
Form: Light Verse