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Best Rookies Poems

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Premium Member A Bit of Humour To Kick Start the Week
FRED THE PERV.

Kinky Fred stole knickers off the line
One summer night his haul totalled nine
His spree ended in tears
Got an extra ten years
When Judge Sue...

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Categories: rookies, humor,
Form: Limerick



A Bunch of Tough Cookies
Sometimes life's a competition of how far we can throw,
Or simply having the greatest mind to win an intelligence show.
Certainly, there is still one thing...

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Categories: rookies, analogy, cheer up, cute,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Horse Shoe Hero
They call me the BBQ slinger
Well known for my back to back ringers
My aim is dead true
When I'm tossin' them shoes
I could wrap round' a...

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© Joe Inka  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: rookies,
Form: Limerick
The Awakening Spirit
>>1111>>THE AWAKENING SPIRIT<<1111<<

My analyzing subconscious telling me I have minor confidence in our people,
Full of resistance as high as church steeples,
Heads in the sand uneducated...

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© Quincy Mac  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: rookies, allegory, people, slavery, society,
Form: Epic
Spring Training
Why is the pitcher in for only two innings or three?
Spring training is going on right now, you see.
From a long winter, veterans scrape off...

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Categories: rookies, baseball, sports,
Form: Rhyme



Opening 2013
Opening day is finally here
fans will be drinking most of the beer
Red Sox and Yankees will meet
that game should be a real treat
you’ll see how...

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Categories: rookies, baseball,
Form: Limerick
Preparation For a New Season
Last season that ended in October
is now past, and something to remember.
The players are called the “boys of summer”
Here they reassemble in February’s winter.
Some of...

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Categories: rookies, baseball,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Game Is On
Welcome sports fans to the Twenty Sixteen Presidential Race,
Spring Training is full upon us as the candidates align.
Two strong teams build their ranks for the...

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Categories: rookies, poetry, political,
Form: Free verse
Glory Daze
The old guy is rugged, determined, fearless
He has fond memories of the game he still worships
He still hears the roars of the crowd
Can even now...

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Categories: rookies, uplifting
Form: Rhyme
Skipping Mountains
SKipping Rocks


dreams are for rookies
image pounders like thunder
unsuitable rocks 

**Phil J....

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© Phil Boy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: rookies, nature,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member A Day At the Beach
His day began with "Reveille" blaring from within the bowels of the ship.
Sergeants yelled, "Up and at 'em lads!   We're takin' a little...

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Categories: rookies, warday, prayer, boat, day,
Form: Rhyme
Under the Broom
Under the Broom


Listen to my screwy code
No thief may download:
To conceal from rookies	
Under brooms I keep keys;
Knowing, the slovenly lot
Will never touch the rot!


JM

04th March...

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Categories: rookies, care,
Form: Couplet
Jars
Flasks and drums
Vases and urns
Barrels for holding pickles

Bowls and cups
Pots and pans
Piggy banks for nickles

Beakers, pitchers
Bottles for milk
Mere vessels for the rookies!

For no container
In the...

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Categories: rookies, dedication, food,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Pon the Mountain
Looking forward all winter for my vacation 
A three-day excursion put on by We Are One Nation
We parked our RV’S near the foothill,
then hiked and...

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© I Am Anaya  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: rookies, appreciation, vacation,
Form: Rhyme
Going Home - the Bravest and the Best
Johnny’s going home today
His glory days are past
His buddies stand at attention
Eyes tearful and downcast
The sound of taps is softly heard
The mournful tune rings true
And...

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Categories: rookies, song-lyrichome, children, home, soldier,
Form: Narrative

Book: Reflection on the Important Things