I can see my country from the window
of my house, the blooming promise
of it, the watery undertow. We are
its lovely omens, its scruffy offspring,
trying to scrub ourselves clean,
breaking the skin, bleeding a little.
-Dorianne Laux, "Country"

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Sit in the corner
You must wear the cone-shaped hat
You are just the DUNCE

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There is a weird guy named Mike
Who spends all his time on a bike
He rides round the park
And makes the dogs bark
We think he’s a bit of a PSYCH 🚲

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Why not get drunk on scrumpy? 🥴
Just open your mouth wider
Pour it out and gulp it down
That’s your pint of CIDER 🍺

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Aspiring Poet -this is tricky
And my chances do not bode well
I have got to write a poem
Ending with this answer -YODEL
(Hang on - I just did it!)

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Now plastic bottles have fixed lids
(Which some folks think is crap) 😡
It stops the top from rolling off
When you start to UNCAP 💦

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Contractors dig up the road
To fix a pipe or drain
Put it back too low and then-
It soon fills up with rain.
Lorries over-use a street
The surface gets real lumpy
Every time you drive down there
The journey is too BUMPY

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In the Army please behave
Try not to bet or wager
Stay out of trouble and of course
Salute the Sergeant MAJOR

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Seasons changed from day to day
Rain it came and gales they blew
Leaves just tumbled from the trees
Wind upon the paths leaves STREW

"We get the two-liter cokes.
We watch the sunset in pink...
Either way we bump whatever from the radio. Whatever
station we land on. I like that hardwood floor they got.
Ceiling fan like chandelier."
--francine j. harris, from "Wish We Were Daddies"

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Police and Prosecutors
Must work out every move
And clarify the evidence
So the Jury guilt can PROVE

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Looking back how things have changed
Like the years when we moved nimbly
And our memories were clear
Some things now remembered DIMLY🥴

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Espresso plus steamed milk and chocca
Together they make a hot MOCHA

"Those spring mornings, I sensed new depths

in the meaning of the word #alive,
understood how sunlight and mist conspire

to reveal us to each other. But each winter
I must lose you to find you again."

--Hai-Dang Phan, from "Kingfisher"

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Some countries the people don’t have much.
Medicine and schooling they lack
They often don’t have running water
and are lucky to live in a SHACK

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Dodgy parking, big potholes
Cyclists who must weave
What things on roads piss you off?
And cause you to PEEVE 😤?

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Dodgy geezer lending money 💴
If they’re caught they’ll face a jury
What they’re doing is illegal 👮🏼
And the fancy word’s USURY 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Do you want to look real special?
Concentrate, don’t go all ditzy
High-heel shoes, a statement handbag,
What you’re going for is RITZY

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It is lovely to live near the Thames
To watch it just ripple and quiver
To see all the swans and the ducks
Paddling along the great RIVER