Best Shoulda Poems

I see that Bubba’s so forlorn.
He’s too depressed to talk today. 
Two months in a full-body cast	
can keep one’s cheerfulness at bay. 

He donned his...

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One day when I was in grammar school 
while sitting in my class 
I noticed that my young attractive teacher 
She had a very cute...

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Much has been written about a treacherous heart,
and how it beats with the need for passion's fire.
I was content on my own, without a single...

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The Sounds of Silence
By: Simon & Garfunkle

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I...

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Be quiet quiet quiet 
Shush shush shush
We’ve spoken too much
We haven’t listened enough

Black men and women
It’s not easy to be brave
Oppression and inequality 
make you...

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The Cyber Nymph
Loch David Crane
August 18, 1997

Lie back--expose your belly ring		
up unto the sky. . .
I just hope when I get down close
it won't put...

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They tried to make you go to Rehab...
you said...
                NO!
...

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The Highways and the Byways
By Franklin Price
10/27/2107
(Inspired by Nancy McIntyre Stepp)

 The highways and the byways
Of this life in which we've grown
Bring back many memories
Of...

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Dave made a comment about his cowboy boots so I simply had to weave this joke into a little narrative

An elderly couple moved to Texas...

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You never ever
Shoulda walked in this bar
It's a million miles away 
From who you think you are
Music intoxicates
More than the Rum and Coke
That pretty girl...

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[Verse-1]
I watched you walk by yesterday, and yes again you turned and looked away
You never give me the time of day, and you're always looking...

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Gunshots be leavin 'em children alone
they gotta find a way all on they own
kids screamin out sets for hope 
then run around with a crew...

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and so it was that after a good run of
great sex & many lovers,
s/he came across a period of time unlike
any of her/his friends could...

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I was born to be a writer-
    It just came to me quite young,
and even sometimes, I am a songwriter.
  ...

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I've buried some and I'll bury some more
Hell no I don't keep score

If you see me, it's over
Shoulda picked a different clover

I don't care whose...

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