Best Hangouts Poems

In our late teens
We’d all doll up
Half moons at our heels
Spit shined our shoes
Bell bottom pants
Precisely creased
Bright shirts with poofy sleeves
Hitting the snooker halls
And other local hangouts
Smoking cigarettes
So groovy and so cool
Radio blaring from our cars
Chick magnets
Destination
A&W drivethru
Rolled down windows
Waiting for our trays
Burgers and root...

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She calls herself Bunny Boucher, but she was born Veronica Chermak. She’s tall and leggy with a body that looks tidy, yet lived in. She’s high and tight, but flexible like a strong rubber band in a tricked out pinball table. She reminds me of...

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Let’s  take out our apron, girls
Jiggle and dance, do sizzling twirls
Long weekday-chores were done
Now, it’s  time to have some fun

Leave for a while our weekdays’ trek
Spruce ourselves for longer break
Have a real fantastic  party
Forget some worries, be happy

We, all  girls ...

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Traveling through the Valley in my old car
Passing by the rubble that was Saint Ann's
Wondering what is happening to the valley
No more growth, I guess God had other plans
An empty lot where Saint Mary's school use to be
Stopped by and shed a silent tear
Henry's and...

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Birth: Cradle. Diapers. Mess. Cries.
First: Word. Step.
Sneezes. Doctor. Parents Doting Over. Brother/Sister...

Kindergarten: Swing. Toys. Daily Snoozes. Lunches.

School: Teachers. Marks. Principle and Misdemeanors.
Games. Yard. Ball. Tripping. Crutches. Bed.
Fights. Broken Nose. Blood. Makeups. Forgiveness.
Neighborhood. Friends. Hangouts. Drinks and Smokes.
Girls. Parties. Show off - Pretense. Kisses. Finally: Sex.

College:...

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If you are reading this,
I want you to know 
How you changed my life
How you lighten up my world
with your beautiful hazel eyes.
Your footprints on the cement
Your cute clever smile
And the way you used to ask me
to make your project files.

I still remember,
You used to...

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The killers are not only those who bombed this nation
But also those who knew their hangouts and kept
silence

The killers are not only those who slaughtered 
humans
for religion reasons
But also those religion leaders who refused to 
condemn
the act

The killers are not only those who imported 
weapons...

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Wednesday, January 27th,
unseasonably warm by a few degrees
black and white of old snow
and soon to be new trees rest
against smoldering grey clouds.
The “wolfy” wind rests
tired from Tuesday’s “huffing and puffing”.
An urgent stillness greets the silence,
birds warily peer from stilled hangouts,
discarded food wrappers sleep in the...

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11:45pm

i was at Andrew's, 
she says

oh, i see, i say

you remember Andrew?
she says

i don't, sorry,
what about Andrew?
i say

i told you
i had a crush on this guy 
7 years back in the PhD
remember?
she says

i don't mind, i say

listen, 
after long hangouts together 
and many frozen dreams...

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since there is a saying 
“noble man walks on the thoroughfare”
Don Quixote abandoned the shortcut-side-road,
steering Rosinante, dashing into the highway 

while he was riding on the highway
something suddenly came into his mind 
a proverb “the middle way is the golden mean”  
he reined the...

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Abuja 

A city of a thousand hills 
Resplendent in beauty 
Symbol of a nation's unity 
The center of its glory

Basked in the morning light 
A vision to behold 
Cuddled, the topography 
Landscape so alluring 

Protected by smouldering rocks 
Great and small, ever serene 
Concealing the...

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He can’t remember a lot of what it used to be like;
And he’s having trouble remembering the sound of the voice
       He’s thought about calling but;
       A dime doesn’t make a phone call...

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Dog days endure

The happy summers beneath the turquoise skies
Unclouded sun as blazing chandelier comes to go glorify
Showering rays plentiful than august rains
Blooming bluebells roses in this season beautify

Stretching out for lounging in the pools
As earth's proximity to dog star sirius sucks away the cool
Childhood returns...

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Whispers from a foggy field beckon my call.
The man of the moon arises and brings on nightfall
The sun slips, drowning from yesterdays rain.
Sounds from the night air render the mundane.
Bright eyes appear awaiting in their dusky hangouts.
Growling, then a snarl...I jump up and about!
I ran...

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*Piece of peace*

When it's a really tiring day,
When you have almost nothing to say,
What's to be done for an ease?
Just follow my way, of getting a piece of peace...

I closed my eyes and recollected,
The beautiful moments, in which I invested,
My short vacay with mom and...

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