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Best Sot Poems

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Premium Member The 'Undred An' Fifth
The 'Undred an' Fifth is the greatest o' Britain,
They charge like the Royal Marines;
They'll shatter the shock, and they'll 'old like a rock,
On nothin' but...

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Categories: sot, adventure, courage, war, march,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Love Is Who You Are ( Not, Just Something You Do ) Part 2
The mind has become a problem,
This ghost and goblin,
Throughout Love’s land!

The mind’s imagination, 
Took over,
Love’s invitation,
By a tree of divided information!
It’s like, being love,
But having...

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Categories: sot, inspirational, lovelife, tree, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Coincidental Names and Vocations
I was reminiscing the other day about people I've known o'er the years,
And found it strange that their names corresponded with their careers.
For instance, Joseph...

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Categories: sot, humorous, jobs,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bukowski
Was it said before? Sure.
Was it said this way? I doubt it.
Perspective is in no way obscure,
And his works are nothing without it.

His motivation’s observed...

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Categories: sot, abuse, addiction, america, culture,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Lay of the Best Man - Part 3
Ask your friend, neighbour or even a stranger newly-met
Have they ever been damaged by a ‘trust’ ….now turned ‘regret’?
Most men, if not all, have fashioned...

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Categories: sot, abuse, corruption, earth, i
Form: Lay



The Ballad of a Shattered, Laminated, Home
I remember living in one room dingy and dire 
with old lino on its rotting wooden floor. 
I remember crystallised spit dangling from guard at...

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Categories: sot, abuse, addiction, anti bullying,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member The Idiot and the Oddity Part 4
Page 10

‘T wasn’t long before we nestled                  ...

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Categories: sot, funny,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Class Reunion
A football star with super speed,
Our prom king, Kyle, has gone to seed.
No longer likely to succeed,
He's out of work and hooked on weed.

Behind you's...

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Categories: sot, change, high school, humorous,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member The Irish Love a Bit of Craic On Saint Patrick's Day
Cian careen into Quigley's Pub
for a little Irish whiskey and sub
before long dancing
an Irish jig romancing 
the wee fawning lassies lap club

lassies hooting and flapping...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sot, dance, drink, money,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Sue's Crazy Day -The Funom Sonnet
Sue sat on her big bed crying,
her cat and dog lay peacefully
on the rug. Her son lying
to her was sad. Thankfully
he is not a bad...

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Categories: sot, humorous, nonsense, silly,
Form: Sonnet
A Sense of Humor Part 1 of 2
" A Sense of Humor ... "

( A Satirical Moral )


'Somewhere,  There's A Sense of Humor'
Said The Jack In The Box
'We Keep A Sense...

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Categories: sot, funny, humor, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Dead Cow
It was a time to bond and booze with dear Papa,
An interval all the more naughtily charming
As it inflamed the temper of irascible Mama.
Before happy...

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Categories: sot, age, anxiety, death, family,
Form: Ottava rima
Premium Member Hilly Billy
I had a goat whose name was Billy
who grazed in places that were hilly
he never complained
in sunshine or rain
and he even ate all of the...

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© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sot, animal,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Flying Tourist Class In Seat 34b
With my usual paucity of luck I was assigned to seat 34B.
I wanted to be left in peace but as you see, 'twas not to...

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Categories: sot, flying, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Dad, Let Go
In all my life 
I’ve never spent a full day with you 
Dad, the man I know and love
Split in two

I’m proud to call you...

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Categories: sot, childhood, courage, dad, death,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs