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Rhymes With “Heart”
Fabaceae (or Leguminosae)– Known commonly as beans, legumes, or peas– “Dehisce” from single “carpels”; stories say That magic’s found in some varieties. An arithmetic series (positive) Describes how...
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The Bard of Avon Middle School
Objectiv’ly, my Love is super hot, A smokin’ Babe with Ta-Tas out to there And Trouser Cheeks to die for; yea, she’s got A Rack & Chassis far beyond compare. Besides the rockin’ Bod, my Love hath...
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Friday Night
It’s Friday night. I’m sitting with the cat. We’re taking turns ignoring me. She’s up. She has some moves. I have to give her that. Right now, her head’s inside my water cup. We used to tear it up, the...
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Rhinoceri
Rhinoceri reject the status quo. Umbrellas baffle them (they hide it well). Don’t ask them for directions; they don’t know. They have a holographic sense of smell. Rhinoceri don’t like to climb up...
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After The Beep
It’s me. Don’t pick up, please. I know you’re there. I don’t think I can say this to your face– I mean, your ear, I guess … You touched your hair Just then, when I said “ear.” You have such grace… I’m...
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My Five-Footed Day
I slap the clock at half-past-bleeping-four; 4:35 it wakes me up again. I’m on the throne, and BAM! The bathroom door Slams open and the cat comes yowling in. Two cars won’t start; the jump-start box...
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Just Do It
Be careful not to think too hard about How things you do become the things you’ve done. The present tense becomes the past without Assistance from yourself or anyone. Dealing with the future can be...
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SPF 14
My cat is multi-stomached, like a cow, Though clearly she is not of bovine ilk: Instead of moo she mostly says meow; She’s hoofless; and she rarely shares her milk. Besides, it’s rumored ruminants...
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Middle Is My Trouble Name
Were I to only speak to those I trust I’d never need to slake an aching thirst My conversation pit would gather dust The next time I got hurt would be the first Were I to choose companions like dessert...
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Cool Wool
Craftiness is overrated, right? I mean, if you can knit a sweater, cool, But that won’t help you get to sleep at night (Unless you’re really cold, or use soft wool). Crafting poetry is much the same:...
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Justice Stein, Concurring
What constitutes a poem’s hard to say. On one hand, it’s a tip-off if it rhymes; Rhythm is another giveaway. Less clear: What counts as verse in modern times? Does any string of syllables become a Poem...
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Jump/Turtle
The only times I’ve ever done a thing At all approaching worth the time it took– Much less the effort–were those times I’d spring Direct from thought to deed, a leap sans look. When granted leisure to...
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Medusa Slept Here
I check the mattress inch-by-inch for bugs And kick the bedspread to a corner heap, Replace the pillowcases in case drugs Have soaked into the linen. Then, I sleep. I dream. There was a woman in the...
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Yuri’s Night
Comrade Gagarin, Hero of the State! Congratulations on your mighty leap From earth to space! Forever shall this date Inspire us as we drift off to sleep. Speaking of drifting, if you’re reading this...
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Literary Piracy
Shake-Speares Sonnets: Neuer before Imprinted. “Neuer” could be German, but it’s not. Four hundred years ago they either squinted Or voiced some vowels ways we’ve since forgot. The publisher was...
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Life Happens. Sh*t Is Perceived.
Every now and then there comes a day On which you’re forced to turn your energy From dawn to dusk to merely hold at bay The thought, “This day just sucks.” Today, for me. It doesn’t take a lot to flip...
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A Thumbmade Gift
On Father’s Day we’re told to buy a card And possibly a tool or hip cravat So dad looks sharp while working in the yard And passersby exclaim, Check that hepcat! My father (“Daddy” to the privileged...
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Nicolaucentric
Somehow, Copernicus departed from The view that Earth’s the hub of All That Is. De revolutionibis orbeum Coelestium’s perspective? That was his. It’s hard to comprehend the confidence Required to take...
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Oneirocriticism
For 50 years the words I have a dream Have echoed in the voice of Dr. King, And looking at the White House it would seem That dream came true; I fear, though, no such thing. When FUD–that’s Fear,...
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Obstruction
A 4-4 game, the Series tied at 1, The bottom of the ninth, two on, one out. Pedroia snags Jay’s grounder, saves a run By throwing out Molina. Big? No doubt. Saltalamacchia, the catcher, spies A chance...
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