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The New Abc's
A is for aidsthe plague spread not by fleas.B is for bitchthe source of, I know not which.C is for conservative, but has other meanings toas example..
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The Needle
Under the bed, her sewing box.Near the bottom, a shirt,Pressed and folded with a patch pinnedCovering an elbow busted out from within.The shirt long..
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The Music Of Ernest Clary
Your poems haveA musical qualityThat uses rhymeAnd meter for all to see.Each one tho differentFrom the otherBrings attentionto another.s
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The Mockingbird
At first it seemed a gameBetween the criminally insane.A bird risking death without a careTo provoke this one, from the air.Flying by the..
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The Mobus Loop
The Mobus LoopTo be everywhere and nowhere,At the beginning and the end.Educated beyond intelligence.
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The Meadow
Once was a green stretching throughThe low lands lying to the westA lush pasture that Thoreau would have embracedAs fit for man and nature to live..
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The Man From Hope - A Reply
Lest we all forget the presidential messThere is more than just a simple dressNeed to remember Bill Clinton and his BrideFor giving the country a..
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The Mallard Hen's Virgil
How she came to beNesting along the highway, busy?But there in the plantingOut of usual sightingA clutch of eggsAmongst the twigsMaybe three or..
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The Lotus
Poems you writeWhile others seekTo with words inditeA spirit that is weak.Yours is a messageFrom the heartWith words that wageAn image, to..
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The Lost Hat
The ArgumentHow the lawyer (student) ,not accompanied by Don Quixote,by his squire, Sancho,or the barber,found himself in a circumstanceof great..
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The Losr Maji
In a small town in the MidwestWhere everyone knew everyone’s business,Before morning lightThe story got around.Jesse Schmidt had been in a fightAt..
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The Litany
You've heard it all beforeWhen called to justiceHis (or her) suffering you can't ignoreAs the 'victim' pleads innocence.He said in a tearful..
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The Lion Never Sleeps
The Lion watches its preyIt's the pursued and the pursuedBut which is whichAs Nature playsThe gameSometimes the hunterBecomes the preyNot knowing..
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The Legacy
On her dying bed, mother dearestDrew a pledge from the nearest(A daughter who sought for her, peaceful rest)That she would fulfill this last..
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The King Is Dead
The King is deadSo they said,As they gathered roundThe effigy King on the ground.That had fallen under relentless assaultOf words, sticks and stones..
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The Keystone
The Aztecs never conquered the keystoneRather than the lintelTo bridge a gap to ensure that the loadWould be borne by two supporting sides.And their..
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The Jumping Bean
All have seen the bean in actionTrying to get attentionJumping from spot to spotWhen circumstances get too hot.The most amazing featIs that this..
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The Hornet And The Bittle
A harnet set in a hollur tree –a proper spiteful twoad was he:And a merrily sung while he did setHis tinge as shearp as a bagganet:Oh, whoso vine and..
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The Hog (Garbage Disposer To City Folks)
Dick Philips called it the hogCause it et everythingBones and allOr jus a flush off the plates.Course if yo had a real hogIt'd be more better..
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The Halloween Party
It was a dark and stormy nightOne by the devil design'd to fright.When came a sight most blearyOne not design'd for being cheery.Black was the out'r..
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The Green Alligator
There's a green alligator.Lying on the bank out of the water,His (or her) hide, a bilious greenAnd as it dries has a certain sheen.Some would say..
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The Girl With A Pimple On Her Nose
Sitting at her deskTrying not to showConcern for what, you ask?The pimple on her nose.Glowing red like a lightAmongst the beauty to beholdSomething..
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The First Snow
Slowly, softly the crystals formEach on a small nucleus, a particleBuilt onto until the naked eyeSees the multifaceted formTaking a shape.Then it..
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The Fable Of The 'Factologist'
Once in a forest deepLay one who was asleepDreaming of a place to beWhere 'equality' was the only way.For in his slumbersHe imagined free from that..
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The Fable Of 'Belling The Cat', Modern Version
Five judges at a cat showwere in a conference roomwhen the lights went out.The cat being judgedwas coal black andonly could be seenwhen it opened its..
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