Jake Poems

‘Twere a foolish youth indeed
that ne’er his parents’ voice would heed.
“We hear you’re courting Mary Lue.
Dump that flirt, what e’er you do!
Once you’re wed, she’ll run you down.
Her name is known throughout the town.”

Alack! O woe! O Sorrow’s pang
upon the...Read More

Artificial Intelligence
By: Tom
2-18-2020

It appears that we live in a world today,
where we try to convince others, things are Jake.
Too many don't adhere to the things they say,
and A.I. a peddler of everything fake. 


Fake News, Fake Meat, Fake Veggies
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Reindeer herd - heard clattering

Rangifer tarandus kept
this deep sleeper awake
cavorting, deer ring
escapade haint fake
dreamt only a smattering while

Santa did shimmy and shake
with ho...ho...ho...
no worry mate - everything's jake
resonating resembling thus Spake
Zarathustra jollity did quake.

Yours truly (i.e, me)
awoke with rapture
forty hooves...Read More

There was a guy named Jake , from Atlanta
 In the Winter season he would play Santa
                    But he left that...Read More

I love my Little Maddie.
She’s pretty as can be.
She likes to dance and prance around.
And hit Uncle Jake on the knee (oh, oh,)

I love my little Malia.
She’s pretty as can be.
Even though, she’s a few weeks old.
She’s a real sweet...Read More

When Reggie was in the army
He lost a leg
His fellow soldiers
Renamed him Peg
He was extremely brave
Soon forgot the pain
Although without this limb
He would never be the same again
Jake was a friend
Peg met in the local pub
To have a game of...Read More

It was my first Thanksgiving dinner as his wife
so I wanted the meal to be perfect in every way
But...trembling in fear, I cut my finger with a knife
It was the beginning of a day in piteous disarray

I didn't know a...Read More

I did in my garden see a Snake.
Curled calmly around the gardener's rake.
Knowing that my dear life was at stake,
I beckoned in fright to my son Jake.
"Get the matchbox and fuel for God's sake.
Burn him or precious lives he might...Read More

*meant to be read as fast as you can.  ready, set, go...

you pick and choose
you buy and sell
you never lose
you live so well
your dying wish
was that you'd be
so bloody rich
then all would see
your name on high
above the stars
you jet...Read More

The General stands at attention, West Point tall and straight
Gazing at row upon row of white headstones
On his shoulders lay the finality of their weight
Family, friends and patriots gone too soon
Heroes all and each one a heartfelt and generous boon
To...Read More

There was a man whose name was Jake
Who had a house upon the lake
Every morning he would wake
And for breakfast have a piece of cake

He had a private fishing hole;
He always used a long cane pole
He fried his fish on...Read More

She is one of many, dear Eleanor secluded 
in her secular sepulcher,
One of the lonely plenty, a regular within the 
   anonymous atoms nebular…

Dreamed of rice, at her wedding 
with her sorrows spreading,
She paid the price, with tears...Read More

J-oy
A-nd
K-indness
E-ase

M-ind
I-f
C-ool
H-eart
A-nd
E-xcellent
L-ife's

R-ighteousness
E-agerly
S-hare
I-mpressive
D-ivine
E-motion

Topic: Birthday of Jake Michael Reside (April 11) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...Read More

It was my birthday, only god knows the year
we played 8 ball,downed platoons of whiskey and beer 
After last call things got a little hazy
the next day my buddy Jake filled in the blanks.
Seems I begged him to drive me...Read More

The Laskey brothers owned a farm, a lovely little spot.
A babbling brook made merry mist when summer nights were hot.
And that’s when Jacob filled his pipe and sat upon a boulder.
The smoke arose, a haloed ring around his tired shoulders.

He...Read More

Give me love that I've worked for, no more, but no less,
For no man is deserving, I freely confess!
I don't need understanding, that complicates things,
And seeds fool expectations out home on the range.

Truth is not what I need from you,...Read More

I have a confession to make
I've been kissing my dear dog Jake
Not on the lips
The slobbering I skip 
He and I are now lovers and that's great




...Read More

Jealous Jake jumps joyously
When others quiet boyishly
Get shot down
And quickly frown
Put down by girls coyishly.

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I'll tell you a tale when Texas was young
When women were scarce and horse thieves were hung.
His name was Jake and he was six feet nine -
Rode down  from Kansas with rustlin' in mind
Re-branded some Longhorns, all he could...Read More

I find myself
In a dark room
Strapped to a bed

The light turns on
The large TV comes on

A smiling image
Of Satan fills the TV
He is dressed
In a conservative business suit

Looks like he came
Out of a corporate
board meeting

surrounded by demonic aides
who constantly shove...Read More

We are leaping and peeping and laughing and clapping.
A fun day for sure, and there has been no slapping.
We are the kindergarteners, a mighty throng.
We are cheering and yelling, one is singing a song.
 
Our play dough is gone; we...Read More

Ye rishta pyaara pyaara sa,
Mere man ko bhata hai.
Hai yugo purana ye riwaj,
Fir bhi samajh nahi aata hai.
Mil jaye isme kitna bhi,
Par man kuch aur chahata hai,
Tum kehte bhi kuch kam hi ho,
Kuch sun ye Dil kam pata hai 

Rehte...Read More

In the woods no right of way, no right to live, no right to play.
I travel quickly, as dusk is beginning. Woods are thick, on this day.
Wood tick and spider heaven, I walk gingerly, on wet old leaves.
Dog has deserted...Read More

Charlie told me that for fun
He watches a terrorized mouse
Get chased down and eaten by his corn snake
Jake, the Snake, every Thursday at two.

I met Charlie the first day of school
My third year in the district.
His twelve foot friend Jake...Read More

Some poems I can’t comprehend
I struggle reading to the end
Flaunting a complex word
Its usage quite absurd
No comments not e’en from a friend!


I love learning new words on soup but  get frustrated when I see poems peppered with long words,...Read More