Rainy Day
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Heavy chunky rainclouds rumble
For my bumbershoot I bumble
And raincoat
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Lightning makes me feel humble
Into my rainboots I stumble
In rainfall
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This weather makes others grumble
Into the puddles I’ll tumble
In rainstorms
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During my commute I mumble
Liquid windshield world a jumble
The rainscape
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Do not let the camera tumble
To catch the fleeting I fumble
A rainbow
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Bored is Not in My Vocabulary
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Teach some students with a whiteboard
Sharpen my skills on a chessboard
Can’t be bored
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Challenge my fears on a surfboard
Tour calm lakes on a paddleboard
Won’t be bored
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Earn a degree and a mortarboard
Write a new poem on the keyboard
Can’t be bored
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Memorize the guitar fretboard
With friends throw darts at the dartboard
Won’t be bored
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Maybe I’ll learn to skateboard
Finally learn to jump my snowboard
What is bored?
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(A Poem inspired by the Compound Word Verse. Modified the form)
A Picture and a Poem 