Best Yellowed Poems

It sits on a shelf, not quite by itself
Leaning on another, bored by the other
Waiting to be picked, waiting
To be held

It sits in the gloom, of a dusty room
Filled with motes and lost notes 
Tomes that have gone home
Others that wished they had

It sits where...

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I came across an ancient manuscript
Long languishing in a cluttered drawer
Where hidden memories lay among
The flotsam and jetsam of my life,
And reading it I realized a forgotten time
When idealism was a guiding principle
In my way of life, when in my naivete
I was convinced I could...

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Oh wait dear tiny black grumpy termite
Listen to my forgotten yellowed tale
Before you ruin my faded crease with a bite
How this perky white became so pale

Little Tommy had been to a huge fete
To taste rubbery sugar candies in red
He'd got 5 coins to savour a...

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