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Bottle Rockets Poems - Poems about Bottle Rockets

Messy Boys
...Jibber jabber, pitter patter; another one is screaming, now what's the matter? Little feet, stinky feet, how many rocks did you just eat? Sticky hands, runny nose; did you just pick your nos......

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Categories: bottle rockets, baseball, child, family, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member bam boom bam boom boom
...Bam Boom Bam Boom Boom Boom Boom Bam Bam! The neighbors behind us have been celebrating the 4th of July Since the twenty-second of June Today is July fifth. We had hoped they might be out of fire......

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Categories: bottle rockets, july,
Form: Prose Poetry



Premium Member Back To Her
...After the Sunday service, searching back to her For a date. He will soon be walking back to her. Bottle rockets popping over the Sacre Coeur. She suddenly kissed him; he then leaning back to her......

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Categories: bottle rockets, children, conflict, french, retirement,
Form: Ghazal
Premium Member An Empty Heart
...an empty heart the chocolates all gone Published in Bottle Rockets Press #46 Posted on February 5, 2021......

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Categories: bottle rockets, chocolate, heart, lonely, longing,
Form: Senryu
What the Obituary Doesn'T Say
...What the obituary doesn’t say & I want to remember is how you were a family leader making our breakfasts, driving us to school, and graduating college. What the obituary doesn’t say & I want to re......

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Categories: bottle rockets, bereavement, brother, death, obituary,
Form: Free verse



Half Over
...The year is half over, today is the 30th of June. The first half of this year went by pretty soon. In just a few days, we'll celebrate the 4th of July. Firecrackers will pop and bottle rockets wil......

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Categories: bottle rockets, june,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My Childhood
...I saw a child on a play yard swing And my soul soared with fervent joy. As precious memories came flooding back To when I was just a boy. When on a sweltering summer day My shirt and shoes wer......

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Categories: bottle rockets, appreciation, childhood, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Summer Mystery--
...SUMMER MYSTERY-- Summer time wishes; Ice cream cooks upon the grill; Bags of ice in cooler; Raw hot dogs in water; Ants are all excited; Summer mystery; Just what does it mean? B......

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Categories: bottle rockets, adventure, analogy, appreciation, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member At the Altar
...at the altar one word changing everything Published in Bottle Rockets #42 2020 Posted on January 30, 2019......

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Categories: bottle rockets, change, marriage, meaningful, together,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Chemo
...chemo waiting room patients eat saltines from a candy dish Published in Bottle Rockets #42 2020 AP: Honorable Mention 2021 Posted on October 25, 2018......

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Categories: bottle rockets, cancer, food, sick, stress,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Loaded
...loaded silence cocked and fired Published in Bottle Rockets Press #47 Posted on September 1, 2018......

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Categories: bottle rockets, emotions, meaningful, mystery, perspective,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Backroads
...backroads of a summer joyride ~ a memory map Published in Bottle Rockets #44 2021 AP: 3rd place 2020 Posted on July 18, 2018......

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Categories: bottle rockets, adventure, fun, nostalgia, summer,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Spa
...spa day dad comes home to a brunette Published in Bottle Rockets #40 2019 Posted on June 18, 2018......

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Categories: bottle rockets, change, color, family, father,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Poolside
...poolside sunrays waterguns and watermelon spears Published in Bottle Rockets Press #45 Posted on June 1, 2018......

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Categories: bottle rockets, food, fun, summer, sun,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member August Breeze
...august breeze rustling poplar leaves ~ outdone by church bells Published in Bottle Rockets #41 2019 AP: 3rd place 2022, Honorable Mention 2020 Posted on May 31, 2018......

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Categories: bottle rockets, august, sound, tree, wind,
Form: Haiku

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