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Check Off Poems - Poems about Check Off

Your Ass Belongs to the Army
... They say the journey to adulthood is supposed to be a slow coming of age process that allows the time to contemplate what role we’ll play in our future. We check off all the options. Burn out some ......

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Categories: check off, poetry,
Form: Haibun
Food Shopping
...When you go shopping, do you browse And stroll up all the aisles, Searching for surprising “Wows!” That might elicit smiles? Or do you clutch your list in hand And check off every item That’s......

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Categories: check off, food,
Form: Rhyme



Vulpine Visions
...If I search through old memories, shaking dust from visions long filed away, I can see scenes from my childhood. Whenever I am feeling old, I pull a few out, polish them up, and put them in a frame f......

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Categories: check off, animal, childhood,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Mom's Night Before Christmas
...Mom’s Night Before Christmas T’was the night before Christmas Downtown stores they were packed Shoppers looking for deals Bargains bound to attract. My mother navigated crowded streets with ......

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Categories: check off, christmas, mother,
Form: Rhyme
To Be Conscious of the Conscientious
...In my hands, I hold a list What to do, where to do it, when to do it Everything I want to accomplish Written before me in organized text Check off the next item Add another two items for every o......

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Categories: check off, life,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member What I Have Kicked Off My Bucket List
...WHAT I’VE KICKED OFF MY BUCKET LIST. Kicked off to do’s before I knew, the term called,” Bucket List.”. What we teens termed, “chasing our star” ”our dream” or … our heart’s “wish.” With tw......

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Categories: check off, adventure, blessing, courage, new
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Selfless Love-
...Incapable of rendering Harvesting love Check off a list of being not nurture So analytical having some doubts Of harboring love I just let go of all the anguish Feelings emoti......

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Categories: check off, analogy, anxiety, cheer up,
Form: Free verse
Lost In You
...Love that is so powerful yet so deadly. Sitting there watching the person you love destroy every ounce of themselves; as if it was some daily chore to check o......

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Categories: check off, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: I do not know?
Behind the Scene At Npr
...Behind the Scene at NPR On the roof again A code we send out every now and then When someone’s life is almost near the end We say that he is on the roof again On the roof again Let’s start wr......

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Categories: check off, age,
Form: Lyric
Side of Myself
...7:00 AM my eyes small and tight a soft shuffle into the bathroom distorted and jaded, a half frown on my face a dog-tired grunt serves as my good morning 8:00 AM my consciousness brings stre......

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Categories: check off, 9th grade, anxiety, character,
Form: I do not know?
No Feeling and Not Appealing
...No Feeling and Not Appealing I had to hurry up and write this down before I forgot this. When I never show any of my feeling; What I write and say is not appealing; While rambling, Was ga......

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Categories: check off, 1st grade, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
Sit Transit Gloria Mundi
...Sit Transit Gloria Mundi Rick Folker Our current consumptive culture Salivates over "Tech" and "Cell" and "Screen" That transmits the lurid, pornographic Apocalyptic scenes. We long for th......

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Categories: check off, angst,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member My Wish For Mom
...With Dad now gone If I could I wish… I would give you a world cruise I wish I could… Buy you a ticket for An endless trip around the world Think of all the people you would meet And the place......

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Categories: check off, absence, cheer up, dream,
Form: Free verse
Checklist
...Here’s a little checklist If you think you’re getting old. Check off fewer than a couple And perhaps you’ll be consoled. Are you losing hair or finding it In places unexpected? Do you crave a......

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Categories: check off, age, old,
Form: Rhyme
Santa's Year
...I'm busy all year, you just don't see. I'm packing up presents and taking down notes who's been a good girl who's been a now't (mystic rose). The reindeer's need feeding the sleigh needs a clean ......

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Categories: check off, fun,
Form: Free verse

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