Ima Ryma Poems

Hubby was so hard to buy for.
He never liked the gifts I gave.
For days after, I would be sore
From his beatings in rant and rave.
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Pigeons are an urban wildlife
That lots of humans grouse about
As causing so much stress and strife.
And pigeons could care less no doubt.
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Temptation I could not resist.
I was on insanity's brink.
My shoplifting sprees did persist.
Desperate, I went to a shrink.
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The Marines during World War II
Enlisted help from Navajo.
Hundreds of us were asked to do
Coded words to outsmart the foe.
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The Chicago night life - I love
All the smells, the lights and the sounds
On all sides, below and above.
The Loop keeps looping on its rounds.
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When reincarnated I should
Be an elephant in the wild.
In nature's way this would be good.
In the late '50's as a child
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Miss Betty White, we will miss you,
A ninety nine year well lived life.
With Allen Ludden, your love true,
Now heavenly husband and wife.
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Pilipili, lion cub who
Does have a bone to pick with Mom
Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo.
It's a bone sharing, all is calm.
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To humankind who dare to roam
Into the forest claimed by him,
Un unforgiving, orn'ry gnome
Will punish for this trespass whim.
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She was 87 years old,
A widow for a long, long time.
'Mom, you have your life on hold.'
The widow snapped, 'What's that - a crime? '
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