Nascar Haiku Poem
...14 Days of a Haiku representing 14 laps of a rookie driver’s first NASCAR race.
Lap 1 Green Flag - (4/16/25) @ 2:23pm
Engines roar to life,
Rookies grip is tight with nerves
First lap, heart on f...
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Categories:
gatorade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Haiku
Still Blinking
...Cornfield aluminum recycled communion wafers.
We drank Gatorade wine from a stolen lunchbox,
sat Indian style in the irrigation ditch,
reciting Tool lyrics as scripture.
My IPhone had a cracked...
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Categories:
gatorade, 7th grade, age, allegory,
Form: Free verse
What a State
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do you think it’s funny
hilarious, haha, a joke
how a billionaire’s money
is enough to make him an expert
on how to put his hands
around your throat
until you choke
how your taxes ...
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Categories:
gatorade, political,
Form: Free verse
Sheep Will Be Sheep
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following the flock
staying in line
most of the time
until their
death bell chimes
and the butcher
comes from behind
and plunges the knife
to end their life
as they knew it
They say...
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Categories:
gatorade, anger, political,
Form: Free verse
Ginger Ale
...I don’t drink soda as a rule,
But when I’m sick, I’m not a fool –
I think of sick days as a kid
And do the things my mother did.
She served us soup and toast and tea
And baked potatoes, natur...
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Categories:
gatorade, drink,
Form: Rhyme
Thirsty Johnny
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Johnny sat bored at a swimming parade,
became thirsty watching the retrograde.
Dipped his head in the pool.
but felt like such a fool.
Silly boy thought it was blue Gatorade!
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Categories:
gatorade, fun,
Form: Limerick
Maid For The Ungrateful
...She's thirty-three, single,
her Mom babysits her
five year old son.
She reassures herself it's
just two more hours,
then it's the blessed weekend.
Which means delicious sleep.
She has no nest ...
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Categories:
gatorade, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Recipe
...menthol cigarettes / messy journals / propane torches / unfinished poems /
broken promises / black bandana / clock rings /
thrift shops / candle wax / stolen books / peach nehi /
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Categories:
gatorade, anxiety,
Form: List
Ice Skating
...At Lake Mission Bell, after the winter scared it solid, kids carve short stories in broken, confused cursive into the ice with pens of sharpened steel. It’s a beautiful thing to watch geniuses compo...
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Categories:
gatorade, children, winter, writing,
Form: Haibun
No Matter If You Are Black Or White
...~No Matter If You Are Black or White~
Nor, if you are yellow or brown...
God does see, all the good and bad we do!
He and only He, will grant you an Eternal Crown.
Chil...
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Categories:
gatorade, america, patriotic, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
Two Lovers V - Convenience Store
...She looked at him concerned
"Oh my God, we forgot the buns!"
A barbeque happening
Guests arriving
Coals flaming
Food prepared
But nothing to put burgers on
For their housewarming
Hasty inst...
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Categories:
gatorade, first love, happy, relationship,
Form: Free verse
All the Sheep Did So I Did Too
...All the sheep wore glasses, so I did too.
All the sheep drank Gatorade, so I did too.
Even though I hate Gatorade.
All the sheep made fun of the pandemic.
So I did too
Even though I fear the p...
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Categories:
gatorade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Light Verse
Dog Daze I: Poems About Dogs
...Dog Daze
by Michael R. Burch
Sweet Oz is a soulful snuggler;
he really is one of the best.
Sometimes in bed
he snuggles my head,
though he mostly just plops on my chest.
I think Oz was mad...
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Categories:
gatorade, dog, family, friend, friendship,
Form: Verse
Home Sick With My Grandson
...Lots of reading, dot to dots,
Gatorade and soup;
Writing lots of lists, at which
I’m not allowed to snoop.
Fruit and snacks with music on,
Mini screen-time break;
Singing made-up songs so the...
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Categories:
gatorade, grandson,
Form: Rhyme
Shin En
...37th Floor
Shiodome City Center
The Japanese Secretaries
Stand in unison
Upon my arrival
All for me
You shouldn’t have
But thank you
180 degree view of Tokyo
900 square miles
10 Million ...
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Categories:
gatorade, love,
Form: Free verse
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