In Jaipur, there was an old stepwell. On the knees, it played all sorts of hell. Its look was quite scenic, but made phobics anemic. One misstep and say, "Fare-thee-well!"
Stepwell Trippin’ [Limerick]
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Tag Archives: poetry
Sky Spider [Haiku]
i look at the clouds, and notice an Orb-weaver, seemingly floating
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Hornbill [Haiku]
Zoo Overkill [Limerick]
There was a Zoo where the creatures were plastic. Said the new guy, "I don't mean to be drastic, but since our beasts aren't real, let's lose the cages of steel, we'll have the first petting zoo lion -- it'll be fantastic!"
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Sweet Stall Limerick
There once was a skilled maker of sweets whose buyers would line up down the street. He was just bones and skin. "How are you so thin?" asked a man buying boxes of the treats.
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Reishi [Haiku]
on a dead tree, in the cocoa-colored flood: coveted Reishi
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Milky Moonlight [Haiku]
milky moonlight paints all things pale -- all but the shadows
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Storm Front [Free Verse]
Rain is coming. I can smell its sweet whiff on the breeze. A storm prowls out there beyond my eyes power to see. But dark clouds hunker in the fore: the storm's vanguard. The birds know it's coming. They've vacated the skies to... I know not where.
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Nellie Bly Limerick
There was a reporter named Nellie Bly: decided she'd give the asylum a try. 'Twas just for a story. Doctors lost all glory when they couldn't tell a nut from a spy.
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Influencer Limerick
There once was a YouTube Influencer who always ran afoul of the censor. Her most common wrong was stealing pop songs, but redacting wardrobe malfunctions incensed her.
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