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Best Chums Poems

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Premium Member Meet Me There
Meet me there ...
Be it rain or shine,
Since I like both
Any weather is fine

Find me there ...
With those already met,
To mingle there ...
With ones I...

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Categories: chums, death, family, friend, heaven,
Form: Rhyme



I Came Across a Jumpher
I came across a Jumpher
A jumphin’ up at me.
It wasn’t very springy
As far as i could see.

It tried to do someothersault,
Impressing like a tree,
But landed...

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Categories: chums, hilarious, humorous, imagination, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
Unexpected Joy
My life was droning along, quite monotonously
like a tired, worn-out song... drawling endlessly

Then one day it happened- two whole lives affected
a simple letter was penned,...

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Categories: chums, friendship, tribute, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Autumn Cannibalism (1936)
Heads propped aloft by the crutch of dogmatic belief,
savoring each other, feasting upon flesh--
     knife and fork,
     delicate spoon.

Each course far from complete, they gorge through
eroded faces,...

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© John Weber  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: chums, art, nature, war
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Friends of a Summer Night
Buried deep between the cracks,
a photograph from yesterday,
I hold it now, within my hand,
as if between the hills and hollows
a childhood bond that we once...

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Categories: chums, child, childhood, friend, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse



Contemplating Color
I don't suppose
the white hums of summer
will ever out strum the blues;

but here before me,
two colors mingle
in polite harmony-
spouting about
like versed chums
over black coffee

so why...

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Categories: chums, introspection, life
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Being Rich Is So Much a Bore
No greasy treats from chippie van;
I have my starch now au, gratin
with blasted, deconstructed bass,
petits pois, served; in Demi tasse.

No pint of best down at...

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Categories: chums, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Honor the Gracious Doorman
Elegant traditions slowly fade.
A life of service, a worthy trade.
Helping others is its own reward;
inherent virtue can't be ignored.

Wear a tie, tip your hat,
shine your...

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© Greg Gaul  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: chums, culture, friend, fun, life,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Memories So Dear
"recently scenes of early life have stolen into my mind, like breezes blown ..."

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Categories: chums, memory,
Form: Terza Rima
Premium Member Boomerang
I was forever losing things, and my laughing friends called me a klutz,
Like darker skies misplace buttery sun, when a severe storm develops.

I had once...

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Categories: chums, day, fantasy, friendship, fun,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member A Lighter Touch
It's a matter of pressure, the weight of exchange
Affection we share now, in a different ballgame
I won't leave you red faced, embarrass, or shame
Tho' my...

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Categories: chums, family, love, school, love,
Form: Free verse
My Disability
I was born with dyslexia,
And also A.D.D.
I’m not sure that you understand
What this demands of me.

You have formed your low opinion,
And judged me in your...

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Categories: chums, life, peopleme, me, high
Form: Rhyme
Lifestyle
legs churning
lungs burning 
feet heavy
heartbeat unsteady 

another mile to go 
toughness time to show 
now or never go for the glory 
thats the story 

late...

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Categories: chums, sports,
Form: Quatrain
The Reunion
The Reunion

I’ve been invited to a classroom reunion,
I can see my old chums over there.
Geordie Cockle has got a green suit on,
While Denver Crisp, is...

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© Kevin Shaw  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: chums, best friend, celebration, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Turn Back the Clock
Turn Back The Clock

Six months have now passed since I learned of your death
Still grapple with the reality that you no longer draw breath

Taking your...

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Categories: chums, miss you, suicide,
Form: Couplet

Book: Shattered Sighs