Lemonade Moon
...I was driving our new bus down a rural lane
Potholes, rocks, the bus began to complain
GPS didn't reach, I told the rock band
As we bumped along in no man's land.
This will wreck my guitar, sai...
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Categories:
whinny, america, celebrity, children, drink,
Form: Lyric
I Will Never Diminish the Value of Words
...I Will Never Diminish the Value of Words,
The value of words! It is my value as Lord.
Doesn't the spirit of words strike me death,
If my modest talent fails to reach its depth?
Mirages sway, ...
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Categories:
whinny, caregiving,
Form: Free verse
Ukrainian Poetry translations by Michael R Burch
...Dear God!
by Taras Shevchenko
translation by Michael R. Burch
Dear God, disaster again!
Life was once calm, serene...
But as soon as we began to break the chains
Of bondage that enslaved us,
...
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Categories:
whinny, earth, friend, god, grave,
Form: Free verse
A Horsey Type Grin
...My friend is known for a horsey type grin
Along with his whinny, he can run like the wind
Through fields of clover
Don't mind his odour
Just hold onto your schnoz and try not to wince<>
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Categories:
whinny, fun,
Form: Limerick
Damn Bad Reputation Counts 500 Plus Paw Whet Tick Stints
...Damn bad reputation counts 500 plus paw whet tick stints
The following fictitious poetic vignette attempts a feeble tale of one ordinary day in life of anonymous miscreant.
"I don't give a damn...
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Categories:
whinny, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Poetry's Aura
...Poetry is hard to define
as its language may be refined
or coarse, like a horse with a whinny
or – pardon my simile – a whine
Some readers expect rhythm and flow
though others reject...
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Categories:
whinny, imagery, mystery, poetry, poets,
Form: Couplet
Church Lady Cat
...Church Lady Cat was a formidable, skinny, ugly wrinkly old crazy thing.
Never showed a smile, and certainly did not cheerfully hymn-sing.
We saw her at church, and knew she would come and get the m...
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Categories:
whinny, cat,
Form: Rhyme
Loosin' Stella, a Cowboy's Lament
...Dreamin' with my eyes on these Montana skies
Blue as the plaid in my plum good shirt
I got the mitten by a beauty queen smitten
By a flannel mouthed tenderfoot from the Wyoming dirt
I’m just a ...
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Categories:
whinny, culture, emotions, feelings, heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme
Quest of the Heart: Chapter Two
...Brave Shadow Mane
Falling free at a tremendous velocity
Cursing my decision for acting in haste
Through clouds and frozen rain I could not see the ground
Losing consciousness, in my mouth blo...
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Categories:
whinny, adventure, for her, journey,
Form: Rhyme
Hamish the Horse
...Swish tailed Hamish, gloss black Stallion
Proud prize show hero bore blue medallion
Champion head turner tenacious steed
Lonely hoof stomper longed for a companion
Incidence of coinciding reser...
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Categories:
whinny, animal, freedom, fun, giggle,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Bridgette the Deer Whisperer
...Deer whisperer, had a full schedule, for she was trusted by so many.
She examined reindeer, elk to baby fawn, giving attention and love
They were brought by their kin and neighbors with nary a whin...
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Categories:
whinny, animal,
Form: Rhyme
A Demanding Steed
...A Demanding Steed
Once upon a crisp Winter morning, while the cardinals so lively, announced the awakening of a new day.
I sprang out of bed, pressed play on the radio, and begin to dress for a ...
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Categories:
whinny, animal, appreciation, farm, home,
Form: Narrative
Sinking Feeling Springs Eternal
...Sinking feeling springs eternal...
courtesy sucker punched by vehicular travails
Truckload of banshees muffled
as more'n yours truly wails
he feels wheely tired
as one after another
significa...
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Categories:
whinny, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Misty
...
In pantomime a filly runs
Awhile away sincere her dame
Never fear a bit intrusion
Reign again over wild yet tame
Solemn hoof of sonic drumming
Waits for none to steer along
Simpl...
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Categories:
whinny, animal, horse,
Form: Rhyme
Chin-Up
...There once was a nanny,* lived in New Guinea
She's spot her billy, O would she whinny
She'd kick up her feet
And then she would bleat
She'd curl the hair on his chin-chin-chinny
*A nan...
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Categories:
whinny, animal, passion, sound,
Form: Limerick
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