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Legs In The Air (Anaphora) by Jeanie Axton

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What have you been eating Brock?
That is causing quite a stink
Was it green and red
Or yellow, brown and pink?

What have you been eating Brock?
The smell is really bad
Was it a piece of carrot cake
You stole from snoring Dad?

What have you been eating Brock?
The whole house it does reek
Was it from the garbage bin
That’s been sitting there all week?

What have you been eating Brock?
Your gastric juices churning
One whiff and we will leave the room
Today, not be returning.

Brock, your plan is very clever
As you work your inner gut
To get your favourite seat at home
You whistle out your butt!

Image from Pixabay

Spring has Sprung by Jeanie Axton

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Put the devices away I say

a new season has begun

It’s time to shake off winter

and have some springtime fun

Go out and smell the flowers

see the butterflies appear

landing, drinking nectar

while fluttering quite near

Take the dog for a walk

play with the cat on the grass

head to the local park to play

be pleased that winter’s past

Watch for buzzing bees as well

but please I say ‘No fights’

these fuzzy golden insects

have quite a nasty bite

Put the devices away I say

a new season has begun

It’s time to shake off winter

and have some springtime fun

Image from Pixabay

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious by Jeanie Axton

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A famous word in the dictionary
one that’s exceedingly long
renowned for many reasons
including a famous song.

Originally college slang
coined by students in ’31
meaning extremely wonderful
they spoke it out in fun.

Next came Mary Poppins
released in ’64
the word in song a legend
quickly woven into lore.

It’s believed to be an expression
for all that’s fabulous they say
singing it extremely loud
will brighten up your day.

“Can you say it backwards?”
Mary Poppins once said with a wink
Isn’t that going a bit too far?
What do you actually think?

Journey of a Word

Image from Pixabay

Rusty in the shoe cupboard by Jeanie Axton

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A girl may love her shoes                                               

but her cat treasures them more

A special place in a cupboard

a spot that she adores

Ah, to rest in the leather

Ooh to breathe in the sweat

An afternoon spent with the shoes

is as good as a cat’s life gets

Rusty in the shoe cupboard by Jeanie Axton

Photo of Rusty provided by Jeanie Axton

National Bathtub Day by Jeanie Axton

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(In honour of National Bathtub Day October 7th)

Let’s have a scrub
in the tub
On National Bathtub Day

Let’s get all wet 
up to the neck
On National Bathtub Day

Let’s bring out the bubbles
now there’s trouble 
On National Bathtub Day

Let’s use the soap
on a rope
On National Bathtub Day

Let’s wash the puppy
whose looking scruffy
On National Bathtub Day

Let’s clean up well
leave a pleasant smell
On National Bathtub Day

Its rather obscure 
And a little peculiar 
This National Bathtub Day.

Photo from Pexels by nishizuka

Not The Right Egg by Jeanie Axton

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Henry was on an egg hunt
he headed quickly outside
bright and early Easter morning
excited for what he would find

He spotted a big brown egg
his left hand performing the scoop
But Alas! as it bounced in the bucket
Not an egg! but his pet dogs poop

Now his dog is in the laundry
she is safely locked-away 
Henry then cleaned his bucket
and got on with Easter Day

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The Boomerang Returns by Jeanie Axton

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Throw the boomerang high in the sky

watch the ancient hunting tool fly

throw it straight and throw it long

up above this tool belongs

Try a lob and give it a boost

see it returning come home to roost

keep on flinging it into the sky

practice makes perfect

Give it a try

Image by Spencer Wing from Pixabay