His Kind of Love
...I am my father’s daughter —
quiet when it matters,
loud when it doesn’t,
loyal like a bruise that never fades.
He was a man of few words
and too many beers,
a homebody with calloused hands
w...
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Categories:
first name, childhood, family, father, father
Form: Free verse
MY NAME IS CHANGING AGAIN
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The last couple of times we’ve had dinner with our family I have been enthralled
as we sit and talk around the table…by all the names I’m called.
Since James was given to me by my parents on th...
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Categories:
first name, family,
Form: Rhyme
She’s No Longer Dry - bawdy limerick warning
...My auntie, who was on vacation
Was lusting for fast fornication
She met a well-hung guy
But her foo-foo’s too dry
She blurted, “It needs lubrication!”
The fella, whose first name w...
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Categories:
first name, humorous, lust,
Form: Limerick
The Fans view Bless you Jaddu
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In Test cricket…we talk quite a bit about the assumption to be a hit…need gumption and grit…another platitude about the right attitude at any latitude…selectors gratitude for vigour..rigour..fortit...
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Categories:
first name, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Champagne reign of Shane
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It’s been 3 years since the low blow of nadirs
As we said hooroo to you..goodbye to our top guy
Still feeling...reeling from the pain
Of all the polished veneers of careers
Which is th...
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Categories:
first name, sports,
Form: Rhyme
James is what he Claims
...Happy-go-lucky were his middle names
Three because his parents liked to play name games
Does he have a first name? aske two concerned old dames
Yes, said his sister, Poindexter but James is what h...
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Categories:
first name, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Just Eight
...She was just eight when she stood at the gate
Looking at the distant sun moving with the clouds
while the trees rock with the speed of the wind and heavens
composed a wonderful hymn, it was the S...
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Categories:
first name, absence, abuse, international, journey,
Form: Narrative
The Laws of Attraction
...The Laws of Attraction
(A lone voice whispers)
Do you believe in the laws of manifestation
When I started writing poetry
I visualised being the best version of:
John Duffy Poet
I coul...
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Categories:
first name, creation,
Form: Rhyme
How one twenty first century married mortal male me - Matthew Scott Harris
...How one twenty first century married mortal male (me - Matthew Scott Harris)...
found himself bewitched about Circe,
particularly after reading book title by the same name.
An enchantress and a ...
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Categories:
first name, 12th grade, adventure, age,
Form: Free verse
Vincent Damon Furnier
...Vincent Damon Furnier
his musical acts are funny
when asked why he is so strange
he could only say Alice is my first name
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Categories:
first name, humorous,
Form: Clerihew
Famous Author
...I cannot tell what the dickens his name is.’
(The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 3, Scene 2)
by Shakespeare
I have a real tale to tell
of two cities.
I need an author
of some note.
I heard of...
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Categories:
first name, humor,
Form: Free verse
So you like me ?
...So you like me ?
There came a day that you asked me if I liked you . And I couldn’t find it in me to answer. I mean what was it that I’m feeling ? I was hoping that’s something time will tell
U s...
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Categories:
first name, anniversary, appreciation, art, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Jolted by Twlight
...I ruminate about the past
in the roaring rain,
I never understood
the happiness game,
One of my architects
used brutality to enlighten me
I wondered if this was the
reason my...
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Categories:
first name, america, anger, anxiety, blue,
Form: Free verse
CLERIHEW tongue twister
...IT Professor Simon Rogerson
a first-name his surname began
Folks often twisted the two
thus Roger Simonson came into view...
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Categories:
first name, confusion, word play,
Form: Clerihew
Captain Nate Part 1
...Aye, aye! Said the Captain, who spoke on his date,
He spoke on his date to his very first mate,
His very first mate, the lady Miss Tate,
The very first lady to say he was great!
Yes, yes, m...
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Categories:
first name, adventure, betrayal, crazy, fate,
Form: Rhyme
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