Long Cutest Poems

JUDY…
Judy was a German Shepherd from my newborn days
I’ve seen some pictures, black and white; she had a friendly gaze
I wish I could remember her as I sit here and write
Alas I just have photographs,...

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Once there was this little girl…
She had big doe brown eyes and a beauty mark on her upper right cheek. Her name was Ella Rose. One day...

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Part I.

Harvest time was winding down, 
I was taking lunch in town, 
After spending six long hours plowing stubble.
Washing up I met a man, 
Guessed he was a harvest hand, 
His combine crew, he said,...

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In London Town, a girl was born
Who lost the crown, but won the scorn 
Of Lady Margaret's deep disdain
For something proud, she cannot reign

Her daughter's name was Mary Grace
An angel with a beaming face
Who blessed...

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Twelve days of sleep deprivation has thrown
Aunt Zee into full blown manic.
And it did not help that a young
cute female doctor who was trying
to please, wanted her to get to
drive to Omaha for Easter, so
she...

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One afternoon Martha the mother of Jack, who was in her early eighties, told an amazing story about her son while having coffee in the parlor with her neighbors; it was a weekly gathering to...

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He blew in from the west                             ...

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Children are always bringing me something great.
One time a little girl said “I made my mom buy you this.”
It was the glitziest, cutest, most colorful dress in the world,
Size 2.
I wear a 16.
Um….
Crap.
I made a...

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Im tired,
emotional,
so exausted.
I  need sleep.
Tears threaten
To spill from me
my eyes do droop
chest is heavy with 
a  hidden  locked
lead-lined heart
alone in  a  world
Tired of fighting so
What would happen 
If I gave...

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Caught a Flight out of town 
Hadn’t seen you in while
Wondered if you’d still look the same
Still want me to be ya number one dame
At one time you offered me your last name
Then in a...

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Flowers in the garden anticipated to see their friends.Honey bees entered first and collected nectars from the flowers. Humming birds waited for its turn. They also tasted the nectars and flew away.The flowers were very...

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just an average typical morning within this same old town
avoiding all the neighbors that nosily creep these grounds
while all these other folks keep busy bodying gossiping and all
who has whiter teeth, bigger boobs, or the...

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Our story began behind bars with the broken,
Displaying our armor with truths left unspoken.
Through the gates each day, our counselor hats on,
Where pain wore a face, and hope felt long gone.

You, with your wisdom and...

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Dragon polished his nails and admired himself in the mirror once again; a daily ritual getting so old.  The one lousy hair on his chin, protruding from a small wart which he called a,...

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Remembered boy along these lines
Remembered roughness through our tough times
Remembered blue eyes with his laughing look
Remembering him reading me like an open book
I called him up the other day
With so many memories for me to...

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"Sometimes preservation is the surest road to ruin."

I took a walk along the ocean down by the sea, 
I prefer them both together I’m sure that you’ll agree. 
      ...

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There was once a little girl,
And a little boy.
The little girl was all alone,
Without a care in the world.
She had eyes as bright as the sun and a heart 
That bloomed with the flowers around...

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Potpourri Ghosts

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To say today has been a strange day would be an understatement. It started off this morning when I went into the den where our eldest cat, Paint, was meowing up a storm. I petted...

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My Life With Barbara
A loving summary
By Franklin Price
01/26/2022

The year was nineteen sixty-nine, sixty-eight was spent in 'nam
There was no social media, no laptops and no spam.
No cell phones anywhere in sight, man was not yet...

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Hit by the blow of palm in my head I rise so I can't be driven yet sobbing from the door I hear, but I just want to stand my dear.

Bold and firm I rise,...

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Coming on home,
in a rain storm on the 4th of July,
watching the neon colors of explosions
blowing high up in the dark, purple sky
spraying joy and happiness with designs
of man's love and creation.
Coming on home to...

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LOVING NANA

She was born the cutest baby girl.
She loved from the very beginning.
She loved her mama, she loved her brothers and sisters.  
She, quite simply, LOVED.

She grew into a little girl.
She bounced and pounced,...

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There is one lass, and one alone, compels the sun - no other,
          And as it just so happens, that bonny maid's my mother!

Now, don't you...

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They sat down at the table
Just like a thousand times before 
Don't know if they thanked allah for the food
Before the bombs blew in the door
You could hear that momma screaming 
About a mile or...

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