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Best Up Front Poems


Liquor Up Front Poker In the Rear
There once was a fellow like me
Designed to make love happily
But there was a vicar
Who said, "You can't liquor
Until you can grow a goatee!"...

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Categories: up front, word play,
Form: Limerick
Up Front Or Behind
"No matter what part 
Of street are on it always 
Begins and then ends."

"Your face will be up
Front and back will always be
Somewhere behind you."

"To me I am sure,
It all has been a matter
Of how you see things."

Jim Horn

Will Rogers is my inspiration....

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Categories: up front, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Draw the Line Up Front
waiting until someone has gone too far
to say the limit was there
repeats toxic patterns



AP:  Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on February 4, 2018...

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Categories: up front, confidence, introspection, life, wisdom,
Form: Kimo

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member Pies Up Front
This restaurant keeps her pies up front.
In a lit case with shiny glass they polish every two minutes.
It would be impossible to miss them.
The customer gets to see these pies three times.
When you arrive, when you leave, and when you pay.
Many people are leaving with...

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Categories: up front, food,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Why Does Declot Sit Up Front By the Teacher
Now I know why Declot is sitting up front by the teacher's desk.
I am here daily for lunch duty.
I knew his first name the first ten minutes of my first duty day here.
I use it at least six times in the half hour we spend...

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Categories: up front, school, teacher,
Form: Light Verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry