zebras and giraffes are pals
...Zebras and giraffes are pals with wows!
Like pygmy goats and milking cows
If predators are close, giraffes sound the alarm
Zebras run with their herd to avoid death or harm...
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Categories:
wows, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Serpents, Scorpions, Owls
...Serpents, scorpions, owls,
Swingers, stingers, wise old gals,
Dogs, bones, bow wow wows,
Paws, purrs, cat's meows.
Canines, felines, feral creatures,
Headlines, deadlines, double features,
Pi...
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Categories:
wows, emotions, silly,
Form: Rhyme
America Did Not Die
...For crying out loud
Due to the outcome
I was not particularly proud
For more than two centuries, election days go and come
At a similar season, every four years
This time, there were plenty of w...
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Categories:
wows, america, angst, anxiety, bullying,
Form: Rhyme
The Life and Times of a 'Pro Jock'
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His spine curves right, then left
one shoulder lower than another
A hitch and a wobble in his gait
couple shots of whiskey tempt fate
A caddy, he calls himself a ‘pro ...
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Categories:
wows, destiny, drink, golf, pain,
Form: Rhyme
Can We Try To Be happy
...We went through unhappy days
and were tested in harsh ways:
we hardly knew true happiness;
can we try to be happy and rebuild
what fell apart the best we could?
Let's hold hands again and r...
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Categories:
wows, allusion, anger, courage, desire,
Form: Lyric
Dog Lines
...Picture Prompt Poetry Contest
Sponsor-Margarita Lillico
The dog days of summer find these canines
Of all shapes and sizes waiting in lines
It's hot and muggy out
Yet these bow-wows are stout
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Categories:
wows, dog, humor,
Form: Limerick
Neigh say being corralled and cult shod
...Neigh say being corralled & cult shod
"Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis"
translation = thus always I
bring death to tyrants.”
Above the fray of twittering,
squabbling, and madding crowd...
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Categories:
wows, 12th grade, age, allusion,
Form: Free verse
Women, mysterious entities, from heaven to earth descended
...Women, mysterious entities, from heaven to earth descended,
Ancestral magic that encircles and teaches the universe,
Like sirens from the depths, the misunderstood and adored temptation,
With eyes...
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Categories:
wows, heaven, women,
Form: Free verse
Comic Strip Gals
...Trick-or-treating comic strip gals walked down the street.
The rest of us got out of the way of this wholesome treat.
They were sensuous for sure, these comic strip gals.
All the way we could hear...
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Categories:
wows, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Food Shopping
...When you go shopping, do you browse
And stroll up all the aisles,
Searching for surprising “Wows!”
That might elicit smiles?
Or do you clutch your list in hand
And check off every item
That’s...
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Categories:
wows, food,
Form: Rhyme
Don'T Cry For Me When I'M Gone
...Treat people well while they're alive. It's too late to be sad and experience grief and regret once they're gone. Unfortunately, too many people experience this, and it can often be avoided.
Don't...
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Categories:
wows, friendship, heart, love, meaningful,
Form: Rhyme
For You
...Love is your happy face,
Shows me your noble grace,
Love is the breadth of you,
Love is the length of you,
Love abounds your whole,
Love is your gentle soul,
Love is your giving,
Not expecting...
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Categories:
wows, love,
Form: Rhyme
Rainbows In Colors
...Rainbows flash colors in different hues
Hues splash waves in different clues
Clues of life's cycle of views
Views of human souls in historical pews
Mirrors of life come in rainbows
Mementos of...
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Categories:
wows, color, creation, destiny, dream,
Form: Rhyme
Fear Ran
...Fear ran rampant through the streets of all the cities, escalating wows and tribulations.
It holds back the manifestations of life’s improvements, because of apprehensions.
It knocks on every ...
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Categories:
wows, anxiety, courage, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Brand
...Brand
I have a woman
Her name is Prada
Like the precious brand
Of Dolce and Gabbana
She bewitches like L'Oréal
Charms like Donna Karan
She sparkles like Napoleon
And wows like Lou...
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Categories:
wows, child,
Form: Rhyme
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