Seed of Fear: The Cat's Fiddle
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The cat didn't give a diddly squat,
she played her fiddle non-stop,
accompanied by her kitten's song
they yowled from dusk till dawn
and the townsfolk never slept!
The fat old cow could not ...
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Categories:
yowled, fear,
Form: Other
darts on the radio
...i'm in bed
each thump of the dart
hitting the cork
in the darkness
my heart quickens
and death envelopes.
time and waiting for dawn
suddenly the ear buds disconnect
there is a thud
anothe...
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Categories:
yowled, anger, break up, butterfly,
Form: Free verse
Isis staind 27 plus years
...Isis staind 27+ years...
of scorpion stinging poison us marriage,
whereby the missus and I,
nevertheless experienced genesis as
mama and papa respectively.
(jest kibitizing)
thus explain...
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Categories:
yowled, adventure, angst, anniversary, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Protest
...The squirrel shrugged
A passing bunny shook its head
A stray cat yowled
John G. Lawless
©6/22/2023...
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Categories:
yowled, judgement,
Form: Senryu
Isis Staind 26 Plus Years of Marriage
...Isis staind 26+ years of marriage
Yes, believe me you,
I (also considered the best karaoke singer
for the go-go's)
putting Shabrina Leonita to shame
back in two thousand and twenty one
once...
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Categories:
yowled, adventure, age, america, anniversary,
Form: Rhyme
Merlin the Magic Cat
...Merlin the cranky cat
sat around getting fat.
Wanting to be heard
he mewed and purred.
He yowled and howled
and even growled
all with the same result.
He felt it quite the insult.
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Categories:
yowled, allegory, cat, cute, magic,
Form: Personification
Tippy Toe Cat
...Don’t get into anything you cannot reach, mama said, mama said.
Tippy Toe Cat was delighted; she summersaulted landing on her head.
Mama said, “I mean it! I don’t want to come home to find you dead...
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Categories:
yowled, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Catnapped
...Smokey was a lovely cat.
He was a big black Persian,
And Mama had a lady friend,
Who was a not nice person.
She lived across the way from us,
And envied everyone.
Whatever nice things that th...
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Categories:
yowled, cat, childhood, mother,
Form: Quatrain
Night Terror
...a murdering cat
yowled in the middle of night
he gave me a fright
it sounds like a growl
could it have been a raccoon
I hide under my bed
a fight now for sure
I begin to shake in fright
a...
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Categories:
yowled, night,
Form: Senryu
Green Eggs, Spam and Grits
...Green eggs, Spam and grits
Sam and Pam had their fill,
Then made their way to Main Street
Down WhoDat’s Whatsup Hill.
Waived "Hi!" to their neighbors
To show them that they cared.
All smiled ...
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Categories:
yowled, bullying, cat, courage, fantasy,
Form: Light Verse
Yeah, I Went In All Right
...Unusual thing: a Sickness lived in There…
(The Place I spent Walpurgis Night – O, Fool!)
The kids said something rotten in the air
Infected all who’d lived there – some would drool
And some wh...
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Categories:
yowled, boy, fear, horror, house,
Form: Rhyme
Bad Poem
...One day I delivered a poem
one that seemed to be premature
so I swaddled her up
and set her aside
to grow 'til I felt reassured
How she yowled and howled for attention...
how she cried so pit...
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Categories:
yowled, humor, humorous, silly, word
Form: Rhyme
A,B,C's of Alliteration
...Almost always, as additional allurements arrive, ask as a Being...
By better borne behests become best Causes ?
Can causes create concise concepts Diligently ?
Do doers do decidedly dumb dol...
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Categories:
yowled, conflict, fun, imagination, introspection,
Form: Alliteration
The Yodelin' Cowboy
...Hank was a hard workin' cowpoke who really earned his meager pay.
He rode his ass Old Red from early dawn 'til at night he hit the hay,
Fixin' fences, ropin' steers and brandin' dogies in the old c...
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Categories:
yowled, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
The Free Throws
...State Championship on the line.
Today I have been shooting just fine.
When I got the ball I yowled.
“The defender on me has just fouled”.
Two free throws just for me.
Will I make them? We will see.
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Categories:
yowled, basketball, courage, sports,
Form: Rhyme
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