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Gangly Poems - Poems about Gangly

And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War
...And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War Preface: On the evening of April 14, 1865, while attending a special performance of the comedy, "Our American Cousin," Presiden......

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Categories: gangly, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Scrounging for boogers wrought my damn nostrils nearly to bust
...Scrounging for boogers wrought my damn nostrils nearly to bust Warning: The following material no worse than getting cooties. I remember them way back in grade school, whereat everyone ran away f......

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Categories: gangly, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Free verse



Brainstorming until figuratively blue in the gills
...Brainstorming until figuratively blue in the gills..., and finally gung-ho with a poem title important to yours truly not disappointing his Facebook fan base, which electronic affirmation, and c......

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Categories: gangly, absence, africa, animal, baby,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member MY CLASSMATES
... My classmates Theresa Trot had a snot Hanging from her nose She sniffs and snorts and swallows But Theresa never blows. Now it’s run down past her lips And settled on ......

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Categories: gangly, 2nd grade, childhood, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Galley slave to obsessive compulsive disordered behavior announces
...Galley slave to obsessive compulsive disordered behavior announces... Fore score minus xv orbitz ago from being centenarian strong contractions forced me to pass thru cervix, buck naked bare l......

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Categories: gangly, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Rhyme



Sliding to the First Day
...It is summer, and the umbrella men are selling hotdogs. A good-looking priest enters Saint Pat's, gangly girls giggle, then make the sign of the cross. Thursday is All-You-Can-Eat pizza da......

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Categories: gangly, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Miniature Odyssey
...Some days I just wanted to tread muted waves not knowing whether what grazed my leg was a porgy, or a Leviathan reaching out to me from the gradient depths. The paranoia kept me afloat, the fe......

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Categories: gangly, beach, change, courage, depression,
Form: Free verse
January 13th 2024 Happy Lxv-th birthday Matthew Scott Harris
...January 13th 2024 - Happy Lxv-th birthday Matthew Scott Harris date of conception:? ~ Late March – mid April 1958. date of parturition: January xiii, mcmlix. date of expiration:? January i, emi......

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Categories: gangly, age, appreciation, birthday, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member no one wanted me either
...no one wanted this unusual canary I related totally no one wanted me either I will take that one, I told the shop keeper That one! He was incredulous. I said that one, I said, nodding. The......

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Categories: gangly, bird,
Form: Prose Poetry
Sliding to the First day
...It is summer, and the umbrella men are selling hotdogs. A good-looking priest enters Saint Pat's, gangly young ladies giggle, make the sign of the cross. Thursday is AllYouCanEat pizza day......

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Categories: gangly, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Wabi - Sabi
... We wander through so many gardens, doting robins, ignoring the crows. Our personal oasis is an unfinished poem. Plastic flowers may last longer, but their dead scent, cannot compare to freesia ......

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Categories: gangly, analogy, metaphor, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
My Body Is Too Big
...My body is too big My bones loom over me and my flesh wraps around them Heavy like the bricks of a lighthouse tower The waterfall of my tears posted proudly on a magazine cover Eighth wonder ......

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Categories: gangly, body, mental health,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Gif the Wall Flower Giraffe
...His knob-shaped knees hang out all over the place What kind of a dancer would he be in this small space? Gif was a wall flower for sure, left sitting on Sadie Hawkins Day. With his gangly feet and......

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Categories: gangly, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Scrounging For Boogers Wrought My Damn Nostrils Nearly To Bust
...Scrounging for boogers wrought my damn nostrils nearly to bust My humblest apology if the following account doth gross thee out forlorn childhood of mine found further ostracization of me tant......

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Categories: gangly, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Free verse
Happy Lxiv Birthday Matthew Scott Harris
...Happy Lxiv birthday Matthew Scott Harris date of conception:? ~ Late March – mid April 1958. date of parturition: January xiii, mcmlix. date of expiration:? January i, eminem. A gangly, meas......

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Categories: gangly, appreciation, birthday, boy, celebrity,
Form: Rhyme

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