Ima Ryma Poems

"Mom, when will I turn pink like you? "
A daughter asks her mother this,
Flamingos at Lincoln Park Zoo.
Still grayish white is the young miss.
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It is quite late in moonlit night.
Outside my window I do stare,
Seeking to be inspired to write.
A spider is resting out there,
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My cell phone was not in the place
Where I normally do put it.
I felt my heart begin to race
As a panic attack did hit.
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February 14th did be
The day St. Valentine did die.
For crimes, executed was he.
Where oh where do his remains lie?
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Coca Cola, invented in
Eighteen eighty five, did contain
Extracts of the coca leaf then,
Which plain and simple was cocaine.
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Isadora Duncan did be
One who performed to great acclaim.
A wonderful dancer was she,
Achieving both fortune and fame.
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A false asphodel I be named,
A plant living 'long the west coast
Of North America, now famed
For a secret I now can boast,
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Born out of revolution, We
Came to believe in hopes and dreams,
Decided on democracy,
Making mistakes with human schemes
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Jamaican iguanas like heat,
And Lizzie is a lizard who
Often is found in a 'hot' seat
Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo.
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A beaver likes water a lot,
And is covered in hairy fur.
Humans notice that beavers got
Not much of a wet look for sure.
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