Praising Columbus is now impolitic. Truth is, he's considered a bit of a dick. But you've got to respect one who -- wholly unchecked -- can rename people & places, and it sticks.
Columbus Limerick
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Childhood Limerick
Back in the days of crayons and blocks, every kid wanted the sixty-four box. I was low-spirited; told my talent merited just eight colors of Cray-kray knockoffs.
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Conspiracy Theorist’s Limerick
A conspiracy theorist wouldn't take shots - claimed they were laced with tracking nanobots. But he never left home without taking his phone which constantly triangulated his exact spot.
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Knotty Tree [Haiku]
the knotty tree stretches wide to reach light -- strength from warped fibers
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Physician’s Limerick
There was a mean old physician who'd always been on a grand mission to make patients thinner. He told them for dinner they should only eat what they caught fishin'.
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Evidence [Haiku]
two shucked nuts sit on a stone pillar -- no squirrel in sight
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Winter Cardinal [Haiku]
swollen cardinal looks like it's been gorging, but it's winter puffed
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Bat Hang [Haiku]
a flying fox hangs
from lush vegetation,
reaching monkey-like
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Rays [Haiku]
sunlight splits
into searchlight sprawl,
lighting in patches
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The Sound of Dry [Haiku]
grass in winter rustles with such tight clacks; i hear its dryness
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