Best Pocketful Poems

When I think of what to write
often the ocean comes to mind
Endless sea of pretty blue
and stretched out horizon lines,
impossibly flat

Yet when I actually arrive
it...

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I have a pocket Full of dreams
that, I carry wherever I go
I wonder what dreams I'll dream tonight
for I never seem to know

I closed my...

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I’ve got a pocketful of dreams
And very little else
What I have I give to others 
And keep nothing to myself

I spread myself too thin
And tire...

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Within reason
lies a house full of ordinary
a chest of bland memories. 
 
            ...

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utterly captivating 
was our magical night.
as dawn lay down to sleep,
we remained awake to stargaze.

utterly romantic, 
honey-sweet moments we did share.
a rendezvous tailor-made for royals;
t'was...

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I balance on a tightrope. Surrounded by 
lovers and dreamers, I teeter above a raging sea.
I admire their glossy smiles and envy
their bright-eyed confidence; envy...

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*“Ring around the Rosy. A pocketful of posies.
Ashes, Ashes, we all fall down.” - a nursery rhyme

Gone to ashes.
Each town was a burial ground
gone to...

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Dandelions, babies crying
walking in the woods,
astronomy, philosophy
chickadees and childhood.

Speckled trout, (a technical knock-out)
strawberries red and sweet,
winter, spring, summer, fall
Butterfinger and little "Twinkie" treats.

Dragon flies, questions...

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               Torrential rain of tears 
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I got a lot of thoughts
rolling around in my head
Idea marbles,
colored black, blue, white and red
That’s very Afro-American of me
to be thinking this way
This ol’...

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“The Big Blues and Baptismal Alice”



In the land of the dirty politician
Steely resolve was borne bidding
farewell to thinly veiled conceit and division
that particular brand of...

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*warning* disturbing lines have been detected - you have been warned, readers. Okay, enjoy this somewhat deep and astounding poem from me that took days...

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Here’s to lights out, to pens down, 
To checking out.

Here's to Friday.

To the first pat on a back, kiss of a cheek
And clink of a...

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Contest entry: Pocketful of dreams


The room was bright my favourite colour
 Large airy and yellow
It grew smaller as I walked round
 And there was a...

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I got the full moon brought down for you, dear
The nice flute stood there restlessly ready 
You didn’t come and all my dreams shook in...

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