The Elk
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There once was an elk a lonely elk
not a wapiti or moose
who had no friends not even a whelk
so he went in search the silly goose
hoping for the milk
of elkish kindness
with another o...
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Categories:
whelk, animal, fun, humorous, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Miss Capo
...Might in want shall
her gentlemen speak
to have his trusted
woman take his
hand.
She gives as much as
she takes
he looks to mornings
to smile
might she kiss him to
began the day
Wha...
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Categories:
whelk, beautiful, music,
Form: Ballad
Robbie - Ham Guilty For Gobbledygook
...I, A. Robbie - Ham guilty for gobbledygook...
and ruffling turkey feathers!
An innocent A1 miss steak kin kith
once, a former main lion resident
living social where Tigress and Euphrates
con...
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Categories:
whelk, 12th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Summit Times Ja Just Gotta Walk Away
...Summit Times Ja Just Gotta Walk Away...
Excusing yourself as if...
going to the bidet,
an immense water closet
(perhaps the size of
Mar A Lago type getup),
sans human waste
(after flushing...
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Categories:
whelk, adventure, conflict, destiny, farewell,
Form: Rhyme
Ocean Walk
...under a delightful moon
air silvermist due to drizzling rain
a pale patina rode wavetops
of the mystic sea
creamy waters washed across my feet
depositing opaline conchs, ...
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Categories:
whelk, imagery, moon, ocean,
Form: Free verse
I Ham Quill Tee For Gobbledygook
...I ham quill tee for gobbledygook...
and ruffling tail feathers!
An innocent miss steak kin...
once former main lion den cha hoard servant,
resident iz cow herd vegetarian boar
hoof faux whatev...
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Categories:
whelk, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
A Shell Tells
...A whelk shell on the bathroom windowsill
reflects modest colours curled twirled around
its helix. It takes me back to where I found
this gastropod with others dumped as spoil
over a bank behind...
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Categories:
whelk, dog, fishing, humorous,
Form: Quatrain
Whelk Come Chirping Crickets
...Donald Trump, Lemony Snicket ghost Spiro
Agnew, plus knowledgeable Jiminy Cricket,
all reliable, trustworthy sources, who
would never misinform gullible traveler
I know time to lather up
with p...
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Categories:
whelk, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
I Ham Guilty For Gobbledygook
...I ham guilty for gobbledygook...
and ruffling turkey feathers!
An innocent miss steak kin...
once former main lion,
resident iz cow herd vegetarian boar
ring beastie boy, who doth
newt pra...
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Categories:
whelk, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Blitz
Summit Times Ja Just Gotta Walk Away
...Summit Times Ja Just Gotta Walk Away...
Excusing yourself as if...
going to the bidet,
an immense water closet
(perhaps the size of
Mar A Lago type getup),
sans human waste
(after flushing)
...
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Categories:
whelk, abuse, betrayal, deep, environment,
Form: Political Verse
Braggadocio Haint the Style of This Whelk Hooked Sluggish Autodidact
...Nay, despite failing to make the grade,
this bluesy well red, duff mute
average white band hit,
hard knock school alumnus
jack of all trades master of none bumped along
po...
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Categories:
whelk, 10th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
My Blue Cheese Is
...I remember the day I ate a whelk,
A day I'll not forget.
Like chewing on a leather belt,
I broke into a sweat.
Sticky bits and slimy stuff
Were clinging to my teeth.
Nearby was an empty sink,...
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Categories:
whelk, food, hate, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
A Fishy Tale
...Said a Cod to a wise old Eel,
I would like to know how you feel?
Though people snack on dips,
Lots more eat fish and chips.
They say it has great meal appeal!
Said the Eel to the wise old Cod,...
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Categories:
whelk, allusion, fantasy, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
Limerick of the Day Daddy's Soup
...Daddy didn't seem to be playing with a full deck
He whaled the tar out of Rosalind's Florida whelk
This whelk was a snoop
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Categories:
whelk, fun, nonsense,
Form: Limerick
Beachside Food and Drink Slinks
...A is for algae, red, green, blue cells, soaking up sun, sliming teeth
B is for bacterial mat, clumping underneath, earliest born, never asleep
C is for coral reef, the place we all find cover or th...
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Categories:
whelk, adventure, animal, beach, death,
Form: Couplet
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