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Folks Poems - Poems about Folks

Premium Member activity director at an old folks home
pepperishly lively she brought the party activity director better than Vitamin B Grumpy ones pretended not to like her But the light in their eyes unveiled their truth And they were the eager ones Watching the doorway on Tuesdays at two o’clock...

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Categories: folks, age,
Form: Free verse
Abandon All Hope, Folks!
Does anybody think the same as me? All hope has vanished. Law means nothing now. Not since George Washington first took the vow to put the nation, independent, free, exceptional, above the (here’s the key) ambition of a single man, the bough (less myriad off-shootings, I’ll allow), in spite of all, has flourished on the tree. Go count contrarians – the total’s none. Hope’s...

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Categories: folks, america,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member That's All Folks
Did you all hear about Elmer Fudd That Wascally Wabbit drew first blood Bugs swordplay was as thus Advance, parry, and thrust Now Elmer dwells six feet in the mud...

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Categories: folks, humorous,
Form: Limerick
colored folks
Crying Fix the damn house She done Paid to me Ain’t gonna happen When rent come? Please don’t drag the pope across the Carpet irish boy Nana He lying Born military Gonna die military? Email a senator Rejected by electricity Suffer disgust While Americans die In poverty Free speech from there Doesn’t eclipse Guarantee of unapproachable Red tape She’s sold In the molded Masochists lens Her told Isn’t the curious benign On the frame Her busty leers Can she blame Back inside her encyclopedia...

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Categories: folks, absence, future,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Things I think now that I'm old
The older I get, the more I forget the names of colors. Would you call this paint amber, burnt ochre, or clay? Would it were the same with all of my dolors. But age hasn’t washed any of my dolors away. I finally saw hills as old as me, and it was a pitiful sight to see, with many a crevice...

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Categories: folks, age, dark, grandparents, memory,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Famous Folks
whatcha do when your mom has on speed dial a bunch of famous folks, find your favorite and text ‘em funny faces and love from you to d’em finding the cookie jar open gasp, your full name exhaled, ultimate laughter and forgiveness ...

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Categories: folks, funny,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Some Folks Have All the Luck
No one ever recommends beef stew ~ except the waiter serving you ...

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Categories: folks, food, proposal,
Form: Couplet
Old Folks at Home
Old couple sit on heating pads together...

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Categories: folks, age, america,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Mr Cat - my first post is giving folks problems, so do not see that one
Mr. Cat sits in his chair with all that he could need: a pot of tea and cup nearby and a little book to read. But oh! He needs his spectacles. Too small is his book’s print. While looking for his spectacles, he grabs himself a mint. Ah, now the cat is comfortable. But the tea’s no longer hot. “My oh my,” whines Mr. Cat. “I...

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Categories: folks, cat,
Form: Rhyme
WHY SOME FOLKS HATE PEACE
As millions of kind folks claim peace , wicked folks usually refuse. As they benefit billions dollars from the bloods of millions of folks. Word "peace" seems dengerous bombs to terminate their evil businesses....

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Categories: folks, bullying, business, evil, humanity,
Form: Monoku
Years Flow By
I watch my years flow by from chair, from sofa, bed. I watch my life go by. And life sees me go by - my folks, my friends, my pals. How long will this go on? What do they think of me as they can see me pass so swiftly, this way, that? Little life goes by from chair, from sofa, bed. What now is there...

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Categories: folks, best friend, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Shadow Folks
The shadow folks are not mere men, They're strangers who hide in the night, They're men armed to fight, Fear is their initial weapon. The shadow folks are the twilight assailants, They're chauffeured by the night chariots, They're turbulence patriots, They're the dark warriors. My father said they dwell in the myth of the mind, He said they're injurious to the mirror of the...

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Categories: folks, dark, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Kings Fight, Common Folks Face Full Blight
They sure bear battles but no enmities, At borders build brotherhood’s bonhomie, Exchange smiles and burry adversity That may arise from mutual miseries. The wars are won by kings and their counties, Soldiers only fight battles and lay life, Their families suffer deep abject strife, And forgotten once settles all the crease. They that build bridges soon are forgotten, Conquerors cross over, Ravan to...

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Categories: folks, irony, war,
Form: Sonnet
Tea With Some Folks
The wind came, and sat on his chair As flowers bloomed here and there We sat with the sun, and had some tea The wind invited too his wife, the breeze The trees danced, with the autumn air As the sun sets, with a yellow glare The smell of mud, just before the rain From the clouds, from the skies, We went away,...

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Categories: folks, nature, poetry, rain, wind,
Form: Free verse
True Folks
True folks, True folks have no colours. When I hear about true folks, My heart beats like a silent african drum. My body moves to hug them. There is always happiness to swim With true folks in African rivers Drinking pure waters.  There is much trust to share Important knowledge with true folks. Remember, ...

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Categories: folks, africa, encouraging,
Form: Free verse

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