Poems

He listened to the chain saw
and prayed that God would prevent
the eviction of flightless fledglings
from their fir tree homes
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Emily D put words into poems
as an infinite forest of oak
is encapsulated in an acorn's
nutshell
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After a lifetime of monumental charity, having given away over 100 million
of the proceeds from his and his wife Jo Anne Woodward's food business, having
been a peace activist all his life, a film actor who entertained billions,
a vegetarian for reasons of nonviolence, Paul Newman has slipped
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Are all anglers stranglers?
No.. some smash the sentient
beings' heads or
decapitate them.
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Cat Stories

A cat who had escaped from
a lab could only squeak..
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We are told that haiku
should have a 1st line of 5 syllables,
a 2nd of 7, and a 3rd of 5.
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In the rainforest so lush
there is a sacred hush
as the morning sun's paintbrush
gives each tree jade blush
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