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Hup Poems - Poems about Hup

Premium Memberwhy dont geckos sink in the sand

...Why don’t geckos sink into the sand
Disappearing into the promised land?
What saves their Arizona lives? What keeps them up?
The flaps in between their toes said my Uncle Hup.

I thought he was ...
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Categories: hup, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme

the deuteragonist's protagonist

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                                 Not mine diddy
                                         Yet
                                 Waits on mine
                                tuh cause mine 
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Categories: hup, appreciation, beautiful, blessing,
Form: Classicism



Formidable flourishing fiends

...Formidable flourishing fiends...

harangue since landing 
yours truly immersed 
in a dream-like 
fiercesome state of war,  
not quite a dream 
can be described 
as a "hypnagogic state" 
whil...
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Categories: hup, angst, animal, anxiety, conflict,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberBATTLE CRY

...War, War
We need more War.
Come patriots,
Come comrades,
Let’s all go to Waaaar!

Raise your banners,
Gather your muskets,
Sharpen your swords,
Let's all go to Waaaar!

Won’t it be fun,
T...
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Categories: hup, conflict, death, destiny, dream,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWe are Badass Birds

...we are badass parrots they said when they arrived
there were only three but they had the attitude of five
they strutted and threw their weight around
I was glad when they finally stomped over the ...
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Categories: hup, bird,
Form: Rhyme



Premium MemberThe Littlest Elf

...Time was running out, Christmas Eve was drawing nigh.
The elves had worked day and night since early in July!
To meet Santa's toy-making schedule there must be no slack,
To ensure there were lots ...
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Categories: hup, christmas, joy,
Form: Rhyme

Off kilter

...Off kilter

Yup
I sobered up
despite expressing regular
(unleaded and unlettered) 
urge to shtup
expunged courtesy 
system of a down
with shuga (mush)
and everything nice.

	The following...
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Categories: hup, abuse, adventure, anger, angst,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberFrom Worried To Bragging

...She only paints elephants, her mama said, feeling worried.
The rest of the artists do different things, you know that.
The mouse ran off, for his siblings had all scurried.
He knew that this artis...
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Categories: hup, animal,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberFlatfoot Pangs-

...Hey man !
Flatfoot,  dang!
Why you dragging your leg 
Don't you know them there shoes you wear are just too small like peg
Them there shoes you wear are too small, y'all!
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Where ar...
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Categories: hup, analogy, anxiety, conflict, engagement,
Form: Free verse

Legacy's Tale

...Will you be the hero
within your own story

Will you marry the present,
dating the future and past

Will your legacy document
your truest intention

Or falsely imply
words abandoned—unheard...
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Categories: hup, time,
Form: Free verse

Heat Blinds

...Are the truly enlightened
able to endorse their success

Driven closer to the flame
—where heat blinds to reveal

(H.U.P. May, 2020)...
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Categories: hup, light,
Form: Free verse

The Veil

...The future calls our name just once,
hello awaits goodbye

The past a veil to what’s been learned
—the truth wrapped in a lie

(H.U.P. May, 2020)...
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Categories: hup, time,
Form: Rhyme

Each Memory

...The past held victim
to the future

Each memory a shackle
in tomorrow’s chain

(H.U.P. May, 2020)...
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Categories: hup, time,
Form: Free verse

Each Choice

...The moments of these days…
the wheat from the chaff

Each choice confirmation
—the first from the last

(H.U.P. May, 2020)...
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Categories: hup, time,
Form: Rhyme

To Count On

...The greatest times
are the one’s that surprise us

The greatest people
are the one’s who don’t

(H.U.P. May, 2020)...
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Categories: hup, people,
Form: Free verse

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