Best Stuff Poems
'beach Buddies' Collect 'stuff' - For ContestTwice a month on our tiny little Isle
A group of heroes go that extra mile
Wearing protective clothing they clean the beach
Removing vast amounts of rubbish within their reach
Plastic bottles, fast food containers and tins
Items tossed away so thoughtlessly – it’s a sin
So many marine animals...
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Categories:
stuff, appreciation, beach, beauty, care,
Form:
Rhyme
The Box of StuffI heard him close shut the attic door,
I snuck in and saw him on the floor.
He found the box that I stored away,
As I turned to leave I heard him say.
“Mom, could you come here for a few,
Whose badge is this and what does this...
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Categories:
stuff, life, loss, nostalgia, sadlife,
Form:
Couplet
New Stuff of EarthPoisonous air streams down
As plastic-laden waters choke
Fishes and Universal Motion's glow ...
So much has changed through time,
I wail against slow death of UV skin,
while plundered Mother Earth rakes
in her once fertile womb...
yet indifferent hearts care not,
incensed by greed and unrecyled junk.
O children listen; build...
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Categories:
stuff, environment, nature, universe,
Form:
Free verse
Short StuffYou were always happy, always on the move
with a great zest for life and a heart full of love.
We loved you too and checked to see if you’d get mad
if we mimicked your habits, but you laughed instead.
When we were in school together, you often...
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Categories:
stuff, appreciation, computer, death, love,
Form:
Couplet
Stuff HappensLife happens when you're busy,
Making other plans,
And things are often side tracked,
By circumstantial demands.
When you least expect it,
And sometimes when you do,
Life throws you a curve ball,
And some folks sit and stew.
They fuss and cuss and grumble,
Stomp their feet and call out names,
When it's just...
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Categories:
stuff, angst, happiness, health, inspirational,
Form:
Quatrain
We Are Stuff As Dreams Are Made OnA bird in hand is worth two in the woods
Teaches us to take care not to be greedy
In the air, quite very easy to build castles
The water and the image are not a reality.
The image of sky and pool, even the wood
This material world is,...
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Categories:
stuff, philosophy, universe,
Form:
Sonnet
Of Tales, the Stuff of LegendsGreat are his exploits
honour and rank
he's celebrated
he's immortalized
He's fondly recalled
Back to memory
The great legends of Old..
Great Chief Waiyaki wa Hinga..
Aged nine he killed a lion
with his bare hands...
When the imperialist came.. Waiyaki..
Raised a huge Army armed with bows and arrows
Testing the might of the...
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Categories:
stuff, africa, betrayal, community, conflict,
Form:
Narrative
More Room For My StuffI go to work to make more money,
to buy more stuff to make home homey,
the only problem now I find,
is theres no room to plant my behind,
So I went out and bought a bigger home,
so all my stuff could have their own zone,
whereas now I...
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Categories:
stuff, home, irony, work,
Form:
Grook
The Other StuffI wanted to buy a dozen red roses
But they refused to touch your hand
The chocolates said that, "You're much sweeter"
And, "Your lips would make them bland"
So I tried to find just the right card
But the words just ran away
There was nothing that the cards could...
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Categories:
stuff, love, valentines day, words,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
stuff, valentines day,
Form:
Monoku
Made of Bubbly StuffEffervescent
she is
full of sparkle
and fizz
The most resilient
gal around
she's bubbly stuff
(can't keep her down)
Bobbing up
light and airy
full of whimsy
visionary
A playful, funny
fabulous sprite
she glows florescent
in sunlight
People find her
motivating
like champagne
intoxicating
Poignant truth
is what she's after
she gets there
with sassy laughter
Bubbles rising
to the top
break surface tension
with a >POP!<
'Though bitter truth-taste
may offend
you'll...
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Categories:
stuff, appreciation, cheer up, encouraging,
Form:
Rhyme
Sweatin' the Small StuffDon't sweat the small stuff, they say...
I see it, a different way....
Small problems easily become big,
Make you pull your hair out,
So you gotta' wear a wig!...
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Categories:
stuff, funny, happiness, health, life,
Form:
Burlesque
The Write StuffThis is no laughing matter,
I cannot go to bed.
the Master Poets, like book-bugs,
are sleeping there instead!
The Write Stuff crowds my book shelves.
Words dribble down the wall.
I'll put them in my poems,
and not waste a one at all.
In dreams, I plant poems in the vineyard.
I eat...
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Categories:
stuff, poetry, poets, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
I Get a Kick Outta All That Kinky StuffWell and I Get A Kick Outta All That Kinky Stuff
You do to me, the way you blow and stick your tongue
In my ears, the way you spank me and make me
Beg for more, the way you pour honey all over my body
And lick me...
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Categories:
stuff, fantasy, sensual, sexy,
Form:
Free verse
The Day When No Poetry Exists But You Write Stuff Down, Just Not the Real Stuff Aka Throwaway WordsThere's no poetry in me
I'm empty
I'll make sweeping remarks
Change my mind
Keep it in
Spit it out
Sink and fly
Gaze out in a daze
Lost beneath eyelids
Too heavy to rise
Too watched to sleep it off by closing
I wish to be enclosed in an embrace that takes away...
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Categories:
stuff, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse