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Best Charley Poems

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Premium Member Charley Wins Prizes
Charley has taken his class hostage; he is seven.
His classmates are terrified of his out-of-control behaviors.
There is a perpetual glare on his face, he seems...

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Categories: charley, anti bullying, bullying, humor,
Form: Prose Poetry



Hurricane Charley
The storm was approaching, we thought... should we scramble?
To stay may be risky, should we take the gamble?
We had our provisions, and we thought "We're...

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Categories: charley, angst, anxiety, community, scary,
Form: Rhyme
Ole Bones Charley
here lies ole bones charley
he pleyd dem bones smartly


rekin now he be apleyin hsself


Authors Note:
Please leave a comment good or bad let me know what...

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© K River  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: charley, humor, humorous,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Premium Member A Horse To Hate
There’s a horse that I so hate to see,
and at night sometimes he visits me.
His attacks to my thigh
make me think I might die.
Wild "Charley...

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Categories: charley, funnyhorse,
Form: Limerick
One Picture At a Time
A toddlers Crayola masterpiece marks the box
Where the story of our days now tarry
Passages tilting the axis of a bittersweet equinox
As photographs eclipse yesterday and...

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Categories: charley, death, grief, husband, loss,
Form: Quatrain



Square Talk
A tribute to Hollywood Squares
   Q and A changed a little somtimes to rhyme

If you decide to pet a dog 
Everyone knows it'll...

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© Pat Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: charley, celebrity, funny,
Form: Quatrain
Our Mate Charlie the Drover
Our Mate Charlie Brummell
Yes mate we went a droving back in nineteen fifty eight, 
The drovers cook was pretty rough, he couldn`t wash a plate....

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Categories: charley, adventureold, home, day, home,
Form: Rhyme
Norm Duel N Johnno
.....Norm Duel and Johnno of the Second Twenty Fifth.....
Were in Syria in 1941.....
They were surrounded by the French Foreign legion with....
75mm cannon and machine gun...

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Categories: charley, adventure
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Shh Here He Comes
A dull-looking scuffed up ebony toolbox full of pure happiness,
Sat in the back of Charley’s old green Chevy pick-up truck,
Waiting for him to drink his...

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Categories: charley, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Personification
Premium Member We Live In a Car
We live in a car – mommy, my little brother and me.
My dad left before I was born. 
My little brother is Charley’s kid.
Charley never...

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Categories: charley, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose Poetry
Old Folks Are Worth a Fortune
OLD FOLKS ARE WORTH A FORTUNE

Old folks are worth A fortune
With silver in their hair, gold in
Their teeth, stones in their kidneys,
Lead in their feet...

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Categories: charley, funny
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Into the Blue
Into the blue, another new dimension;
   into the blue- our destiny is Mars.
A strong reality, long-term ascension-
   into the blue among...

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Categories: charley, blue, journey, space, universe,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
West Side Story, My Brothers, Mother and Me
I cried for them this afternoon
Knew them since the matinee started
Saw them fall in love
At first sight, the world stopped
Everything was silent at the sight...

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Categories: charley, childhood, family, forgiveness, hope,
Form: Free verse
Loving Brothers
UNSUPPORTED CODE 

                      ...

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Categories: charley, anti bullying, brother, bullying,
Form: Tanka
Atheists In Foxholes
Two young men in vietnam 
Sit in a foxhole one night
While chatting and talking about there families
and sharing pictures of each others wives

But along in...

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Categories: charley, death, faith, warfriend, men,
Form: Verse

Book: Shattered Sighs