Upmarket Gardener
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Fred entered his shrubbery
in a horticultural society gardening contest
and wising to wager on the outcome
as to which bush was the best
bet his hedge to win
and yet at the time quite ...
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Categories:
wising, flower, fun, garden, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Engaging Trumpless Truths
...Unblessed by democratic health,
Trumpian authority
seems to believe
disturbed chirping
and well-oiled chatting
are His OneGod messianic duty
to speak hard Capitalized
efficiency expert Com...
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Categories:
wising, political, power, religion, religious,
Form: Political Verse
Kissing
...I will try where practitioners
far wising than I have failed,
where greater ships of thinking
than I have sailed: explain how
many approach the topic of
kissing –
from the twinkle in an e...
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Categories:
wising, culture, cute, emotions, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Nature
...Nature! Nature! So luxuriant and Green
The wonder that everyone has seen
So cool, fresh and calm of life
Makes us forgot all our strife
People are not concerned about nature
Only bother about th...
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Categories:
wising, 1st grade,
Form: Rhyme
Fell Through Fly Through Floor
...I fell down hit rock bottom swallowed me whole the old me forgotten never stopping as I drop below rotten to a molten core where lava pours rather sore downward soar but ask myself what’s volcanic as...
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Categories:
wising, mental illness,
Form: Rhyme
Sitting Here Wishing Upon a Star
...Sitting here wishing upon a star
Wondering who you are
Do you notice me
I noticed you
It must be love at first sight
Wishing wising wishing
To be next to you
Next
Next
Ne...
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Categories:
wising, love, poetry,
Form: Verse
Up
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Up
in the sky
i saw a clock one
time lost in time when
had i any time to spare my
time would be timeless forever
i used to spend my time like pocket
change time after ti...
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Categories:
wising, time, uplifting, winter,
Form: Other
Simple Pleasures
...Simple Pleasures
© Ben Burton 4-7-2015
Remember when
In the heat of summer
Daddy would come home
And bark the delightful order
"Put on your bathing suits"
While he hooked up the hose pipe
T...
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Categories:
wising, childhood, fun, memory,
Form: Free verse
Dear Mommy
...Dear Mommy,
Why did you go away? Was I not as good as the white snow you blew was, my love for you
not strong enough to help you pull thru? Stuck as the starving child wising to be loved. The
dr...
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Categories:
wising, loss, mother, sadchild, girl,
Form: I do not know?