Long Nicest Poems

There's consequences in all we say and do 
Go forward and walk your walk and I'll go ahead and talk my talk 
Quite distraught due to the fact that you're too good to be true
I...

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- - - Chapter 1: Early Days - - - 

My father was a rich man, la, *
Though schooled in poverty, (1)  
As such he seldom raised his head, 
Displayed humility.
The center of the...

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This piece has a fairly tricky rhyme scheme =  a-a-B /c-c-B


If All of the Weird Ones Were Cropped


I was sittin’ alone in a booth in a deli in Cody, Wyoming one day, 
When a...

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Continued  From My Day Part1
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Just as I thought of it a little old woman stumbled up beside me and greeted me with a funny dialect
I had to listen hard to understand the content of...

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The sun was rising over Milton Creek, heralding the start of a new day
Two new residents were due in town, on the noon train from Santa Fe
William (Bill) and Sara Baker, both renowned as skilled...

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Another shift ends. I'm dead on my feet.
Too shagged to even eat.
The word leads (inevitably) to you...
I slipped the timesheets from work today.
Another incident occurred...
Sweetie, please be there, and say you care.
I loved working alongside...

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Life is way too short for some, and far too long for others -


“Says here, ‘Lester Kiblingworth - a former county sheriff - and oldest man in Sidwell, passed away at one-oh-three,’” 
I announced to...

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This is a rather nostalgic piece -


Meandering around on rural roads, in search of one-horse towns, with no place in particular to go,     
Connie - that’s my wife - and I,...

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You should have a getaway, my friends all said,
They said I earned it, so why sit home instead?

A real vacation would be the nicest thing yet;
Go see the peachiest scenery you'll never regret!

I listened very...

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ETHREE

Witch
Sneering
Bubbly
A pimply nose
To be feared by all
So Halloween friendly

More terrifying than ghosts
Placing eye of newt in cauldrons
Pure evil in our fantasy books
Horribly foul and mean in faerie tales.
A frozen heart places children in ovens

Crones of...

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The meeting of the "Downhill Gang" was top of Pekrul Hill,
And everyone was there with parts galore,
For they were building racing carts from planks and buggy wheels,
To challenge us and settle untold scores.

The "Pekrul Boys"...

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Don't step to me,
Talking about, "Baby please,
Just help me get out of this mess."
Because I stood by your side,
Paid my dues for that ride.
I walked away and I said my goodbyes,
But you're trying to pull...

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Jasmine, the girl in gym with me, has a reputation of the school, theatre slut.
I BET IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS... she will become a famous actress who will end up
Being apart of the biggest...

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a few years ago, my brother was visiting me - we don’t live in the same country, so we don't see each other very often. He was so amazed with some of my artwork, and...

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My Doctor Told Me
By Rick Rucker

I thought I was okay with dying,
But, at the news, I found myself crying,

I thought that I had done some wondrous things,
With my tremendous life, my heart sings,

I have met...

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I arrived at heaven’s doorway and found my friend, Walter, sitting on the front steps.  Walter had passed years before me.  I was surprised to see him still waiting in front of heaven’s...

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Pulled on the parka, and turned my face to the cold street.
Half running, half slipping, piece of toast hangin' from my mouth..
man oh man am I late...

Two and half blocks south down Jerome to the...

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,b>Get Along Home


When I was young

Life on the farm was difficult to understand at seven

The rooster flogged me

Dad in vengeance chopped the heads of everyone of his mates
 numbering a hundred

As he watched in the...

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So how did your meeting go?  My boss asked Number One and Me. Number one is actually Thing one, and I am Thing 2, for it was Thing One’s idea to adopt families and...

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~ Another Fairyland Story: The Meeting ~ 
 ( Short Story or  Narrative poem)


 It was very early the next morning 
 When the clock woke me up from my wonderful sleep 
 I...

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~Another Fairyland Story: The Meeting~ 
 ( Short Story or  Narrative poem)


 It was very early the next morning 
 When the clock woke me up from my wonderful sleep 
 I summoned all...

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Headline News Hypocrisy 


"If you see anybody from that cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, 
at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd. 
You push back on them. Tell...

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When I was young
Life on the farm was difficult to understand at seven
The rooster flogged me
Dad in vengeance chopped the heads of everyone of his mates
 numbering a hundred
as he watched in the coop
Perhaps I...

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The first time see the girl
Ah want to meet her family
Going to get a diamond ring
Don’t care how much it cost me

Went to ask her to get marry
But she did not say no or yes
What...

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De gyul

The first time see the gyul
Ah want to meet her family
I going to get a diamond ring
I don’t care how much it cost me

gone to ask her to get marry
But she did not say...

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