Stage Struck
...In-front-of-class speech,
a mock defense for debate.
I was too nervous.
My throat was unbuttered toast,
too dry to utter a word....
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Categories:
unbuttered, anxiety, class, confidence, emotions,
Form: Tanka
Seeds Planted In the Receiving Unforgiving Ground
...It's six days since
the Hole was dug...
First frost clings now
to newly turned earth,
to shunted sod,
to stones, to pebbles.
A grave grows colder
today than yet it's been...
Hearts grow b...
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Categories:
unbuttered, death of a friend,
Form: Free verse
Grandma's Pets
...Grandma's Pets
My granda went away to sea
For many months on end
He'd travel on a fishing boat
With his brother and a friend
He used to write home regularly
And tell some quite tall tales
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Categories:
unbuttered, grandparents, pets, , cute,
Form: Rhyme
Bummer
...BUMMER
The last sad day of June my true love said goodby
She packed a bulging overnight
and baked an apple pie
We had a hearty dinner then
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Categories:
unbuttered, life
Form: Free verse