Best Nicknames Poems

They nicknamed Doris Day the girl next door
But she never lived next door to me.

Sting is known as sting but isn't a bee.

Davy Jones was...

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A myriad of enchanting flowers 
at grandma's grandiose garden
that bloomed like perennial wildflowers
used to fascinate a multitude of people
who entered the porch 
of  our...

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Blame
yourself for
the things your 
children say and do; 
they got them from your 
nasty looks, gestures and unkind words...
read them some stories from the Bible!
Mothers...

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the grace of Paris
lingering in my thoughts. . . 
Madrid’s grimy walls

As our small group of students entered Madrid, it was an early morning in...

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Dog is God spelled backwards
The purest form of love
And if you've had a furry friend
You'll know what I speak of

You came into my life
Giving love...

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I have two sisters whom I love and adore
We are poets who can write of blood and gore.
Evil, Wicked, and Demented are our nicknames
Being fun...

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First of all I am going to tell you a story about the four seasons,
winter summer spring and fall,

Its a story not to forget at...

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Flammer Me Gimbels #42
(a Vogon Pirate poem)

Flammer me gimbels, me trimbels and dromies,
Whenceforth I caminal scrabbit thy foamies.
Jeerbo or Jabox, ex labbit. Ex findle
Will not...

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Crannies in Time 

Resting beneath a pile of silken scarves and soft kid gloves -
Hatboxes filled with old tweed caps, cuff links bearing long lost...

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ugly
ducklings
their
nicknames
through
highschool
surviving
to
become
swans



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Submitted on April 9, 2019 for contest SUDDENLY SWANS sponsored by MAUREEN McGREAVY...

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World encircles the name game
Its upholds an identity for one
Keeping nicknames are no fun
To introduce Sneha is my name...

Love it each time i hear it...

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 A pair of tiny orphans
in haystacks their mother made,
near an orchard by a lake,
with pine tall as an arcade.

Sheltering them,I brought milk
to the lonely...

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I wish I could see your coffin,
classy it probably was.
The man with many nicknames people say. 
You told me stories of how you lived your...

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Like the fragrance of honeysuckle clinging to the vine,
Like sea spirit salt rides the inshore breeze,
Like the sun dappled fields of summer, please...
Be mine... my...

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Today Was The Best Day of My Life
By Rick Rucker

Today was the best day of my Life,
I spent it with my Future Wife!

We laughed, and...

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