Formidable
...4/20/24
The truth not fictional
If you don't get the principle
Then it's not clearly visible
No it was not biblical
Or mythical
Zero to do with being political
Yet they'll treat you li...
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Categories:
whiffle, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Boy and Barn
...Bitty birds scuffle and flounce
under the roofed-in.
Barn dusted, rafters crust and whiffle.
Snuffle go the whiskered,
the mousy muzzle's
all along the bent beam wood.
A pepper powdering
in th...
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Categories:
whiffle, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Games We Played
...Tag
Hide-and-seek
Duck-duck-goose
Jump Rope
Hula hoop
Hopscotch
Pitcher-catcher
Running bases
Steal the bacon
500
Whiffle-ball
Kill-a-ma-roo
Games we p...
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Categories:
whiffle, fun, games, nostalgia, sports,
Form: List
Jingle Jingle
...Dingle, dingle, little strink;
Who the heck I am you think?
Whiffle, whiffle, toil and sniffle;
What the heck make my neck all stiffle?
Who’dat, who’dat big fat ally cat;
Where the heck you ...
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Categories:
whiffle, giggle, simple, word play,
Form: Light Verse
The W's Have It
...Well-established wonder-stricken wayfarers will work with wizards,
who worry worm-eating warblers will wander by with Wyandottes.
Witchdoctors wallowing with Weiss beer will widen willowy wonky
wi...
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Categories:
whiffle, word play,
Form: Alliteration
Mr Adams
...In 9th grade Mr. Adams told our class
(with buck shot in his eyes)
"That one day life will scare the $hit out of you".
Well, we all giggled like little barn owls -
Didn't really know or care w...
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Categories:
whiffle, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
Have a Ball
...Throw it, roll it,
Bounce it, pass it
Dribble it, bobble it
Kick it, toss it, miss it
Pitch it, hurl it
Heave it, sling it
Fastball, slider
Sinker, knuckler, curve
Underhand, side...
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Categories:
whiffle, baseball, basketball, football, fun,
Form: Light Verse
If I Could Go Back - Collaboration
...The challenge was to add one stanza into the sponsor's poem. This was my favorite one that he showed. I have italized the last stanza to show it is the little part that I added to Charles Messina's p...
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Categories:
whiffle, memory,
Form: Rhyme
If I Could Go Back - Collaboration
...As I'm looking through my window
And I start to l look around
All the snow has melted
I see toys left on the ground
A basket ball, a whiffle ball
A glove and baseball bat
A dirty lone bl...
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Categories:
whiffle, childhood, time,
Form: Rhyme
If I Could Go Back - Collaboration
...(first 9 stanzas by Charles Messina, Sponsor)
As I'm looking through my window
And I start to l look around
All the snow has melted
I see toys left on the ground
A basket ball, a whiffle ...
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Categories:
whiffle, children, fun, remember,
Form: Rhyme
If I Could Go Back - Collaboration
...As I'm looking through my window
And I start to l look around
All the snow has melted
I see toys left on the ground
A basket ball, a whiffle ball
A glove and baseball bat
A dirty lone bl...
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Categories:
whiffle, memory,
Form: Rhyme
If I Could Go Back
...As I'm looking through my window
And I start to l look around
All the snow has melted
I see toys left on the ground
A basket ball, a whiffle ball
A glove and baseball bat
A dirty lone bl...
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Categories:
whiffle, remember, youth,
Form: Lyric
Autumnal Strain
...Clouds from overcast heart rise,
And spread-
In sombre grey shade,
From horizon to horizon-
Over the clear,blue canvas.
I have yet more to lend!
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Categories:
whiffle, autumn, grief, winter,
Form: Lyric
Loser
...Twirling whirly whiffle spots
Until the golden neon rots.
Baggy, red, balloon-pop eyes
Do shun the evil orb outside.
Resting in the toilet stalls.
Burning up with liver boils.
Rushing to the ...
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Categories:
whiffle, addiction, depression, desire, games,
Form: Quatrain
Kid Games Back When
...KID GAMES BACK WHEN
Outdoor activities were once a staple
For children wanting to be a bit playful
This was way before X-box and Nintendo
We ran, jumped and learned how to throw
Could you ...
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Categories:
whiffle, childhood, children, games, growing
Form: Rhyme
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