Turkey the bird of Thanksgiving
After the the family praying
On the table stuffed and ready
Is thinly sliced like Christmas ham
Placed on the plates for all to nam
But some folks have left already
Why the swift departure of them
Wanting to leave the table ahem
Maybe traffic is insteady
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PARANG AGAIN
To wit and with humour plenty,
The bard pens his parang merry,
A song of Christmas,
Caribbean borne, alas
No snow,
But angels a plenty show,
Us joy with their parang songs.
Adore him,
Gift him,
Love is borne again,
Merry the time again.
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Spewing puppies?
Treking through the paths at The Wildfowl Trust. Rocky's is anxious to get to the paperbark tree, to hug the tree, since some of his friends had told him, how soft as velvet the tree trunk was.
Suddenly his mother asks, "where is Rocky?" Rocky she shouts and Rocky suddenly appears, like out of nowhere.
His mother hugs him and looks at his face for scratches or cuts then spins him around. "Are you okay Rocky?" We thought you might be abducted by aliens, when we didn't see you.
They reach the pavilion and stop to have some refreshments. Rocky says he is not hungry. But after mom's persistent nagging, tries to eat a sandwich.
He retches violently and out of his stomach spews a fluffly little puppy.
"What's happening!" everyone exclaims. "That is not our Rocky". Mom cries out and raises her arms upward in anguish.
an angry dog snarls
fierce fangs turn to antennae -
clear blue sky above
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Understated
Alive broad green banana fronds
Will sway and swish from left or right
Now gentled under morning sky
Pearls of raindrop settle there on
When watery clouds leave daylight
Tropical mockingbird might fly by
Duos of butterflies will round
And round above flitter alight
Snack lift and rise up high so high
Once a gentled wind decides to
Understate calm and silence too
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when skies are hanged and oceans drowned, the single secret will still be man-- e e cummings
Here And Over There
How can mist just absorb it all?
Mountain, palm, and aged tree;
Oh silver-lit sky! answer his call,
Say to morning, here i am, before
Deciding to just absorb it all;
There in yond garden, an effort
Of blossoming peeps over a wall,
There 's sure to be delighted
Hearts swooned to watch some fall,
Yin and yang fill empty whole
So how can mist just absorb it all?
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But When
The dawn sky in chameleon mood,
Glints silver- grey, pale orange, or pink,
Sometimes, the moon smiles at me
Through a cloudless blanket.
And happiness floods my being,
Coffee becomes the cherry on top.
But when;
My granddaughter comes to my house,
Joy follows.
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