Best Hijinks Poems

Poised to dive into the drink below
the deodorant on the shelf above put on a show
while the toothbrushes looked on with a big grin
the deodorant...

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It's almost Halloween, and parents
afraid to let children go out?
First it was drugs in candies, then razors, 
then predators, it makes me want to shout!

You...

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‘Florida, the land of a thousand summers. ‘


Every May the feeling comes back. I want an endless summer vacation. A stupendous hang with friends who...

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He's the class clown, full of hijinks and pranks,
Puts tacks on your seat, swallows fish from the tank.
He's full of you-know-what and vinegar, energy galore,
Will...

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In the darkened city, she slowly walked.
Baptismal rain droplets on her that 
seemed to talk.

The lovable scent of fresh raindrops filled 
her spirit.
There was God, hope...

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An allotted announcement;
Ben’s brother balances
Carefully, carrying containers
Designated “Dogma Delivery.”
Eventually, everyone 
Finds frog-gy feelings for
Generously generated
Hair-raising hijinks.
Incoherent ideas incur. 
Jeremiah jumps, jolting,
Kicking kleptomaniacs,
Lashing lawlessness.
Money monkeys make
Notorious...

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I read in the paper today –
another religious occult.
Oxymoronic term, I thought,
but then don’t each intend to sway
the non-believers to their way?

So which is the...

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He would be king, oh yes, he would
  if there was a way he could.
He'd be ruler of the realm
  unquestioned captain at...

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I used to walk carefree around this world, 
My shoulders light and free of any chips
Not thinking fate would ever come unfurled
By nonsense escaping naïve...

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Porky Pig plastic bank, streaked with tears
Offered at my parent's bedside as they quarrel
          over money...

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There Once Did Live...
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When you're sober and everyone's drunk.
It's like babysitting for a bunch of skunks. 
There's a lot of hijinks and farting.
By the end of the party...

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Poems about Children III

Miracle
by Michael R. Burch

for Jeremy

The contrails of galaxies mingle, and the dust of that first day still shines.
Before I conceived you, before...

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In the darkened city, she slowly walked.
Baptismal rain droplets on her that seemed
to talk.

The lovable scent of raindrops filled her spirit.
There was God, hope and...

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I delight in your twaddle inside me, young girl.
Restore the golden-pink gleam with a swirl.
Memories of who've died or are close to dying.
Delve deep, according...

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