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Something New
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Chris Green
| Rhyme |
watermelon, humor,
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Catapulting Bears
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David Welch
| Narrative |
watermelon, adventure, fun, humor, light,
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Summerwine
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Amy Zhao
| Blank verse |
watermelon, 1st grade, garden, growing
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Summer Portrait
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Mario Vitale
| Free verse |
watermelon, art,
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SUMMER FUN---What I Love About Summer
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James Edward Lee Sr.
| Haiku |
watermelon, addiction, devotion, encouraging, food,
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SUNNY
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Line Gauthier
| Haiku |
watermelon, food, fun, summer, sun,
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He Rode a Hog
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randy johnson
| Rhyme |
watermelon, animal, funny, humor,
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WATERMELON SEEDS
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Line Gauthier
| Haiku |
watermelon, fun, future, garden, summer,
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- Juicy -
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Sunshine Smile
| Sijo |
watermelon, fruit, summer,
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Summer Love Sonnet
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Daniel Turner
| Sonnet |
watermelon, appreciation, nature, summer,
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The Three Islands Sleep
by willard Pomare-Escalona
The Three Islands Sleep!
Sleep, sleep, the islands asleep!
Sleep while the winds blow on her face,
On her trees, and on her mountains and hills,
Sleep when the...
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Categories:
watermelon, change, community, corruption, environment,
SUNSET LULLABY
by Kim Rodrigues
Approachable the heavens,
upon mound of heightened sphere,
bid you closer to the atmosphere.
Starlight in singsong.
Lungs of operetta moon strong.
A white veil cascades over your intricate ark.
You...
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Categories:
watermelon, sunset, , Lullaby,
Wrathful March Disappoints Everyone
by Andrew Crisci
I expected a day of sunshine,
sit outside and sip some wine;
February gave us some warm days,
we thought spring wouldn't have come for a while...
the bakery...
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Categories:
watermelon, children, hilarious, imagination, longing,
RISING AND FALLING IN A TEMPEST
by norberto franco cisneros
The unpredictable yaw of rolling seas,
as in life, pummels us from one side
to the other randomly dictating
capricious ways it grips our lives
Life, like the...
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Categories:
watermelon, happiness, life, remember, truth,
July
by Michelle Faulkner
Marigolds and bees
Sticky watermelon juice
Running down my chin...
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Categories:
watermelon, july, summer, vacation,
EVERGREEN EVER SEEN minty-green 1 2 3
by James Edward Lee Sr.
1 2 3
one two three
U N me
1 2 3
amidst the top of the evergreens
coconuts blooms surrounds me
Evergreen, ever seen minty-green
The cottonwoods towering over
The...
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Categories:
watermelon, 1st grade, adventure, allegory,
watermelon sunday
by Marty King
watermelon sunday
oldies station playing
walmart french bread and a lunch bucket
wishing i could play
no money in my pocket now
gas in my motorized efficiency on the other...
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Categories:
watermelon, blue, depression,
A Handful of Haiku: Seasoned to Taste
by Jim Slaughter
As seasons change we
Watch in awe as Nature works
Her silent wonders
Trees in bud and blooms
In riotous display the
Stage is set for Spring
Summer mem'ries filled
With...
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Categories:
watermelon, seasons,
Bitter Fruit
by Freddie Robinson Jr.
Taste the hate,
the poisonous juice from the bitter fruit
Evil seeds
being spit out of the mouth,
deadly wormwood desires formed at the root
Chew the rancid leaves of...
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watermelon, dark, hate, spiritual, truth,
Winter Blues - I Cry For Color
by Susan Ashley
I shiver tears.
My joie de vivre;
summer esprit’s lemon zested
lilac flirts and coral whispers have escaped me~
grievous gray now flows through my veins.
I shiver melancholia,
entombed with...
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Categories:
watermelon, depression, loneliness, longing, sad,
I Miss You
by Jack Luke
I miss you…
I miss your deep brown eyes
Like chocolate kisses on your beautiful face
I miss your warm smile; it may not have lit up...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
watermelon, care, deep, devotion, feelings,
LOWER ALABAMA
by Charles David Sharp
A little south of Heaven
On the Gulf of Mexico
Here in the Heart of Dixie
The living's easy and slow
The weather's mostly nice here
Round Mobile Bay
Sunshine when...
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watermelon, song,
People and Food ABC's
by BONNIE Hollywood-Cutts
Alice and Alex always ate apples.
Bobby brought baked beans
Carol cooked cleaned catfish
David decorated delicious donuts
Ellen endured eating eleven eggs
Freddie fried five fish
Gina grabbed green grapes.
Holly...
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watermelon, food, humor, people,
Folding Flowers While Ironing Rocks in The Dark
by James Edward Lee Sr.
Folding Flowers While Ironing Rocks in The Dark
I load the washing machine up with my dirty wishes
Found myself lost and broken in the kicthen
All...
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Categories:
watermelon, adventure, allusion, celebration, confusion,
APPLE SEEDS NEVER FALL FAR FROM WATERMELON AND PUMPKIN SEEDS
by Vickie Thayer
When I Was A Small Fry,
My Father Would Often Try,
To Tell Us Stories All About Life,
One In Particular,
Sticks Out In My Mind,
The Story Of...
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watermelon, father, father daughter, food,
Fresh Cut Grass Smells Like Watermelon
by James Edward Lee Sr.
Fresh Cut Grass Smells Like Watermelon
When I cut my grass
Early in the morning smells
As a cool melon
written by James Edward Lee Sr.
10/16/17...
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Haiku |
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Categories:
watermelon, caregiving, environment, food,
SUMMER FANTASY
by Line Gauthier
braving snowstorms in heavy winter coat
dream of summer starry night
watermelon Slushie
Submitted for contest ALCOHOL sponsored by THVIA SHETLEY on October 14, 2017...
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Kimo |
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Categories:
watermelon, miss you, nostalgia, seasons,
summer sweet as watermelon
by PATRICIA CRESSWELL
summer sweet as watermelon
few pleasures abide,
through all of life.
yet, this one thing
I know above all,
nothing beats
and I mean nothing beats,
eating watermelon
seated on the...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
watermelon, age, appreciation, child,
Pickling Time
by PATRICIA CRESSWELL
Pickling Time
momma stood up
and stretched
arms wide enough
to take us all in, more.
she had that look
the fall look,
there every year since
I can remember.
well girls,...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
watermelon, autumn, family, growing up,
Finding Me
by The Aims
I’m from toy cars and mismatched Barbie shoes.
I’m from bike races down the one road where no unpadded limb was safe.
I’m from a Sunday carpool...
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Categories:
watermelon, appreciation, i am,