Best Napkin Poems

I have noticed her for weeks now, 
this same coffee shop,
the same table, the same time each day

I am taken by her beauty, the way she smiles
and sips her coffee, Irish cream I believe,
reading her iPad intently, enjoying herself it seems

I have found myself daydreaming...

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I woke – or did not – and found on my pillow,
Bound by a knot – printed on a white napkin, 
Strawberry lips with a pale pink glow;
Then I wished they were copied on my chin.
 
The only mirror is above the ceramic sink,
In the...

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The first time I had been blue,
I remember,
Sitting at the bar,
With the attention of that one person behind it,
Only..
And nobody else.


I wrote my first song.
Gulping down chilled poison,
And lurking the shallow crowd
The smell of beer,
The smoke,
The intoxication beyond reasoning,
Hovering in the humid air like an...

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WORDS ON A NAPKIN

I sat there at McDonald’s in grief from recent loss
And asked God why it happened, why I must bear that cross.
I’d lost a precious daughter, one for I oft did pray,
And now so young, God took her to be with Him that...

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The brassy sassy cocktail napkin winked at Jim.
He looked around quickly, wondering who saw.
The other patrons at the bar did not seem to notice.
Have another drink! She said. I’ll go home with you.
He had two more before stuffing her into his pocket.
She had been giving...

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Greasy, saucy drips
And ice-cold sips
(That sometimes spill)
Need a thing with soaking skill

Puffy paper that isn't soft
(Blow your nose but not too oft,
Or it'll get red and sore),
Perfect for milk not well-poured

Napkin, napkin! One or two;
Especially messy? Grab a few;
Napkin, napkin! Leave no trace
Much, much better...

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This was written the moment i heard her laugh...

A laughter splits my silent thoughts and sends me to my knees,
A noise ive never heard before is fresh like morning dew,
yet harder still to remove than frost upon my window.

I watch or rather hear the drops...

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Dried discarded utensil utterly useless when no

longer perform duties, shun slowly you

and me hardly test water prior to corrupt,

sought drive pile yet high, care not be I

problem, speak lack thought though much

goes into being so uninfluential, quiet

longing steps to steppes daily craving can’t

satisfy.  Golden...

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A dance of fire
and a Rootbeer
smile,
chewing french fries,
watching skin dry.


Hot dog buns show us
the true murderers.
salted pretzels
the sinners....

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I just found a note 
that I wrote in the bar
I need to stop sitting in trees
I need to stop sitting in trees

See the tops of the trees
swaying in the breeze
They say that's the place to be
but I don't think so
I see the force of...

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God took a vacation
when time had run out
Rethinking his opus
replanning devout

His Angels in limbo
the devil on leave
Heaven a sublet
sin now reprieved 

Faith worn and tattered
the bible debunked
Crusades a bad memory
the Grail marked as junk

He orders a cocktail
the waitress comes back
A napkin — her number
salvation highjacked

(The...

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~ink flowed on napkin, becomes "Wings of a Butterfly," my first poem...~




How My First Poem Was Born Poetry Contest (Winner: 1st Place)
Sponsored by JCB Burl
Date written: 10/05/2020...

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Whilst we, comfortably, sat 
In a not so trendy bar, over a pack
Of Marlboro Light and a bottle 
Of Bandol wine, 
He wrote his poem 
On a piece of napkin, moving me 
To sit closer, next to him, to read it;
His words and style were...

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Mr Napkin Holder

What troubles or 
afflicts Mr Napkin Holder is
voices on a 
speakerphone are too 
loud, are too 
confident, the smell of 
instant noodles, and
those who say aka instead of 
saying 
also knows as.
...

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Can napkins not esteem or honour
a history of being placed gently on laps
to catch, take hold of,
what is carelessly spilled or dropped,
used then to pat lips
before being rumpled tenderly, after eating,
and placed carefully at one's side?

At a table in a bar,
a paper napkin on my...

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