Beach Brawl
In swim trunks, the balls were out.
Each one scored a mighty shout.
digressed to a maul,
in a beachside brawl
Winners were in serious doubt.
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Categories:
volley, beach, fun, games, silly,
Form: Limerick
Anyone For Tennis?
I do enjoy verbal tennis
wordplay may be a game
outwit outsmart the opponent
is the only aim
lobbing phrases across the net
volley and rally back and forth
no one's a loser and yet
those precious few
who think on their feet
will always win have you beat
Shakespeare is the all-time champ
merely a player with poem and sonnet
through thick and thin he'd go
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Categories:
volley, humorous, sports, word play,
Form: Rhyme
Volley
They're going to war with themselves by trying
to attack you
this is how you know they aren't bright so pray for
light in dark fools
weapons formed will come against but will hit many
brick walls
a blank face will hide smiles under the surface as they
take swift falls
these magic tricks are just that so ring the alarm on
close
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Categories:
volley, fun, games, light, simple,
Form: Rhyme
If Ever I Had a Country: Lxxxiii
IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY: LXXXIII
IF ever I had a country, a country where I were, by virtue of the highly
meritorious and exceptional services rendered to the State in conning and
duping the People, persuaded to assume the role
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Categories:
volley, abuse, humor, women,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Volley and Ball
The aggressive ones argue with the rules.
They spike the balls, making us look like fools.
I am not good at returning, and horrible at the serve.
Come on! Let’s play volleyball you say, if you have the nerve.
Frankly I don’t, all my memories are sad.
I was one of the worst ones. Ask my Mom or Dad.
Do not
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Categories:
volley, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Volley Worlds Like Table Tennis
VOLLEY WORLDS LIKE TABLE TENNIS
Table tennis
Isn’t the menace
Didn’t you mention?
Hearts full of toil
Bleeding tendencies of old
Rancid particles
Already hidden astronomical
What is my purpose?
How can I imagine
When I got my mindful
Wonders beyond fathom
Come let’s embrace the world
Volley the ball?
9/11/18
Written by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2018
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Categories:
volley, analogy, metaphor, words,
Form: Free verse
Grumpy's Return Volley
If very hard read,
take the log from your eye -
or perhaps it's the wrong creed
meriting such custard pie.
Language archaic?
Well so what if it scans
Neither Norse nor Aramaic,
I'm certain most understand.
A trifle obscure?
My due consternation!
Still … are you certain 'it's ... sure ...
not poor imagination?
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Categories:
volley, allusion, anger, encouraging, feelings,
Form: Carpe Diem
Categories:
volley, age, character, corruption, culture,
Form: Couplet
Abrading Volley
Rainfall washing
Light splashes on windowpane…
Leaving nothing behind
No pattern or trace…
If only those tears
Anguishly wept for you…
Upon your deathbed
Had washed away…
Cleansing the pain
That even now abrades my spirit…
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Categories:
volley, angst, death, introspection, life,
Form: Elegy