String of Haiku: Parade

Writer's Cramp: Write a story or poem using: porch, pool, parade.

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                   String of Haiku: Parade



                   We sat on the porch
                   As the parade traveled by
                   Fire engines sirened

                   Then came the horses
                   Saddles studded with silver
                   Prancing a street dance

                   Clowns flip-flopped about
                   With flowers squirting water
                   That carried laughter

                   Marching uniforms
                   Boomed and beat out the rhythm
                   In synchronized steps

                   Pooches on leashes
                   One leaving a pool behind
                   As they strutted on

                   A hula-girl float
                   With a paper maché tree
                   Danced of Hawaii

                   Elvis in person
                   Singing about his hound dog
                   Looking very young

                   A Karate team
                   With colored belts dangling down
                   Kicking at the air

                   Police black and whites
                   With whirling lights of orange
                   The closing salute

                   Smiling spectators
                   First meld and then separate
                   The party’s over

                   So Grandpa and I
                   Return to our waiting game
                   Parades of chessmen
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