Best Tiff Poems

He's back
In sack!

Contest: One Footle - Judy Konos
Jan Allison
7th July 2015...

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Stephanie, Stephanie, Stephanie
Your demands will be the death of me
I’ve done my best now let me rest
You’ve drained my body physically 
You’ve worn me out I’ve had enough
I can’t keep on performing 
Let's take a break, relax, unwind
Continue in the morning

Okay, come on, let’s do...

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summer-infused breeze
sunrays rebound expanse sea
hungry gulls food tiff

6/26/2024...

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The lady:               ” I am getting tired of your jabbering---Wouldn’t it be nice to take you  
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You visit a city
And find a surprise,
A not-quite-expected
Delight for your eyes.

First time in Toronto,
The streets all a'buzz
With the TIFF* - you, like us,
May not know what it was.

A film festival, both
World-class and renowned.
Of course, paparazzi
Are hanging around.

We purchased some tickets
And now we're in line
And whether...

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Dem Tiff Our Pikin

Child Trafficking



Her echoing screams

pierced the night

unreeling an impending woe             

rousing every slumbering soul

prompting a sudden madness

 

The other sits then strains   

looking out with earnest yearnings

 scarcely seeing...

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I told you that it will never work
I'm not willing to loose everything you berk
Eventually, someone will tell our loved ones
Then all we had will be destroyed and we’ll be undone

How could you say I’m seeing others, I’m alone
Come ant time to the house, I’m...

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The Tiff

The games we play, I was busy when you called
had no time to speak to you.
So, when I rang you back you said, you were busy
and had no time to talk


Then you will sit by the phone, waiting for me to ring,
but hurt by...

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I’m pissed 
Pissed off that is
You think you can do as you please
You love me then avoid me as if I’m some disease
As if I’m going to infect you with something between the knees

You told me you want me
You love me 
Want to see me...

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