Category: Rhyme
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The Hex Factor
Toil and troubleIt’s trickery we bubbleAs we boil and chant and sway With eyeballs and newtsAnd cobwebs and fruitsWe welcome the Special Day We gather togetherTo discuss the weatherAnd who should become a frog We plan and we plotTo come up with a spotTo appear on this very blog We use magic and spellsAnd shriek…
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Maribel
In the study On the shelf Sits Maribel All by herself On Hallowe’en She takes a walk To be close To those who talk To listen Watch But do no more Such was the spell Cast Years before Once a year She comes alive But passes time With her silent cries
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Chyldelike
The Inner ChyldeThat dwells insideDemands with tantrums to be heardTo be pleasedBut vexed if teasedWithout uttering a wordThe Inner ChyldeWith macabre smilesCauses mischief and mayhem galoreYet it will cast a spellOn those who tellThe Chylde to be no moreThe Inner ChyldeNeither tame nor wildWill demand to have its funBut if deniedThe Chylde insideWill make your…
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As I was losing Spider Solitaire
As I was losing Spider Solitaire A voice screamed out – I do declare The voice was one within my mind One that’s usually gentle and kind One that keeps herself quite calm And not one to raise alarm Thomasina, my Inner Chick Needed my attention – quick ’You’ll never win’, she said to…
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Almost Rhymeless Nonsense
As I ate a sandwichThinking basically nothingI noticed a little problemAn itch somewhere beneath my elbow My cup which once contained liquidNow stands on the table emptyEmptied by the monsterBut that’s my little secret I trekked across the foyerNot straight but almost zigzagWhen through the window I glimpsedAn animal whose name doesn’t rhyme: a wolf…