Category: Rhyme
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The Legendary Sandman
I toss.I turn.I flail… I wail.I wait; I try counting sheep. I stretch.I rest.I try my best.But I just will not go to sleep. I hope and prayAt the end of the dayThat slumberCatches soon… Yet somehow, I realise,I’m not in bedBut I’m walking on the Moon. My coat is greenAnd I’ve lost a…
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The Boggart
When milk turns sour and the time’s not right,And objects vanish from out of sight,When noises sound in the dead of night,The imp’s playing its game. When doors are locked without a key,When four socks washed change to three,When papers shuffle without a breeze,There’s only one to blame. When laughter’s heard and no-one’s there,Or an…
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Messy Nessie
Hidden from viewFor the past year or twoIs the monster of the lochBut I stood on the shoreAnd heard an almighty roarWhich gave me a terrible shockI turned ‘round with gleeAs I expected to seeThe legend of the lakeBut the man in the suitWas a real fruit-loopAnd hardly a convincing fake
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Unidentified Flying Object
I watched itDancing and weavingGaining new heightsCasting long shadowsOn the darkest of nightsSoaring then stoppingThen soaring againShimmeringPulsatingStrobing, and thenAway…Into the distance it went…
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Tired Earth
Is the Earth tired?Is that why she shakes?Sending out tremors… sending out quakes?Or is the Earth tiredOf the mess that man makes?Constantly wrecking; making mistakes…If the Earth’s tiredThen what can we do?Make sure she’s comfortable… I would; would you?
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