Best Hayward Poems
My Fifty Years In a Nut ShellI was born fifty years ago on April 10th 1964
Looking back through the years I began to explore
My mama said when it was time for me to be born
I decided to come early and fast in the wee morn
Born five week premature with jaundice I...
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Categories:
hayward, family, life, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks*Image of 12 Fun Facts Tom Hanks by Hotbook.
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks
Mr. Thomas Jeffrey Hanks,
Passionately pursued his dreams by pulling pranks,
By smooth-talking fellow workers, this prankster cannot be found,
As Hollywood checked in, opened doors of opportunity and he's making ground.
2021 June 28
*1st Place*
A BRIAN STRAND JULY
~~Brian...
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Categories:
hayward, history,
Form:
Clerihew
Tom HanksT his the mid-seventies, California,
O akland Airport Hilton Inn, town aura,
M idst Oakland Stadium Complex, airport.
H ospitality Senior Special sort.
A t nineteen, I worked as a front desk staff,
N ear my location was the bell desk half,
K ept trim, per red suit, white shirt,...
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Categories:
hayward, allegory, career, dedication, destiny,
Form:
Acrostic
Tale of Two LinesWhen the byline was my line, I soared past the skyline
When my line was the bye-line, I boarded the Sioux Line ...
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Note: The 'Sioux Line' was a railroad line that...
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Categories:
hayward, goodbye, word play, writing,
Form:
Epigram
He Got His Life BackTainted Oilman Hayward, geologist-in-chief
Oddly opined amidst deep misery and grief
He said the oil spill would have a modest impact
Did not want the “small people” to over-react
Yachtsman saw a “tiny” leak in the “big ocean”
Wanted to stop the oil spill, without commotion
Did not grasp the...
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Categories:
hayward, angst, business, confusion, life,
Form:
Couplet
Footprints and Promisesas he walked and talked
on oily gulf shores, Hayward
left footprints and promises...
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Categories:
hayward, angst, hope, life, loss,
Form:
Senryu
It's All In a NameThis is a poem about surnames,
Surnames we could hear any day.
How their name was derived
From how they survived,
Their occupation will give them away.
ARCHER is the first one,
Shooting his arrows straight and true.
BAKER is the next one.
They make your bread for you.
Let's not forget the BREWER
Beer...
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Categories:
hayward, career, character, destiny, fun,
Form:
Rhyme
FBI ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOIS CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION CRISIS TEAM OF CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCESCRISIS TEAM : HELLO WE ARE HERE TO HELP
AGENT BROWN: I AWAKEN EVERY NIGHT IN TOTAL FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AFTER WEARING WIRES PREGNANT BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS FEARING FOR MINE AND MY CHILDREN LIVES DUE TO THE FACT THE ARSON MURDERER OF 9...
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Categories:
hayward, america, analogy, anxiety, forgiveness,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Golden Years In the Golden Statedriving our kids west . . .
our past life vanishing in
the rear view mirror
I don’t recall many details about our move to California. My husband’s job had transferred him two states over to California where he’d been working for several months in commercial building. We...
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Categories:
hayward, life,
Form:
Haibun
Saturday 50's PicturegoerWhen I was in my teens
Hollywood set the scene;
Powerful producers called the shots
On manufactured landscaped lots,
Adventure,humour excitement
In simple wholsome movie plots-
Hayward and Mature
Wayne & westerns..for sure,
Russell and Marilyn Monroe,
Hope & Crosby.. with miles to go,
Rogers & Astaire,
Hudson & Day with love in the air-
Just to...
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Categories:
hayward, film, nostalgia, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
Wild HorsesWild horses still run
racing off to the beat
of some distant drum
the wind catching their wheat
in the swaying winter manes
with their figures a shadow in open plains.
Hoof beats pound the earth
pounding out the rhythm of a storm
where sky and land...
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Categories:
hayward, animal,
Form:
Verse
PicturegoerWhen I was in my teens
Hollywood set the scene;
Powerful producers called the shots
On manufactured landscaped lots,
Adventure,humour excitement
In simple wholsome movie plots-
Hayward and Mature
Wayne & westerns..for sure,
Russell and Marilyn Monroe,
Hope & Cosby.. with miles to go,
Rogers & Astaire,
Hudson & Day with love in the air-
Just to...
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Categories:
hayward, nostalgia, teen, uplifting
Form:
Bio
Serene Meadow
April 07, 2024
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Through the serene meadow, we tread,
With mindful motions and hearts full of dread,
It's daybreak; everything is quiet and at ease,
Serene and chilly, the air is...
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Categories:
hayward, friend, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Our Sweet MemoriesRemember
how many dawns
did we have?
how many mornings
did they belong to us?
how many afternoons
we carried to the meeting
of the nights...!?
remember
how many nights
did we do days?
were moments
only our... our
refuges outside this world...
Moments that belonged to us...
Moments when we said
that we were one
from the other...
We said we were
one...
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Categories:
hayward, allegory, allusion, love, memory,
Form:
Free verse
Viagra FallsDrew Barrymores Boyfriends
The Boys She Dated
Corey Feldman
Balthazar Getty
Leland Hayward 3
David Arquette
Corin Nemec
Jamie Walters
Jeremy Thomas
Eric Erlandson
Edward Norton
Luke Wu Son
Henry Thomas
Tom Green
Sam Rockwell
Fabrizio Moretti
Spike Jonze
Justin Long
Will Kopelman
Note.Mogambo Khush Hova Shabash Bachi Shabash.
Lesson.Long Live America....
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Categories:
hayward, america, boyfriend, celebrity, crush,
Form:
List