Long Rookies Poems

Opening Day with a Little Delay

Take me out to the ball game
 Of balls and strikes - bloopers and perfect games; 
 Basket catches, ERA’S, country hardball;
 Foul balls, the pick off, intentional walk, the...

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>>1111>>THE AWAKENING SPIRIT<<1111<<

My analyzing subconscious telling me I have minor confidence in our people,
Full of resistance as high as church steeples,
Heads in the sand uneducated sheeple lost their ability,
Try this with consonance, question our existence,
Get...

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H-E-L-P!!!     N-e-e-d     s-o-m-e      b-o-d-y!!!...
Spouse booby trapped husband!!!

Homicide courtesy munch
house zen by proxy
immediately suspected hunch
police, K9 corps, and ambulance
nearly lost their lunch crossing...

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Among the hearing participants, some stayed put, some cast curious eyes outside with craned necks, some stood up and began to pace around or away, but nobody was seriously scared, nor were there any corporeal...

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FRED THE PERV.

Kinky Fred stole knickers off the line
One summer night his haul totalled nine
His spree ended in tears
Got an extra ten years
When Judge Sue said that red pair were mine.

LARS.

A young astronaut from NASA...

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hypothetically I know the reason you telling me that I'm the reason... the real reason you
telling me that your sick of straight missing me it’s just a season,

Like every time I foul up, make up,...

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Threat

THE THREAT HAD COME DOZEN OF TIMES
NOW THEY STOOD BEHIND A DO NOT CROSS LINE
IN THE YEARS
THAT NEVER EXPECTED ANOTHER COLUMBINE
SO MANY SIGNALS,SO MANY SIGNS
PSYCHOLOGISTS PISSED AT NOT SEEING THE SIGNS ON TIME
WISHING IT HAD...

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Young rookie cop was horrified at the old lady’s truth. 
She wanted to put on the cuffs and haul her in.
Wait a sec, the veteran sergeant said. This is Auntie Ruth.
She might not be the...

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14 Days of a Haiku representing 14 laps of a rookie driver’s first NASCAR race.
Lap 1 Green Flag - (4/16/25) @ 2:23pm
Engines roar to life,
Rookies grip is tight with nerves
First lap, heart on fire.
Lap 2...

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Welcome sports fans to the Twenty Sixteen Presidential Race,
Spring Training is full upon us as the candidates align.
Two strong teams build their ranks for the coming season,
determination and earnest intent electrify the stadium air.
Rookies run...

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His day began with "Reveille" blaring from within the bowels of the ship.
Sergeants yelled, "Up and at 'em lads!   We're takin' a little trip!"
He wearily arose from his bunk to don the accoutrements...

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I lift and rise to being chased,
pops half-way, till full, beamed round-faced,
a fire host heightened its facade,
casting daylight shadows abroad.

Cool Earth plunged hot by its keeper,
heat courses like the Grim Reaper,
smiles at darkness to wait...

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Never the skinny, you always show your flex,
its how you hide the pride you have inside,
to baffle, to resist, to perplex,
his tries to glide the ride of your high tide,

rush out to play with the...

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Johnny’s going home today
His glory days are past
His buddies stand at attention
Eyes tearful and downcast
The sound of taps is softly heard
The mournful tune rings true
And all rise to salute him
As his cortege comes in view

Another...

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Looking forward all winter for my vacation 
A three-day excursion put on by We Are One Nation
We parked our RV’S near the foothill,
then hiked and climbed top of the cliff and met Will
When the sign...

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When I was just a just a child...innocent and pure,
   We would always stop after church.
   In doing so it always left me in a lurch,
   Because I would...

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When the temp goes down smiles come out. 
You can hear the cheers of athletes shout. 
Coming from competitors of all walks of life. 
Piercing the chill like butter with a hot knife. 

Strapping up...

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Sometimes life's a competition of how far we can throw,
Or simply having the greatest mind to win an intelligence show.
Certainly, there is still one thing to know,
Even the toughest or smartest of man contains a...

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Christmas 
witness

Noel’s 
sleigh bells

Twinkling 
inkling 

Reindeer 
brings cheer 

Season
reason

Santa 
grant a

snowfall
for all

Cherub
hubbub 

Glisten 
listen 

Yule tunes
bing croons 

Advent 
time spent 

Manger 
changer 

Starlight 
glows bright 

Ice skates
elates

Tidings 
glidings 

Fire place
shows grace 

Gold rings 
joy brings...

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I am lonely as the hills
On a cold Christmas eve
Can even feel the chills
Almost want to leave

I remember Christmas as child
And how the fireplace glowed
Sometimes the weather was mild
Then we would wish it had snowed

I...

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The old guy is rugged, determined, fearless
He has fond memories of the game he still worships
He still hears the roars of the crowd
Can even now taste the fresh turf on his lips

He visualizes the impressive...

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Last season that ended in October
is now past, and something to remember.
The players are called the “boys of summer”
Here they reassemble in February’s winter.
Some of them report to training in Florida.
The others are on the...

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by a proxy delivered
a days sour face
its painted eye fixed on jacob's ladder
and salvation's cherubs
who seven times sevenfold tell the tale
but the tale is threadbare by the time they have spun the spin
all call each...

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They rode to matches in an old school bus.
The rookies at the front, old players in back,
the coach, by the driver, "she's one of us!".
Wore team colors out, came home wearing black.

An ice hockey team,...

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Summer time Santa doing his daily chores

Walking around in his Christmas drawers

He never wears shoes says his feet need air

Until he stepped in reindeer poo, he didn’t on a pair

He likes to play jokes on...

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