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earl catton
by earl catton ~ http://earlcatton.blogspot.com/
earl catton is a praying mantis who lives inside a jar on a shelf in my mind...he writes poems and posts them here...on wednesdays he shares various wonderings and on saturdays earl will post a poem created by other creatures...
Episodes
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The Tale Of Two Towns
In the town of Frownupon, Across the Sea of Sorrow, Live the men and women Who always fret tomorrow. “It will rain, and then will flood!” You’ll hear them in the streets, Counting our their weariness In lonely, sheepish bleats. The sun will shine but they will say, “Tomorrow it will storm, We...
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The Globe
The other day I spun a globe And wondered of those down below And how they drive their cars around When they’re always upside down
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Swings
Recess at the grammer school swinging on the swings when I felt a kind of tingle and out my back grew wings! So I let go of the chains and let my bottom rise then the next thing I knew I was flying in the sky The playground aids grew frantic at this unusual display As someone yelled, “Get back...
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Horrible, Deplorable Charlie The Flea
Charlie was a flea of a very low degree who hopped upon the rump of a rat. He rode across the sea to the shores of Italy – to see what he could see off the ship. The gutters were a-flutter, every rat and her brother, had come for the journey of their life. It was 1347, and the fleas grew as…
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Never Sometimes
Have you ever never sometimes been flying in a dream across a lake of jelly when you hear a distant scream? Could it be a monster – or the echo of your voice? And being never sometimes you have to make a choice! Do you fly toward the trouble, be it theirs or be it yours, encountering the terrible...
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The Crocodile
by Lewis Carroll How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale! How cheerfully he seems to grin! How neatly spread his claws, And welcomes little fishes in With gently smiling jaws!
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A Valentine
The opposite of love is evol.
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Two Haiku
by Yosa Buson A tethered horse, snow in both stirrups. ~~~ That snail - one long horn, one short, what's on his mind?
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Tracy's Tri-cycle
Tracy had a tri-cycle, She fashioned from an icicle, But when she went to ride it, The sun did quickly hide it!
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Mr. Nobody
~ Anonymous I know a funny little man, As quiet as a mouse, Who does the mischief that is done In everybody's house! There's no one ever sees his face, And yet we all agree That every plate we break was cracked By Mr. Nobody. 'Tis he who always tears our books, Who leaves the door ajar, He pulls...
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Hiding
by Dorothy Aldis I'm hiding, I'm hiding, And no one knows where; For all they can see is my Toes and my hair. And I just heard my father Say to my mother - "But, darling, he must be Somewhere or other; Have you looked in the inkwell?" And Mother said, "Where?" "In the INKWELL?" said Father. But I...
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The Milky Way
Here I am inside it looking there upon it
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Do you carrot all for me?
~anonymous Do you carrot all for me? My heart beets for you, With your turnip nose, And your radish face, You are a peach. If we cantaloupe, Lettuce marry; Weed make a swell pear.
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The Weather Feather
My brother studies wind and weather in his science class he said they have a weather feather that tells them if the wind is fast I wonder whether the weather feather would tell me if my sneeze is as powerful as thunder weather or just a springly breeze
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The Elephant
by Hilaire Belloc When people call this beast to mind, They marvel more and more At such a little tail behind, So large trunk before.
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happy thought
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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earl catton is a praying mantis who lives inside a jar on a shelf in my mind...he writes poems and posts them here...on wednesdays he shares various wonderings and on saturdays earl will post a poem created by other creatures...
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earl catton ~ http://earlcatton.blogspot.com/
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