Best Chugged Poems

This was inspired by Georgette Johnson’s poem “Savouring Another Day”
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One cold day whilst I was out in the snow 
I went into a cafe for...

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Clouds were rolling 
along against a stark sky, the day 
the day the old Iron Horse 
came through the mile-long tunnel.
It chugged on down
into town...

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Eddie was a braggart,
At least we thought as much.
His lower lip was loaded, 
A three finger dip of snuff…
My mind said, “I think not.”

And...

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If you don’t get an A then you’re lazy, 
you could have studied harder,
 you could stayed up another hour just to cram the papers...

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She had more than a hundred thousand miles
But when I saw the “bug,” it gave me smiles
     Bright and red, it...

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From East to west enslaved in chains
To work the fields, make tracks for trains
They sang their song antiphonally
To dull their day, hide misery
Those blues notes...

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Can a man – all alone - foist a god upon his fellows
Even if it’s only himself
And they his subjects

G.. is Akbar!

Does the muezzin from...

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You heard about old Tommy Tucker
To me, he’s a real nyuk-nyuker
For he’d make me laugh
When he chugged half & half
And then through his nose he’d...

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The old steam engine chugged trying to reach the top,
Slowly it inched as the pressure valves were about to pop.
Just a few more feet and...

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I used to be a boss in the cut-throat business world
Until the day I woke and everything I ate I hurled
My belly grew, my energy...

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LYRICS TO THE TUNE HOMEWARD BOUND - MICHAEL JOSEPH 

I am waiting,   anticipating
Coming hoooome  ,
home to you
Want to fold you in my...

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To a Public Prosecutor or a Judge of Mud*, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s : A un magistrat de boue*

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When bombs rained down a neighborhood
In Shiah, south Beirut one night
A brown haired boy tight clutched his toy,
A cuddly brown-furred bear, in fright.

And sobbing through...

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I wrote this, because of an incident that happened to me yesterday. I went into a men's room at a store. The design was deceiving,...

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Today is my lazy day.
I woke up an hour late.
Didn’t even bother to rush.
Got ready, got dressed.
Went to work, and did what I do.
Left work...

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