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Best Cockamamie Poems

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A Cockamamie Diagnosis
n a life with many valleys
and a few mountaintops
Alvin has met many people
he thought were normal 
and others he thought not.
If a man enjoys people
their...

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Categories: cockamamie, fantasy,
Form: Blank verse



Premium Member One Step Closer To the Edge
Beset by doubts before I rise from bed
Problems prey on my worrisome mind 
My ability to reason has been maligned
Cockamamie notions fill me with dread

I...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cockamamie, depression, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Butterfly
BUTTERFLY IN TUTU

Butterfly in tutu, deliriously delusional, bright
with spangles, tapping her wings.  All knew
she was cocky with glorified golden teeth.

She followed the cockamamie caterpillar...

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Categories: cockamamie, angst, butterfly, fantasy,
Form: Burlesque
Premium Member Lickety-Split
Lickety-split, I sit up and look at the clickety clock,
      oh my gosh, why am I lollygagging in this cozy...

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Categories: cockamamie, funny, humor, life,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member My Parting Gifts- a Piece of Advise
Three Pieces Of Advice

Let It Go
Life can be difficult and full of stress
Don’t sweat the small stuff, let it go
Most things will come out in...

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Categories: cockamamie, introspection, wisdom,
Form: Quatrain



Ban Assault Weapons In 2017 - Part4
Firearms magazine offer manifold big bang for their buck, 
many ear rational per son or daughter loves advocate, the late chuck 
heston (now a shooting...

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Categories: cockamamie, poverty, prayer, racism, silence,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Waking Up Granny
Here's another story about my granny
And, of course, it's always true
What kind of question is that?
Do you think I'd lie to you?

You see, my granny...

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© Larry Belt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cockamamie, funnycat, me, sleep,
Form: Rhyme
Sandy Winds Roar
Sandy ‘winds roars, deadly Sandy roar ashore
As the night darken, the people screams no more! No more!
You Ocean whore!
Along the broad walks Hurricane Sandy barreled...

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Categories: cockamamie, confusion, dedication, depression, fear,
Form: Prose Poetry
White Washing Tons of American History By George Part Ii
generally not worth a cent                    ...

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Categories: cockamamie, betrayal, black african american,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Falling In Love With the Wrong Person
We, occasionally, fall in love with the right person
With the perfect, the immaculate or the wrong one
We’re naturally numb
When we fall in love
We’re lamentably dumb
Regarding...

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Categories: cockamamie, emotions, fate, inspirational love,
Form: Rhyme
Moon Spoon
Taking that spoon of medicine and watching a lot of werewolf movies lately,
oh no another full moon making me howl and act hirsute crazy,
my wife...

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Categories: cockamamie, howl, humor, moon,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member The Man Who Thought He Was a Clown
once upon a Time-
I knew    a man who was a joker-
a funnyman    a jester
a real buffoon

joking   ...

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Categories: cockamamie, how i feel, silly,
Form: Free verse
White Washing Tons of American History By George Part Ii
generally not worth a cent                    ...

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Categories: cockamamie, books, devotion, evil, history,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Fun House
cockamamie and cockleburs —
spineless and spackled
hall of mirrors

2/12/2021...

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Categories: cockamamie, imagery,
Form: Alliteration
Get Out of My Head Mister Chatterbox
Get Out Of My Head Mister Chatterbox!

Upon prima facie first blush
me mind's eye all atwitter,
sans long forgotten
"FAKE" sexual exploits
set mum (chrysos anthem) all aglitter,

boot like...

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Categories: cockamamie, addiction, anger, assonance, grief,
Form: Light Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things