Poetic Feet

Evil TROCHEE
How you choke me!
But IAMB not distressed
By an ANAPEST.

“Mourning Dove”

A pun-filled haiku devised to make you cringe;)

Mourning Dove, cooer

of mournful low and high coos–

subjects of haiku

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“Life-changing Turnarounds”

(or “Dennis, Lana, and Anna”) by Paul Burgess

“Before he turned his life around,
DenniS always cursed and SinneD,
And, until LanA’s turnaround,
She was an AnaL bag of wind.”

…But, AnnA found the story foul
And said its moral was deranged.
It seemed a message quite unfair,
Implying she had never changed.

“The Inquisition and the Lions”

“The Inquisition and the Lions”–by Paul Burgess

The lions shall be crucified,
For they will not renounce their pride!

“The Death of Robert Frost” by Paul Burgess

Robert Frost, of well-known name,
Once came across a hot old flame.
She was undoing Robert’s belt
When poor old Rob began to melt.

“The Unconscious Liar” an Epigram by Paul Burgess

Don’t trust a snoring man who’s closed his eyes

Because it’s said of him, “Asleep he lies.”

“Deer Money”

A conversation quickly makes it clear
That venison’s the meat that’s held most dear.
All people seem to talk about or know
Is how to hunt some bucks or get some doe.

an epigram by Paul Burgess