thank you gumball machine
...Gumball machine you make me smile an old woman said
With your happy round balls in bright blue, yellow, pink, green and red.
Reminding me of the fifties when I thought everyone was kind.
Poodle sk...
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Categories:
cokes, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Healthful and Delicious Tea
...
I never used to drink sweet tea,
and neither did I drink coffee.
The one drink that my mother made
was the 60’s stand-by, sugar water called Kool-aid.
I never liked it much; I wanted pop instea...
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Categories:
cokes, drink,
Form: Rhyme
WORDS
...Words
of some cowards
can never press
some robust men to bow
like the cows
In the shadow.
Noise of some cock roosters
Can never stop some folks
To drink some cokes.
Hate...
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Categories:
cokes, confidence, encouraging, inspirational, motivation,
Form: Rhyme
murder-der-der
...It’s Harvard VS Yale this weekend, the vibes are just starting now. Everyone - and I mean everyone - has been asking about my game tickets, because guest tickets are $25 a pop. I’m more interested in...
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Categories:
cokes, fashion, football, humor, school,
Form: Free verse
The Killing Fields
...The Killing Fields”
Stepping across these bodies
Makes me ill
Pools of blood stitched
In the soles of my shoes
Body parts dripping from
Walls where bullets passed
She went to sch...
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Categories:
cokes, anger, courage, cry, death,
Form: Free verse
The Way of a Marriage
...The way a marriage
On the bus 8 to Garston, I met my future wife; I was going
to meet someone at the British Legion, something about
a job as a cook on a ship. At an outdoor, we bought cans of
...
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Categories:
cokes, abuse, addiction, anti bullying,
Form: Blank verse
Anti-Poem - the Membrane Electric
...Anti-Poem — “The Membrane Electric”
(Poet’s Instruction: Play “Two Thousand Light Years From Home” by The Rolling Stones, while reading this anti-Poem)
susie and billy tripping into arterial lo...
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Categories:
cokes, memory, music,
Form: Free verse
Plane Crashes Fate Takes Over
...It was Christmas Eve and I was at the airport,
Not a soul in sight, almost deserted, it was 10.00 pm,
Only two hours before Christmas day,
Perhaps if I got on a plane, I would see Santa in his sle...
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Categories:
cokes, love,
Form: Free verse
Cherry Cokes and Two Cent Candies
...When I was a kid and school was out, I'd rush home for milk and cookies.
And mom would give me a note and some money to run an errand for her.
But first I'd bike down this long steep ill behind the...
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Categories:
cokes, america, childhood, culture, dad,
Form: Epic
Mc Donalds Runs Out of Food
...millions die
millions survive?
Dear Mc Donald's lawyer
i couldn.t give a
and have a nice day
Hey we are running out of water
But Pepsi and coke
made their quota
Dear Pepsi lawyer and Coke l...
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Categories:
cokes, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Killing Fields
...Stepping across these bodies
Makes me ill
Pools of blood stitched
In the soles of my shoes
Body parts dripping from
Walls where bullets passed
She went to school that day
Skippin...
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Categories:
cokes, anger, death, horror,
Form: Free verse
Summer, Usa, Yes
...Summer is here!
Many like cold beer,
So, listen to the sound of caps popping!
Kids playing, swimming and laughing.
Tonight's All Star Game is here!
The pizza delivery man brings food,
cokes an...
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Categories:
cokes, america, summer,
Form: Couplet
Apple Doesn'T Fall Far From the Tree
...Apple doesn't fall far from the tree
Daddy liked his whiskey
Momma liked her smokes
Momma cursed like crazy
Dad told dirty jokes
To all the people 'round here
They was ordinary folks
Momma puf...
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Categories:
cokes, 9th grade, america,
Form: Lyric
The Thief
...THE THIEF
I circle you slowly,
blow in dust from the south,
I smother your nose,
and breathe in your mouth.
I force you to strangle,
to spit up black mash,
Stinging your tongue,
tu...
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Categories:
cokes, fire, loss, nature, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
The Firing Squad
...Soldiers marched, upright and ready
Bayonet's pointed, their hand at the steady
The town folk feared what was at hand
They were simple folks, working the land
The soldiers carted away those who...
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Categories:
cokes, angst, anxiety, death, dedication,
Form: Quatrain
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