Best Roll Poems

They broke the news 
to me today 
    That my friend - who loved rock and roll 
          had left this mortal coil 
We used to burst into song 
   ...

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How easily the words roll off my tongue
when decisions become too hard to make.
Even then, I only admit them to myself.
Sometimes I get confused, indecisive, 
and hesitate in moments filled with doubt.

If only I had more confidence in myself
I would trust my voice not to...

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My mind has taken off for Neverland,
I am hanging on by a cobweb, 
It is bumping me against Venus
and has dragged me up through a black hole
or two.  I barely dodge a couple of rocket-spinning- asteroids.

 4:11 a.m.
I am screaming, “Slow down! Stop! Please...

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She sits alone..
Everyone has said their final goodbyes
To her husband of sixty some years
Her seven children have never known
Or at least never mentioned..
How she never smiled

Just day to day
Did her job
Like the old man said
Woman..
Bring me my......

Now there across the room
The forbidden..
His roll top desk

Head...

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A sexy young lady from Dover
Was ready to get her leg over
A quick roll in the hay
Any time night or day
Her boyfriend admits he's in clover

02~28~ 2015
checked with how many syllables 8 8 6 6 8

Contest: Spring forward -  Debbie Guzzi
~awarded 6th place~...

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I felt the ground move 
did you feel the earthquake too?
shake, rattle, and roll...

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I've reached beyond the age of RPM records
        youthful addiction
My forty-fives tilt in a corner of the basement,
        leaning tower of teenage angst,
Wrapped now in decades of neglect.
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Jesus must roll His eyes a million times a day
Watching and listening to the things we do and say.
We get angry over the little things we cannot control,
Yet we praise Him zealously when we get a free cinnamon roll.

God has a sense of humor, ...

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So here here it is the new year has begun
And already it hasn't been much fun
Another lockdown
All wearing a frown
And there's no place on earth where we can run...

We were promised a world beating vaccine
And real proof of it has yet to be seen
The virus...

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I was on a roll
Dunked into vegetable soup 
We passed peas, corn, and carrots
Someone slathered butter on me.
Uh-oh!...

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When you are nine years old 
and sifting the seeds out 
of your parents pot for them, 
you can't really preach 
about the dangers of cigarettes
and second-hand smoke...
even though you know them.

You know better than to miss a seed
and let it ''pop'' while they are...

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I drumbeat your heartbeat
Sweat beating off body heat
I red dye your blue sky
With thunderbolt electrify

Play until my fingers numb
The fine hairs of your eardrums
And rapture into a new verse
Onto your flawless miss universe

My voice caresses the airwaves
All I want is for you to believe
When you...

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Started drinking fruit flavoured water now
Not the tastiest but I'll keep trying, I vow

In the winter months I always seem to gain
Inactivity is the culprit, exercising's a pain

When I walk, it's much more like a waddle
Sure don't resemble a Givenchy model

Gonna keep on trying to...

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The grass
alas
is shorn
like corn
the dew
eschews
forlorn
this morn

the crowd
avowed
the ball
and all
then groans 
and moans
clubs thrown
are known.

Embued
and hued
the words
like swords
wrong swing
the sting
bad lie
too high

the squeeze
on knees
in pleas?
to seize
the gold
and hold
glory
story

though droll
their goal 
control
cajole
that ball
to fall
or roll
in hole

August 22,2022
For Brian Strand's Premiere Choice Contest
FIRST PLACE TROPhy!
POEM OF THE WEEK!...

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frugal one squeeze roll
toothpaste tube last fate fold love-
your origami...

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