Best Wet Behind The Ears Poems
Sung In
"Sung In"
We are notes
on the tongue
of God
Each of us words
in a never ending
sentence
Music is math
God breathes us in
out of Time
We are but droplets
past and present
participles
wet behind the ears
unable to hear
the full melody
of
"what is this song?"
We move
punched out
perfect...
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Categories:
wet behind the ears, humanity, i am,
Form:
Free verse
The Art of Eating LobsterWhen in swanky restaurants, 'tis easy to daintily dine on cordon bleu,
But dining on lobster requires deft finesse without humiliating you!
For what its worth, I offer the following that I've learned o'er the years,
To show snobbish waiters you're really not all that wet behind the...
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Categories:
wet behind the ears, food, funny
Form:
Rhyme
The Moon Also Rises - the MidwatchThe Moon Also Rises
The Midwatch
Harry Mayer
The X.O.’s in the shower
and the Captain’s in his bed.
The Chiefs’ are playin’ poker
as we’re steamin’ to the Med.
“I’ll take that bet and raise you”
is what the Bo’sun says
from the table in the Chiefs’ Mess
as we steam full speed ahead.
He...
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Categories:
wet behind the ears, humor, military, sea,
Form:
ABC
Marygreat aunt, kissed me yesterday
after bidding fond adieu's
to fleeting flashbacks of youth
streaks of invincibility
stiffened her spine when a gentleman came calling
courting her future
a legitimate suitor
awkward member in good standing of the
Chicago Fire Department
A man unaware of the elements due to generations...
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Categories:
wet behind the ears, history, lost love,
Form:
Narrative
It'Ll All End In Tearscaught in the crossfire, of well-hidden snipers
that aim through the lens, of venomous vipers
paralysed by poison, blinded by spies
unarmed victims, enemies in disguise
shadows that taunt us, ghosts we let haunt us
vanish in the light, of our sudden surprise,
we admit what we know, must now be...
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Categories:
wet behind the ears, adventure, destiny, dream, emotions,
Form:
Epic
Superbowl BoundThis is the first in a trilogy of poems that comprise the first 2 years of big bens career as the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback so sit back and enjoy.
I was at my favorite sports bar
Rooting on my favorite team
They were playing hard
Up on the big...
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Categories:
wet behind the ears, football, sports,
Form:
Rhyme
Military Veteran Lamentations -Our Boys, V-Day 11-11-11America…
wet behind the ears
our boys
soldiers screwed beyond their years
healthy “Kens”
displaced from their “Barbies and Babies”
KILL ‘EM ALL!
programmed to forget
about what ifs
ands
or maybes
SEEK AND DESTROY!
when deployed, "Boy go!"
Erase your youth
Ken
now you’re real damn men!
geddem’ G.I. JOE!
the present is your rifle
so don’t blink about...
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Categories:
wet behind the ears, angst, peace, political, visionary,
Form:
Ode
NaughtinessThe poems have been flowing like a river
Must take advantage while it happens
I think they say, “while the iron is hot!”
Other very familiar idioms like...
“A bigger bang for your buck” sure has sexual overtones
“Take the bit between your teeth”
Again, do they all have sexual overtones...
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Categories:
wet behind the ears, humorous,
Form:
Narrative
Norma-Jeane: Duo-RhymeWhen I was only seventeen,
I met my darling Norma Jeane.
And I, still wet behind the ears,
Emboldened by too many beers,
Approached her and forgot my fears,
Became the envy of my peers -
But knew our love would end in tears.
And after many lonesome years,
I saw her on...
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Categories:
wet behind the ears, romance,
Form:
Rhyme
First Love VisitsI dreamed of you again
The first love of my youth
I wonder what takes me there
Exploring you again
Wondering how decades later
You still come to me
In my dreams.
I know we will never be together
Our lives so different now
But when I dream we are
And our love...
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Categories:
wet behind the ears, dream, lost love, me,
Form:
Free verse
Brown - Never Once a Bad BoyIn the cuddles of your memory I drown
You were a fluffy handsome breed
A personality brighter than brown
But your colour sealed your collar
In you this boy found a best friend
Lessie became lesser known
Your bark reverberated my childhood
Wagging your tail never a frown
Both of...
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Categories:
wet behind the ears, childhood, pets, boy,
Form:
Rhyme
That Summer Heat That Stoked My FiresThat Summer Heat That Stoked My Fires
There was that summer heat that stoked my fires-
Soft the winds blew, long the beauties reigned;
And then a dream came that burned into my desires,
Bringing on love that was real not feigned.
Hot sandy beach and an angel walking there,
One...
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Categories:
wet behind the ears, desire, destiny, farewell, lost
Form:
Rhyme
Children of Sorrowi had parents who drank and gambled and fought. and slowly those nights turned around so that things could never be the way that they were before.
a child in limbo. between the days of small childness and nights of knowing childness. a layer of atmosphere...
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Categories:
wet behind the ears, absence, abuse, addiction, childhood,
Form:
Free verse
Jack 49Everyone will turn older
And your up to bat
Bases are all loaded
As the crowd roars Jack
3 balls, 2 strikes
and 49 on his back
Final game, final inning
And still down by two
The coach gives the signal,
You know what to do
Oh great, should he walk,
with a run guaranteed
He...
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Categories:
wet behind the ears, family, funny, life, people,
Form:
' ... For the Old Men ... ' (Or It Ain'T Over Yet)He Thought, ‘Cause He Was Old
And the Other Guy, was Just ‘Sprung’
That He didn’t have a Chance To Hold
His Own, Against The ‘Young-Un’ …
And In Spite of His Many Years
… Worn-Well, Like Battle-Scars
The Boy, Wet, Behind The Ears
Challenged Him For Love, Thru War …
… The...
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Categories:
wet behind the ears, allegory, funny, girlfriend-boyfriend, happiness,
Form:
Ballad