Best Bickered Poems

She bickered
He laughed
It was harmless
She was cute
It didn’t make him love her less
No one was hurt
No frown in sight
“It had no roots…
…Of course not!”
Or so...

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One day I delivered a poem
one that seemed to be premature
so I swaddled her up
and set her aside
to grow 'til I felt reassured

How she yowled...

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Restless memories, faded yesterdays --

On my darkened wall a light appears,
grows bright, passes into darkness.
Outside:  the sound of ill-tuned engines.
A street lamp shines through...

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Note: A.ga.pe is three syllables.


John Moses assumed he was doing well.
You know only the absolute can tell.
His Agape, copy,
ranked totally sloppy,
At the gate Peter said,...

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CHANGING WORLDS




.. And Unc' Nathan -
Well.., he just kept right on .., 
You.., (he coughed a long one) eyes.., 
They gonna' be square..

I blasted another.

'All...

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Have you ever seen your organs on display?
it's quite... mesmerizing 
a.... disturbed euphoria if you will

The first item that I gazed upon
was my heart, it's...

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Nancy and Joe
Put on quite a show,
Outdid themselves gaily in fashion.
What each of them got
Was what each was not;
So they had to make it on...

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As we headed with the shadows
Along the primrose path
You were bemused, you were afraid
You were alone
You let to live along with those
humanoids from the deep
Cursing...

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Let’s see how long the electricity stays.
The lights have flickered
once.
But the wind still blows
and I expect twice to happen tonight.

Nature inspires verse with a touch...

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Civility and Man: A Historical View

Since man began to populate the earth,
And feel the pull of Satan’s evil ways.
The angels came to teach the fallen...

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The Place

I had to move to the big city. 
I miss the trees and fields. 
My world feels closed in. 
The walls ever nearer to...

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To count, uphold the beauty of the form,
Or to depart, defying honored norms?
To contact ground with regular impacts
Or syncopate one's way off beaten tracks.
The bard,...

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SOMEHOW, ONE SUMMER, SOMEONE SOMEWHERE IN SOME WAY SUMMED IT UP

Somehow they work it out and get into bed
Somehow they’d both rather make love instead
Instead...

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Sharing Saturday

Sometimes I sit down and without any warning
I think about cartoons back on Saturday morning
How my siblings and I gathered around the T.V.
And then...

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Two possums fight in the middle of a road
Their pain and fear do not show
Ferociously they fight for the prize
Pushing them to tear at each...

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