Best Hows Poems

Whys and Hows
                by Odin Roark

Through the window of rain spattered glass,
The old vet watched the large ant cling to the precipitous bombardment,
It’s tenacity of will overwhelming to the man’s...

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How`s love?
Love`s name?
Love`s place?
Is love danger or love safe?
Is love nearer or love far away?
Love will be here, my heart says.

What does love looks like?
Is love handsome or love beautiful?
Oh! might have purest eyes for sure.

Is love black or love blonde?
Is love thick or love...

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Our Maureen sits,
At an old kitchen table
She’d say: “I love you,”
If she were able
But she missed her chance,
And took to the bottle
She cried herself sober,
And ran back to her hovel

She ran her hand through her golden brown hair,
And battered her eye lids,
Terry was there
A young...

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A sportsman from Burton-on-Trent
Had such a peculiar bent
The kick that he felt
Was below the belt
That’s how his manhood got a dent...

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A young man, once a driver,
Accused of killing,
Left unheard
Was thrown into a cell,
They say he got what he deserved
His girlfriend, just a young girl,
Was torn up, and distraught
She sent him lots of flowers,
Letters, and poems on a card
But he just sent them back,
And broken was...

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