I Shall Tweak the Moons Nose
I believe I shall tweak the moon’s nose, she said to us all.
We thought it was hilarious. A toddler, she was a doll.
I will do it in my dreams tonight, she said. I hope I don’t fall.
We laughed at her tale, it was whimsical and tall.
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Categories:
tweak, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Monorhyme
A Tweak From Grandma
An old fountain pen; restored to its former glory.
Parchment awaits its clothing of poetry; my grandmothers words appear; not mine.
Another ancestral visit; she’s tweaking me.
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Categories:
tweak, appreciation, family, grandmother, grandparents,
Form: Sijo
Tweak
he wanted to
tweak my ashes
just so
i laughed cause
i couldn’t even
do that
i don’t think that
he really knew
how old they were
so anyway
i gave in and let
him try
he gathered them
gently
smoothed them out
found some thorns
old heart breaks
i thought i forgot
he sifted through
the worry
that hurt my shoulders
the dirty parts
the shame
he didn’t seem to mind
he let
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Categories:
tweak, freedom, love,
Form: Free verse
Tweak
A lady at a window writing,
measuring her words with strict precision.
She takes a sip of ginseng tea
to fuel her imagination.
Memories go drifting by - a brother
playing basketball, the softness
of a springtime rain, the anger
of an autumn sky, a flash,
and thunder rumbling.
Sights, smells and sounds
are grist
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Categories:
tweak, write,
Form: Verse
Twain Tweak
King's forest and the Indian turnip like twain a good story never dyes blue
I took a bite while it was ripe tom's hen's can a wails prince snipe
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Categories:
tweak, on writing and words
Form: Burlesque