Best Knockdown Poems

Driven Crazy in 41

You were there in forty one, 
When Australia it called,
King  an country it was fun,
 Adventure it enthralled.

On a hill in Syria,
 Death was to be denied,
French Foreign Legion plastered you ,
And several Aussies died.

75 mm cannon gave you shellshock,
Amongst a...

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I was waiting at the bus stop, for the number nine to take me uptown,
that’s when I saw her in the park, sitting crossed-legged on the ground.
The sun reflected in her golden hair, her lips were blazing cherry red,
strumming an old guitar, a ring of...

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What too do about housing foreclosure?

maybe...just rent a bulldozer,

tear off the roof,knockdown some walls

at least have some personal closure...



*...

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Excitement explodes with anticipation today,
Colorful flyers say the circus is coming to town
With animal acts, clowns, and music so gay.

Soon the big top will be going up, a holiday
Only the most disgruntled will wear a frown,
Excitement explodes with anticipation today.

We can hardly wait for sounds...

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Dip me in the pool to cool me down
Sit me in the sun to make me brown
Put me on a throne to give me crown
Take me in a car to drive to town
Lets go to the circus to see the clown
Make me really sad to...

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She lays in bed and wipes the tears
From her eyes
Her lips are raw and puffed up
She plays her music really loudly
So she can try and feel nothing.
Sad and lonely
She always seems so hollow and scared to
Sleep afraid that she
Won't wake up tomorrow.

And what do you...

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When it seems you are sinking in sorrow
and it's hard to stand the pains of tomorrow.
Stop following the footpath of frustration,
Suicide is not the best solution.

When encouraging words seem so worthless,
Seek professional help, don't stay hopeless.
Don't go down the dungeon of damnation.
Suicide is not the...

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When I was immortal, I believe I lived right
maybe not healthy or safe, but right.
I could stay awake for days
Drink my weight in liquid gold and
Roll up the next day feeling like royalty craving, what’s next

Names I could call were endless, always someone somewhere
Time would...

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You may be down, but you're not done
The best of you is yet to come
A knockdown isn't a knockout 
And a knockout means a new fight
To lose is to win
Because it teaches you how to look within
What you've might have done wrong
Is now the reason...

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Throughout my youth, up to about my fourth
birthday, I was a happy, playful boy.
War won, Dad was back, and from that day forth
I was his to punish, his knockdown toy.

Pinocchio's wish was to cut his strings, 
and thus morph into a boy for a bit.
But...

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Howami? hmm... good question,
but for some unknown reason
more tired than usual...,
without daily twenty four hours
proper rest, I feel haggard.

I strongly suspect (a hunch acquired
upon returning home
after visiting Notre Dame)
deep sleep interruptions...
attributed to uncontrollable need:
tap a kidney, micturate, spend a penny
(thee last mentioned British, informal)...
quite displeasing......

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Three old crows were standing head-to-head
Conversing in the hallway between the classes
Wondering who they were dissing, with dread,
I knew fellow teachers they thought jacka**es,

And, occasionally, I had been on their hit list
Every workplace has a similar gossipy klatch
If they suddenly vanished, they’d not be missed
They...

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Although my baby and I are not pugilists
and we never ever brawl with our fists
we have knockdown drag out fights
every Friday night


Roundhouses to the ego 
Sucker punches to the past
Draw tears, but don't draw blood
You never hear the one that hits you
But that's the one...

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#Damp_with_pain
These floors have drank much of my tears, see these salt spots corroding even the tar, how deep and fatal is my pain, see the blood lines tattooed in my eyes, they stem deep inside my heart.

Only if my heart had a mouth to speak,...

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