The Alcoholic
...The Alcoholic
Parley poem
Lionel Derbyshire
Dirty dufflecoat wino
Zigzag up the street
Wobble wobble..
Topsy-turvey on the one side
And half past puzzled
His body form
Is out of order
His...
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Categories:
turvey, addiction, anger, depression, desire,
Form: Free verse
Songs of Soul COS No 2: ABAB
...Your will is what will now, let me be free ...
'Tis be darker times than before, more childless,
This is crazy! Topsy turvey they'd be,
matters of convenience act the mindless,
It is the r...
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Categories:
turvey, analogy, change, character, emotions,
Form: Sonnet
Soma Sonnet: Abortion Trilogy
...*Image of The Politics of Abortion by NYT.
AUDIO: from the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? "Go To Sleep Little Baby"
Soma Sonnet: Abortion Trilogy
It is the right of every woman, o...
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Categories:
turvey, abortion, death, discrimination,
Form: Sonnet
She Is a Symmetrical Faerie
...She is a symmetrical faerie
Weird for a painting of mine.
I like my subjects lopsided.
Upside down or topsy turvey is okay too.
Who drew this one? I ask Pixie.
Pixie is my painting muse.
She ...
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Categories:
turvey, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Prose Poetry
Lopsy Dopsy Corn and Barley Kitty
...Lopsy Dopsy Corn and Barley Kitty wanted to see
What an upside down look at the daisy field would be
Could you please turn me topsy turvey? He asked a tiny bee.
The bee rolled his eyes and said ...
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Categories:
turvey, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Cats Are Swimming In the Seas
...It is snowing in Kansas. Florida has an earthquake.
A tsunami in Texas, global warming gives us a shake.
Weird for all of these countries to depend on a lie.
Global warming has come midseason this...
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Categories:
turvey, environment,
Form: Rhyme
Arni Kleftiko Stolen Lamb
...Arni Kleftiko Stolen Lamb
The Cypriots and Greeks have a few differences,
And can argue a great deal,
But both agree when it comes to ‘Kleftiko”
It has forever been, the most delectable
Tra...
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Categories:
turvey, sky,
Form: Rhyme
Advice From Kaali Hindu Goddess
...Advice from Kaali Hindu Goddess
Cry for the birds whose babies have fallen out of nests
Cry for the wolves who could not feed their young
Cry for the streams polluted by companies who did not care...
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Categories:
turvey, philosophy,
Form: Blank verse
For Those Who Know
...For those of you who think no one knows, you are wrong.
For those of you who think no one cares, you are wrong.
For those of you who feel things are terribly wrong, you are right.
For those ...
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Categories:
turvey, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Missing Poetry Notebook
...I had a huge notebook full of poems.
They were written on both covers, all around.
Here and there, in corners even,
Some topsy turvey, upside down.
I almost took the purple notebook in
To the...
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Categories:
turvey, poems, poetess, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Angel Whispers Are Heard By the Chosen
...Angel whispers are heard by the chosen
I hear, but ignore, not feeling worthy.
Their persistence bodes well for heaven,
They turn my keen senses topsy turvey.
Pure angel messages resound in my ...
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Categories:
turvey, angel, religion, religious, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Red and Trueblue Family--2
...My dear Siblings,
I voted for Hillary.
I would have preferred Bernie,
but she agreed to much of his platform-especially universal health care and education and seemed to be cognizant of enviro...
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Categories:
turvey, america, caregiving, health, humanity,
Form: Prose Poetry
T,F,W
...The Farmers Wife.
Three sheep in the pig sty
how on earth did they get there?
The cows are in the stables
does anybody care?
The horses are in the top field
well, there's nothing wrong with t...
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Categories:
turvey, animal, cat, confusion, farm,
Form: Rhyme
A Winter Poem
...Using the snow spade to once again clear out the driveway,
I couldn't help but notice the lights that shimmered all day,
twinkling at me from the sunlight playing off of the snow,
giving the silve...
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Categories:
turvey, snow, winter,
Form: Light Verse
Going For a Walk
...
One bright sunny day, Mrs. Puddles Wuggles took her eight kittens for a walk in
the garden and beyond. The kittens were named; Glimmer and Tywinkle, Itsy and
Bitsy, Topsy and Turvey, ...
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Categories:
turvey,
Form: Prose
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