Fly vs Elephant
...It takes little time to unzip a fly.
It's quickly done, on the first try.
But you'll wonder where your life all went
if you unbutton an elephant.
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Categories:
unbutton, nonsense,
Form: Epigram
The Chicken Splash
...Awake, ye sleepy, coop-bound souls!
Unbutton your boredom, unfasten your goals!
For glory’s not found in the stiff upper sash—
It lives in the squelch of the Chicken Splash.
With feathers all f...
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Categories:
unbutton, fun,
Form: Narrative
For talking too much in class, we've buttoned your lip
...For talking too much in class, we've buttoned your lip.
If the teacher does ask you to talk, here is a little tip.
You unbutton your lip just like a button on your shirt.
The first few times, you ...
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Categories:
unbutton, humor, hyperbole, nonsense, parody,
Form: Light Verse
Mountain Speaks
...
A Matt Calliri Contest: Are You A Mouse or A Mountain
18 June 24
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Comes the morning fog
sprawling on my territory where northern glens dry from rotten stubble and mess of debris... ...
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Categories:
unbutton, feelings, mountains,
Form: Narrative
Under the cemetery of falling stars, beneath veils of eternity
...Under the cemetery of falling stars, beneath veils of eternity,
The end of any affair is death. She is my sanctuary,
An evanescent eye, slipping through the magical veil,
Far from the tribe of my ...
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Categories:
unbutton, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Sweet Summer Night
...The hot cars slowly wend their way down Mandalay boulevard. Young men whistle and honk at the pretty girls walking away from the beach and toward the nearest club. It is nighttime here in Clearwater ...
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Categories:
unbutton, romantic love, vacation,
Form: Haibun
An Open Autograph
...AN OPEN AUTOGRAPH
(To All My Friends There And Here,
Then And Now)
On the bald branches of the lightning
That avoids the dark earth below;
Around the nipples of the October rain
That pamp...
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Categories:
unbutton, feelings,
Form: Free verse
An Open Autograph
...AN OPEN AUTOGRAPH
(To All My Friends There And Here,
Then And Now)
On the bald branches of the lightning
That avoids the dark earth below;
Around the nipples of the October rain
That pamp...
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Categories:
unbutton, feelings,
Form: Free verse
An Open Autograph
...AN OPEN AUTOGRAPH
(To All My Friends There And Here,
Then And Now)
On the bald branches of the lightning
That avoids the dark earth below;
Around the nipples of the October rain
That pamp...
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Categories:
unbutton, feelings,
Form: Free verse
An Open Autograph
...AN OPEN AUTOGRAPH
(To All My Friends There And Here,
Then And Now)
On the bald branches of the lightning
That avoids the dark earth below;
Around the nipples of the October rain
That pamp...
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Categories:
unbutton, feelings,
Form: Free verse
An Open Autograph
...AN OPEN AUTOGRAPH
(To All My Friends There And Here,
Then And Now)
On the bald branches of the lightning
That avoids the dark earth below;
Around the nipples of the October rain
That pamp...
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Categories:
unbutton, feelings,
Form: Free verse
One Night
...One Night.
The door bell,
Unlocked,
Foot steps,
And a hug from a back.
The whisper,
Name,
Hands on my hip.
Make me turn around.
Face, red,
Hands around neck,
A play with hair,
An...
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Categories:
unbutton, art, beauty, fantasy, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Leftover Willpower
...Leftover Willpower
David J Walker
I know
I know
What I said last night
After the last bite of
Turkey and dressing and
Cranberry sauce and
Pumpkin pie
That I
Would never eat again
A...
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Categories:
unbutton, thanksgiving,
Form: Rhyme
Speak
...Unbutton your lips, let your voice sing out.
Stand strong in its music, it is your own.
Shout your convictions, let all hear your tone
Declare
Proclaim
Condemn
Speak up. Speak out. Speak.
Do...
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Categories:
unbutton, cry, death, friendship, racism,
Form: Rhyme
Uncovered
...I button up my cardigan
The weather's closing in.
I'm follically challenged,
not my hairline, but my skin..
As the clouds begin to gather
and wind whips up to boot..
I twist my collar skyward...
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Categories:
unbutton, angst, anxiety, faith, happiness,
Form: Rhyme
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