Teen August Poems

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                     that man
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August finds me on the sun deck
Ugly sweat running down my neck
Great time to jump into the pool
Using the blue water is so cool
Swimming I...

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Summer is ending 
hot days filled with outside fun, 
our sleeping in late. 
August ends our days off ~ done, 
back to school we must...

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This hug gust aspiring writer..., albeit youth
fool looking imp posse Hubble wordsmith,
(i.e. the babbling dad) coon sitters hyperbole
nsync as acceptable literary playfulness,
no matter figurative persiflage

bespeaks,...

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Can we meet again?
You, wearing your black jacket;
Me, empty in mind or thought.

You ask what I want.
I want long hours of chatter.
Know you are happy,
even...

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In hot August I’ll make my departure,
the trembling freshman imposter,
to dance with unknown partners,
in our quests to join the rosters
of future scholars and doctors.

Like Columbus...

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Take my advice, I’m not using it.

 I think a one line poem is called a firefly...

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My mind traveled back in time like it often does when I visit our hometown
Like the many times before, I drove down your street today...

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We hurtle down the last few hundred feet 
of steep lavender lined cobbled slope 
shaded by majestic umbrella pines - around
a last hairpin turn and...

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My room is a mess - it's an archaeological record of boredom.
Christmas, Christmas, come on Christmas.
It's 4 days 'til Christmas. Why don't I go to...

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They say they run in packs
with the mighty unicorn.
The stories bridge the boundary
between faith and Internet p0rn.

Oh, the elusive boyfriend.

I thought I’d hidden one in...

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Eight months since the virus shut the door on the world.
It’s October and it’s like we’re hiding from the law. 
You called me yesterday -...

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There's no appealing the sentence - with our virus destroyer.
There's no appealing the sentence - I checked with our lawyer.
There's no appealing the sentence -...

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(3 Senryu verses)

The morning sun dawns
electric white on another 
day of lost promise.

The invitation
received, jump up! Respond like 
a paid performer.

The crisp, sharp shadows
hide a...

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School’s starting in 12 days.
A thousand kinds of torture
in a million different ways.
You work and have a boss
who's awfully hard to please
in school, we have...

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