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Reaping Short Terms Benefits
Reaping short terms benefits...

before marital savings bond matured
as a then quinquagenarian.

Courtesy gerontologists medical practitioners
allowing, enabling, and providing
the elderly population to live
longer and healthier lives.

Linkedin with longevity loosely translates
to resurgent libido spurring
older folks predilection
to participate in...

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Categories: happy as a clam, absence, abuse, adventure, anxiety, appreciation, betrayal, devotion,
Form: Rhyme



Dream Delayed,The Middle Years
Needless to say I never went back.They all thought it was because of their extraordinary skill at
helping me to see that womanizing,wife beating,piece of work would never change.It was however my brothers friend.I remember my...

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Categories: happy as a clam, best friend, betrayal,
Form: Narrative
The Turkish Turkey
For this Turk Turku is a 1-horse
city but he has got to have horse
sense. He will not be as happy as a peacock in Turkey.
Hindi, the Turk word for turkey, is how we'll call this...

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© Ivo Cos  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: happy as a clam, animal, bird, fish, food, immigration, nonsense, silly,
Form: Burlesque
Premium Member Possum of Possibilities
The Possum of Possibilities was invited by Grandpa Troll to visit our brood,
The Possum heard Carol had a dry spell and a terrible writer’s block, so true.
With the troll’s adventures, penguin’s antics, and witches brew...
With...

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Categories: happy as a clam, fantasy, fun, funny, happiness, happy, humorous, imagination,
Form: Light Verse
A Fond Farewell
A Fond Farewell
By
M P Walsh

I text her every day at Ten, just to say good day,
Ask how’s it going, Nana, is everything okay?
Did you sleep the sleep of slumber, or stay awake ‘til 10,
And by...

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Categories: happy as a clam, age, death,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme



Premium Member Observed In a Small Town
It was Friday night in small town, USA. The convenience store clerk was outside in the parking lot, arguing with her boyfriend. Instant recognition, one person is both clingy and aggressive, perhaps slightly inebriated, and...

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Categories: happy as a clam, humanity, life, youth,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Do You Know Me
(This poem is dedicated to anyone who has ever felt the agony and pain of prejudice…
who have been left battered and beaten and scarred….
and to those who have inflicted that pain…
for you both know who...

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© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: happy as a clam, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
Said the Girl, Sexual Pleasure Made Me Feel Cheap and Used
Said My distraught Mind, sexual pleasure has now left me blank
My Life,
my virginity,
my honor,
my desires
and your wants.
Traumatic these moments
as I stall to deliberate.
 Whiles you’re in a scurry to violate my treasured possession.  
Flustering...

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© Al Juman  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: happy as a clam, 11th grade, anger, anxiety, boyfriend, confusion, depression,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member That Does Not Deter Me
All my life I’ve loved to draw…the many people and things in front of me.
The only problem is the things I draw…don’t always look like what I see.

It seems it should be easy which is...

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© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: happy as a clam, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Our Garden
Seated at my desk
looking out into our garden 
branches spread, giving dappled shade
a beautiful tree stands sentinel
a tree that we planted as a sapling
along with a few others
saplings one and all
many years ago
also planted 
were...

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Categories: happy as a clam, garden,
Form: Prose Poetry
Hidden Treasures of Summer
Toes are dug into the sand,the sun chases the clouds away.
Traveling along the sugared shore I search for treasures of the sea.
Scalloped edges or smooth as silk I hunt for them the live-long day.
Determined to...

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© Deb Wilson  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: happy as a clam, adventure, happiness, ocean,
Form: Rhyme
Road Food
I really would like to thank you 
for taking me out in your car,
I can’t remember the last time 
that I got away this far.

And even though I’m not the driver 
it’s good to see...

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© Tony Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: happy as a clam, fantasy, food, funny, car, me, time,
Form: Light Verse
Mammogram
That mammogram! That mammogram!
I do not like that mammogram!

Would you like it on a couch?
I think that I would still say ouch!
Would you like it with champagne?
I think that I would still complain.

I do not...

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Categories: happy as a clam, health, parody, , cute,
Form: Rhyme
A Special Treat
When I was old enough, my mom
Would send me to the store,
Specifically, the bakery,
For treats I did adore.

But first, I had to ask them for
A rye bread they would slice,
With seeds, of course, or else
A...

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Categories: happy as a clam, food, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Heartbroken
As I remember my quondam days,
I contemplate, I ruminate,
The musings of the bygone time,
Cleaves my heart apart,
With a sharp twinge.

I was tenderfoot, budding,
blossoming.
A bit naive, obtuse,
Savored euphoria in everything.

Being born under a lucky star,
In the...

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Categories: happy as a clam, feelings, heartbroken, heaven, how i feel, longing,
Form: Free verse
Tom Bell's a Ham
Tom Bell’s a ham 

That Tom Bell he’s a ham 
Making us laugh 
Happy as a clam 
He reminders me of a joker jumping in front of 
The queen 
Oh the laughter 
What a scene
Springs...

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Categories: happy as a clam, funny,
Form: Burlesque
Old-Fashioned
I perk my Joe old-fashioned style
In a pot atop the stove,
My percolator ancient, 
Like a pirate’s treasure trove.

I measure out the coffee
And a timer lets me know
When 8 minutes have elapsed and then
My brew’s all...

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Categories: happy as a clam, drink,
Form: Rhyme
Old School Flirting
Old School Flirting that actually worked

Pardon my french but you swivel my chisel and you look as happy as a clam, I am head over heel’s let’s just say, be still my heart. Your my...

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© Bobby May  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: happy as a clam, education, old, school,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things