Filched formerly anatomical slender man me! Thus I take a pot belly stance!
...Filched formerly anatomical slender man - me! Thus I take a pot belly stance!
Absolute zero escape
velocity gutted dance
sing days (contra and square),
cuz metabolic full abundance
abdominal a...
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Categories:
washboard, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Will wonders never cease!?
...Will wonders never cease!?
Alternately titled: Last of the fluff
belonging to a Mohican
Norwegian bachelor farmer wannabe.
Any resemblance between said unnamed individual
and living persons ...
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Categories:
washboard, absence, adventure, analogy, angst,
Form: Free verse
Return of the Katydids
...Scratched music of hillbilly washboards
From the scraping wings of the Katydids
Aloft in the Oaks
Reborn each night just beyond dusk
After the cicadas finish their warmup act
The Katydid retur...
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Categories:
washboard, earth, insect, music, religion,
Form: Free verse
Birthday of beloved buxom babe I betrothed
...Birthday of beloved buxom babe I betrothed
Pardon my hyperbole if in fact such embellishment can be sifted out amidst the pretentious poetry and/or prose NOT aired to appear superior, but more so ...
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Categories:
washboard, anniversary, appreciation, birth, birthday,
Form: Free verse
Awaiting a growth spurt that never happened
...Awaiting a growth spurt that never happened
When a boy,
I wanted to be as tall as my father
(he passed away October seventh
two thousand and twenty
linkedin to congestive heart failure),
who ...
...
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Categories:
washboard, 12th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
UP WORDS SITUATIONS-
...Upward washboard
Washcloth without
Waybill uphill
Workplace, without
Washcloth wipeout
Washboard Upward
4/1/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©
...
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Categories:
washboard, analogy, anxiety, appreciation, engagement,
Form: Footle
Back To the Future
...Let’s bring back the GOOD OLD DAYS
Grab that washboard and some lye soap
Hang those wet clothes on a limp rope
Chop some wood, build a fire
The kids new swing a worn out tire
Park that car...
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Categories:
washboard, america, irony, satire,
Form: Couplet
Wergle Flomp Good Humor 2023
...Wergle Flomp Good Humor 2023
The following constitutes a rather
twisted as a pretzel SUBTITLE:
I dash with my jiggling boobs in an attempt to escape...
being overrun by teddy bears and bean...
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Categories:
washboard, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Washboard Waltz
...Washboard Waltz
Is a washboard musical when scrubbing socks on its metal ribbons?
The woman in the basement was not aware of anything other
than the soap suds, steamed-up windows and the sense o...
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Categories:
washboard, angel, blessing, cinderella,
Form: Free verse
Ongepatshket Torqued Skewed Reflection
...Ongepatshket torqued skewed reflection
drawn courtesy lots of byte size chalk.
When e'er I summon fat chance
to empower me self with courage
and steal a passing glance
in the mirror then in...
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Categories:
washboard, 12th grade, adventure, america,
Form: Rhyme
Gratitude For Running Water On Tap
...Gratitude for running water on tap...
and heat flowing with a snap
After shaving and showering,
yours truly feels winsome
though morose seeing
unwanted adipose "love handles"
inflating mine ...
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Categories:
washboard, 12th grade, america, angel,
Form: Rhyme
The Campus Experience, Post-Covid Report Card
...REPORT CARD - FAUCI U.
I. Self-Reporting Section
A. FEELINGS Engendered on a Daily Basis
Offended often
Triggered frequently
Unsafe 24/7
B. TREATMENT at H...
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Categories:
washboard, education, humor, judgement, language,
Form: Free verse
Yours Truly a Tried and True Philly Buster I
...Prone to bloviation pure and simple
rides on figurative high horse,
which doubles up as my Plymouth Duster
analogous to General George Armstrong Custer
(blowing his i.e. mine little big horn)
an...
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Categories:
washboard, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Washer Woman of Canyonlands
...The Washer Woman in Canyonlands
An old woman laments
of her daily chores,
the stinging lye soap
and a biting washboard.
With knuckles bleeding
into the day’s dirty water,
she sighs and p...
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Categories:
washboard, emotions, nature, woman,
Form: Free verse
Flat Stomach
..."Piece of "(Sarah Cahill's friend), when I was eight, I think you forced yourself into my home, my safe space- a blue truck
pulled up to the front of my mother's, and father's house, a dad with ...
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Categories:
washboard, anger, angst,
Form: Rhyme
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