A mystic sought to be one with all things, but couldn't make it, allowing no strings, "I'm a little bit torn: one with rose equals thorn, and one with bees invites many a sting."
Mystic Limerick
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Lizard Look [Haiku]
a lizard slinks up to the stone's edge, turning an eye on me
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Fuchsia Fuchsia [Haiku]
in the night forest, light catches two flowers: Fuchsia in fuchsia
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A Midsummer Night’s Limerick
Four Athenian youths fled out to the trees, lacking the love geometry to put hearts at ease. It might've been tragic, but Puck worked his magic. They returned by twos, not ones or threes.
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Fig Tree [Haiku]
an old fig tree,
gnarled and knotty,
grotesque but strong
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Hands of Hanuman [Haiku]
Utopian Limerick
The youth sought to forge a utopia, but suffered a kind of myopia. They built a grand city, but the people were shitty. That's how you make a gleaming dystopia.
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Victoria Falls [Limerick]
A couple went to Victoria Falls to see its splendor with their own eyeballs, but when they got near they squinted and peered but all they saw was a foggy, gray wall!
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Spines Aglow [Haiku]
the frilly spines of an iguana catch light, marring camo
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Cancun Limerick
The kids struck out for the white sands of Cancun, but to avoid throngs they went at high noon. A crowd, there was not. It was so freakin' hot that each and every last one of them swooned.
