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Bogart Poems - Poems about Bogart

Premium Member ennui
...Being back home, in my childhood room is like climbing into a time capsule. I left for college quickly, back in ‘21 and I’ve only been back here once, briefly. My closets are still full of my old ......

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Categories: bogart, friendship, home, house, humor,
Form: Free verse
NOTHING MISSING, NOTHING BROKEN
...NOTHING MISSING, NOTHING BROKEN With your head, roll out drums, Mighty trumpets in their stead, And like Eagles soar higher in the sky, The skies of your mind, Do not crumble on vain things,......

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Categories: bogart, allusion, anxiety, break up,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Casablanca
...Rick is willilng to sacrifice his happiness As Ilsa was willing to sacrifice her husband's love Both unwilling pawns created by a war neither of them started or will finish......

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Categories: bogart, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Humphrey Bogart
...Humphrey Bogart Played a slimy part With- the leeches, scene In- "The African Queen"......

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Categories: bogart, humor,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member Hollywood's Golden Years
...Ah! The Golden Years of Hollywood And those old black and white movies Some were cinematic disasters But some you could call quite groovy Even now, my heart skips a beat When one appea......

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Categories: bogart, memory,
Form: Rhyme



Kindness and Lament
...Kindness and Lament Money never to be found or spare Funny how people just sit there and stare Honey now you know this really isn’t fair Sunny for those who genuinely care Affection for thos......

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Categories: bogart, international,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Casablanca Exceeded Expectations
...The New Yorker said Casablanca was “pretty tolerable” No one expected it to do great things. It was surprising when it won Best Picture of 1942. Eighty-one years old, and it is now iconic. My h......

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Categories: bogart, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hollywood's Golden Years
...Ah! The Golden Years of Hollywood And those old black and white movies Some were cinematic disasters But some you could call quite groovy Even now, my heart skips a beat When one appea......

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Categories: bogart, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Western Springs
... High-ho! High-ho! High-ho! it’s off to the pub and gig we go Willy Wonka ticket stubs in our hand on our way to see the band Climb the fence, jump the turnstiles into the crowd do......

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Categories: bogart, music,
Form: Couplet
39 Buick
...I dreamt I owned a 1939 Buick. Later, I realized I did not, but wondered: could tommy-gun wielding gangsters still be historically relevant without running-boards? A very cool car, just ask ......

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Categories: bogart, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Pronounced
...It’s Saturday morning, and even though it’s Thanksgiving break, Lisa and I are in her bedroom, in NYC, studying. “Ok,” Lisa stops, looks up and says, “give me a 5ex symbol.” “I.. I don’t have o......

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Categories: bogart, beauty, best friend, cute,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Loss of Innocence
...Cruelty danced 'cross his stencilled mustache Sparks of Evil flashed from his roving eye A wicked Sneer curled 'round his too-thin lips His fingers like claws bespoke a master spy Trench-co......

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Categories: bogart, dark, evil, film, irony,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Humphrey Bogart
... Tough-talking film-noir luminary, Humphrey Bogart. His distinctive snarling voice and lisp set him apart. Swept film noir leading lady, Lauren Bacall, off......

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Categories: bogart, appreciation, celebrity, people, tribute,
Form: Clerihew
The Bogie Man
...Around the town he was known as the Bogie Man Not an evil spirit my friend but a Bogart fan Always wore a trench coat like his hero wore On his head a fedora was also worn for sure The falcon h......

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Categories: bogart, humorous, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
39 Buick
...I dreamt I awoke in a 1939 Buick as it sped into the 40’s, a decade depleted of running boards. I wondered how could tommy-gun wielding gangsters appear historically relevant without runni......

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Categories: bogart, poetry,
Form: Free verse

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