Best Telephoned Poems
Crazy Cat Lady MaybeInitially, Lady adopted just the gray One for love and fun.
A pal gifted another, a kitten who needed a Mother.
Though spayed, One let Two nurse and her milk did disburse,
said a Vet whose face crunched, bemused and confused.
For One and Two days passed with Lady’s...
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Categories:
telephoned, animal, cat, crazy,
Form:
Rhyme
Great ExpectationsStrolling along through Gumgulli Park
where shadows of trees made it quite dark.
Absorbing birdsong filling the air,
taking in beauty with barely a care.
Some people were out walking their dog,
others were passing me out on a jog.
Quite a few kids were kicking a ball,
and noisy miners were...
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Categories:
telephoned, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
A Tale of Two CousinsLuke* and Frank* were my cousins from two of my father’s sisters.
Luke and Frank lived in the same city, and I joined them for an important family event. I had not seen nor spoken to either of them for more than 40 years. ...
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Categories:
telephoned, cousin, emotions, encouraging, family,
Form:
Narrative
The Snowflake That Sank the TitanicThe Snowflake That Sank The Titanic
It all begins with a single snowflake
(Each one in itself is unique)
Brought about through evaporation,
And returned by the force of gravity
In the form of snow to the planet,
To rest on the Greenland ice sheet,
Some fifteen thousand years ago.
Snowflakes multiplied trillions...
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Categories:
telephoned, education, fate, history, remember,
Form:
Verse
Tell Them What You SeeTell Them What You See
Proverbs 25:11 KJV
There once lived a son who at the age of 30, telephoned his 58 year old father.
The son was distraught, dismayed, and depressed. He was unhappy, unable, and unsure.
He said to his father, “Dad, this world is an...
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Categories:
telephoned, father, father daughter, father
Form:
Narrative
EscapadeI never cared to do the dangerous things, and liked to play it safe,
But the strict bonds of ordinariness, can oftentimes start to chafe.
I always preferred to cover my bets, for I hated the idea of failure,
Like the early days of colorful gardens, when greys...
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Categories:
telephoned, adventure, fantasy, friendship love,
Form:
Couplet
The LighthouseI bought a piece of land, for my family and me,
to build a perfect home on a plot beside the sea.
I employed a local Surveyor to help draw up the plans,
to build my family dream house on the beach at ‘Lincoln Sands’
He came and took...
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Categories:
telephoned, break up, humorous, sea,
Form:
Narrative
My Kung Fu Chop Suey PresentMy Kung Fu Chop Suey Present
On my thirty-fourth birthday off to China's best; traveled I went
So very uneventful and unaware I blithely lost all my well-earned money and spent,
As I entered into a Chinese restaurant and telephoned Connie Chang's
Alas, I'd decided to relinquish my yearnings...
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Categories:
telephoned, adventure, birthday, travel,
Form:
Ode
Kung Fu Chop SueyThis poem was written for my friend Sonya Mako Wong
Kung Fu Chop Suey
On my twenty-fifth birthday off to China's best travelled I went
So very unfruitful and unaware I enormously lost all my money thus spent,
Then I entered a Chinese restaurant and telephoned Tonya Chang's,
Alas, I'd...
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Categories:
telephoned, city, dedication, friend, friendship,
Form:
Rhyme
T,A,L,I,M,GThere's A Lion In My Garden.
There's a lion in my garden I think it's escaped from the zoo.
There's a lion in my garden, Oh my goodness what shall I do?
The lion in my garden is laying under my old oak tree.
As I look out through...
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Categories:
telephoned, animal, children, garden,
Form:
Rhyme
Celebrated HeadacheCELEBRATED HEADACHE.
This Ota farmer recognized as
Africans kobo
Copper coin with a fluctuating photo,
You load tomorrow’s volt into this
Over sized portfolio,
Debit, wearing materials stitched...
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Categories:
telephoned, art,
Form:
Ballade
Meanest Selfish Dad I Never MetSelfish L. was the meanest most selfish dad I have never met. I met his grandchild who explained his almost always loving father, Little A’s sorry story to me. Little A, a loving man, rarely spoke of his sorrowful past. But on his death...
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Categories:
telephoned, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Narrative
Leave Your Children With a Mass MurdererAre you ready?
Picture eighty-seven children, practicing for a Christmas show
in a sales barn that does not have heat or a sound system.
A skunk died somewhere in here a few hours ago.
Many are screaming.
Some are crying.
Many do not know me.
I am new in town, and obviously...
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Categories:
telephoned, christmas, endurance, faith, funny,
Form:
Free verse
Cool Hand GusWhat’s going on at the Co op
Its been cordoned off, with some tape
The police have a ten strong contingent
Was it robbery, murder or rape ?
We telephoned Lynn cos she works there
But it turned out she’d had the day off
She wasn’t too well, by her voice...
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Categories:
telephoned, animals, funny
Form:
Light Verse
I Know That PersonI know that person, my aunt said after she read my poem.
I am related, she’s a cousin, she’s exactly like that!
She is horrible, her ways are overbearing. She is arrogant.
She is rude, despicable!
I cannot believe how you captured her essence!
I telephoned my mother the second...
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Categories:
telephoned, humor, humorous, irony, satire,
Form:
Prose Poetry