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Best Darn Poems

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Premium Member The First Kiss Or That Darn Ann Landers
Son of a gun we were still young;
only 15 years gone by.
You were the first my kissing bubble to burst, 
and for you, I think...

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© Joe Flach  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: darn, me, nostalgia, song, travel,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member Dreams of India
Dreams of India

Her music haunts me
in such a knowing way
it makes me weep
and causes my heart to ache.

I become homesick for her
scents, her sounds, her...

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Categories: darn, beauty, culture, desire, dream,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Milton Creek, Another Chapter
The sun had just risen over town, it was a beautiful morning
And outside Baker's new Bakery, a long queue was forming
The aroma of fresh baking...

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Categories: darn, america, western,
Form: Narrative
A Bad Day At the Eye Doctor's- a True Story
"It was 6 or 7 years ago
Or so I'd like to think
I traveled to my eye doctor..
(I should'a seen a "shrink"!!)

My dad and I we...

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© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: darn, funny, life, mystery, me,
Form: Burlesque
Premium Member A Man Under Stress, a Collaboration With Francis Crasto
My appreciation Francis Crasto for allowing me to collaborate with you as your 'psychiatrist' on ‘A MAN UNDER STRESS’- A great sequel to your recent...

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Categories: darn, humor, rap, stress,
Form: Rhyme



A Poet With a Priceless Pen
I am poet with a priceless pen
born to burnish the beauty of men.
I wonder what mortal mirrors reflect...
For me, all races deserve respect.

I often hear...

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Categories: darn, analogy, poetry, poets,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member My Butt Crack
My butt crack 
Is quite a split 
It supports the rest of me 
when I sit 
you thought I was gonna say something else didn't...

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© Eric Nolan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: darn, funny, happiness, life, satire,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member One Good Thing
In the late 1970s, I was going home on a Friday evening,
and needed a little more fuel in my truck, 
enough to get back to...

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Categories: darn, life, memory, poverty, work,
Form: Prose
Premium Member The Hardest Thing I'Ve Ever Had To Do
The hardest thing I’ve ever had to do,
Was to say I’m through with you.

Well, of course, 
It was pretty hard when you refused to go...

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© Joe Flach  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: darn, lost love, me, me,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Thanksgiving Dinner Gone Awry
It was my first Thanksgiving dinner as his wife
so I wanted the meal to be perfect in every way
But...trembling in fear, I cut my finger...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: darn, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Hubby's Hair Cut
A corner shop, a busy street
your mother's hand, your dragging feet
I can almost set the scene.......A messy rack of magazines,
A barber pole,  some shaving...

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Categories: darn, childhood, husband, people,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dr Suess and His Shoe Store
"I  LIKE NONSENSE, IT WAKES UP THE BRAIN CELLS!"
               ...

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Categories: darn, children, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Flood Warning Collaboration - Inspired By Contest
I crossed my legs but there was a flood
Blushing red I hope folks understood
But my waters had burst
And the baby's my first
Guess I'm ready to...

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Categories: darn, birth, body, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member The Cuddling Cricket
It’s not enough to have a Dragon plus his penguins and pigeons, too?
Darn it! I had a limit, until a cute Cuddling Cricket found my...

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Categories: darn, baby, fantasy, funny, growing
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member His Old Pick-Up Truck
He begs me to come, but he's run out of luck
You won't catch me dead in that beat-up old truck!
It was painted blue...now the color...

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Categories: darn, dog, funny, me, old,
Form: Rhyme

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