Ima Ryma Poems

'Because of You, ' his first big hit,
Released in 1951.
Tony Bennett kept singing it
For a 74 year run.
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I was born in a time and place,
But knew the land was not for me.
I put my bearings in brain space,
Then headed out for life at sea.
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A waterbuck - am I a deer?
No, because I'm an antelope.
And what's the name of my headgear?
Should it be named an antler? Nope!
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The Seahawks lose the Super Bowl,
Thanks to a coaching call that cost.
To pass on a one yard to goal,
Decision made and game was lost.
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So many tales on how and why.
The zebras' stripes are black and white.
Here's the scoop that should satisfy,
So all might have better insight.
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Post - Revolutionary War,
With 13 new states in the east,
The Feds said, 'Got to get some more -'
'All the way west, to say the least.'
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The Diary of Anne Frank made known
The horrors of the Holocaust,
In which a teenager had grown,
Only to live a childhood lost.
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Mindoro crocodile, I am.
Live only in the Philippines,
Where most of my species have swam
Into human made bad death scenes.
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Why did we get named the sea horse?
Our head and neck look equine
To name game humans, so of course
We go with it, or humans whine.
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A eulogy is Greek for 'praise, '
Usually for one newly dead.
We all have saint and sinner ways,
Dead saint or live sinner instead.
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