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> sonnet bref, [ my designation ] in less than iambic tetrameter
JustDaniel
post Feb 12 17, 18:52
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barely horsing

mare
ate
bear
bait;

cub
would
rub
wood

forced
mom
horse
from

hid
kid


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Larry
post Feb 13 17, 18:27
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makin’ lean bacon

kid
goats
rid
stoats

of
fat;
love
that

butt,
chase,
rut,
race

ham
slam.


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post Feb 15 17, 13:21
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jail Braille

slammer
uses
grammar
ruses

self-taught
convicts
besot
conflicts

ever
rapping
never
mapping

Webster's
transfers


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post Feb 17 17, 13:36
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a fur piece

tans furs
for sale,
incurs
the smell

of bleach
he’ll use
on each
and choose
pole cats
or skunk
and that’s
the junk

they think
is mink.


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JustDaniel
post Feb 18 17, 06:38
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owed her odor

the minks
include
those links
oft skewed

ferrets'
daughters
namely
otters

part of
their line;
fit glove
just fine

their smell
still swells


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post Feb 19 17, 00:18
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it’s my ass ma

smell swells
one’s nose
but quells
bad prose

because
one breath
through jaws
spells death

and sniffs
of it
cause stiffs
who fit

coffin
coughin’


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post Feb 19 17, 07:51
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grave results

coughin'
led to
coffin
so you

buried
'cause he
married
you, Bee

spelling
where you're
dwelling.
Bonjour

my dear;
dom'neer


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post Feb 20 17, 09:26
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say what?

“dom neer”
is not
too clear
as what

you meant
to say;
extents
dismay

and tax
my brain
for facts.
I strain

with real
appeal.


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JustDaniel
post Feb 20 17, 11:48
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sir come venting

a peel
atop
the real
word slop

damn near
conceals;
dom'neer
reveals

not much
for sure
in such
a pure

nonsense
defense


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post Feb 21 17, 10:55
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pooped out

The fence
was down
and since
the town

outlaws
free rein
for paws;
constrain

your pet
or you
will get
to do

a sole
patrol.


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post Feb 21 17, 13:51
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trawler

The troll
beneath
our knoll
has teeth

that scare
my kids;
his stare
just rids

his spot
of all
who'd got
the call

to come,
benumb.


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post Feb 22 17, 14:45
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tuff ‘n stuff

Benumbs
the hands
of bums
in lands

where snow
is deep
and so
they keep

the news
to wrap
in shoes
and cap

or gloves
it shoves.


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post Feb 23 17, 00:33
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at leased...

shove hard
to go
toward
escrow

shower
still leaks;
power
out; creaks
on stair;
the walls
are bare;
dank halls

our rent's
all spent


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post Feb 24 17, 00:22
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slow pokes

All spent
and still,
hell bent
to thrill

but age
and breath
presage
near death

so sex
is out;
effects
no doubt

abort
new start.


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post Feb 24 17, 04:44
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mercy me

new start
today;
grace heart
has sway

each morn
refreshed
unshorn
and threshed

the past
erased;
forecast
embraced

I'm free
to be


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post Feb 25 17, 09:49
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pollen their weight

Two bees
will fly
through breeze
and sky,

locate
new blooms;
each ate
and grooms

hind legs
which hold
the dregs
of gold

keeps hive
alive


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post Feb 26 17, 07:46
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grad you ate

a leave
they seek;
receive
a week

the boots
are free
with hoots
and glee

to base
they crawl;
disgrace
AWOL

sang song
too long


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post Feb 28 17, 14:31
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still going

Too long
of tooth
is wrong,
our youth

was spent
so fast
we meant
to last

but now
grey haired
some how
we’re spared

quick death’s
hot breaths.


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post Mar 1 17, 11:33
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sea nymphs?

hot breath
still swirls;
it's death
to girls

he wants
to find;
it haunts
his mind.

no mints
will do;
his squints
ensue

now sees
banshees


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post Mar 2 17, 22:08
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build three to pee

Ban shes
from loos
that hes
now use

and those
few wrecks
who chose
their sex;

their brains
not groins
have strains.
Snipped loins

bend their
gender.


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