Best Hawkins Poems

Freshman year, newcomer to public school,
   my hormones were roused by Billy D. in typing class.

Sadie Hawkins’ Dance just days away;
  ...

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I was a fool.

I was a fool searching for reasons why.

Reasons why I
Grin with sudden boy giggles

As if Karma was my DJ,
Playing cotton candy woven...

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Something is a brewing in the yeast war
The Vegemite team has grown
Can you hear our roar?

There’s a band of Aussie ladies
Vegemite Vixens we are called
Just...

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In their dreams…

Yes, please

Whisper indoctrinated dialect
Upon my harrowing song

Yes, please

Remove that scented, plastic tulip

Place it upon my oblivious palm

As if we’re in a Sadie Hawkins...

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Somehow, the deluge of cloudburst
unwraps my flesh pallid, as if to spill
holy water--maybe thickened dew—just
to give a name to lapses of my unheard cries,
while an...

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Keep technology
but bring back the old values
of those former years-
when love of God and country,
respect, pride, and honor ruled.

Bring back old values
of family, friends, church,...

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Nomads of the Rising Sun

~~a homeless home invasion~~



We are nomads of this earthly plain, dining with dust and riveting rain
Dancing with demons dictating pain, making...

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I lay awake in that dark hour and was reflecting on my life
From all the travelling I had done to the breakup with my wife
I...

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Infinite hearts of infinite loves
Sent to earth on wings of diligent doves

Infinite wisdom with infinite smiles
Sent to earth for her turbulent trials

Infinite eyes through infinite...

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How my mind as that of a child
Frivolous and foolish seeks solace
In a fictitious world of make believe
While reality, like a fiend stares right on...

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Splashed myself with Jovan musk..
to cover up sweat from the docks.
worked all day, back ached.,but I swear,
I'm comin' to see you bright-eyed one.

'Cause you were...

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One sex can't survive without the other
Every living thing must mate with another
Women need a loving man so they can procreate
Love is the operative word...

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Depression sneaks in like an unwanted guest,
You see the glass half empty, and forget you are blessed.
It colors your attitude as it creeps in and...

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The young lady's car slowed to a stop ...

As she pulled as far off the highway, (onto the shoulder), as she could
(Allowing for any snow...

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On a corner near the road,
stood a man with a cardboard sign.
It said, “ I’m hungry, will work for food.”
I did not stop- I rushed...

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