Elon Musk : clerihew
Elon Musk
rid himself of tusks and husks
millions in bank
thank dank stank Hank
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Categories:
tusk, allusion, character, funny, giggle,
Form: Clerihew
Tusk
He came back wrong.
They said he'd graze in peace,
a living museum piece—
proof we could right old wrongs.
But the mammoth didn’t come back peaceful.
He came back pissed.
Like he remembered
the trap pits,
the fires,
the arrows.
Came back heavy
with old rage packed in every stomp.
We thought he'd roam in northern parks,
let tourists snap their pictures.
Instead, he tore down a wind
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Categories:
tusk, adventure, animal, evil,
Form: Free verse
Tusk
right to left me read please
every poem must have a word
like a keystone centered in it
the word is
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Categories:
tusk, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Elephant's Ghost
This poem is a re-post from last year for the situation is worsening daily.
ELEPHANT’S GHOST
I am represented as a trinket on a
Human's wrist.
I was bought from a vendor,
Sometime last September,
I remember the vendor, he was,
Approached by a man in the street,
This man had stepped out of the shadows,
The vendor to meet.
The man from the
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Categories:
tusk, death,
Form: Rhyme
The Ivory Tusk Carry Me Home
The Ivory Tusk Carry Me Home
On an island in my mind,
waves of despair roll in and out.
It never ceases.
An albatross plays the piano,
my last song and dance.
It's sad.
Even the filthy rats cry.
I muse,
I develop a rapport
with my pallbearers.
I jest
my clown pursuit of life.
And say.
Carry me to a rat hole,
I really do cry.
I
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Categories:
tusk, bereavement, depression, destiny,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
tusk, animals, introspection,
Form: Haiku
Lighthouse's Tower of Tusk
TOWER OF TUSK
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lone tower of tusk
roaming beams of angel- light…
signal post for ships
rising obelisk
pewter threads wave guardian’s blade…
safe sail from dark harm
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Russell Sivey’s Contest: In the Light of Haiku
Written by: nette onclaud
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Categories:
tusk, peace, sea,
Form: Haiku