Long Tennis ball Poems

"Backhand"



You have turned me
inside out, cut open
like a tennis ball
I used to beat backhand
along with the racket
hard against the garage wall

To make sense of it all
as a child, the grief stolen
all too swiftly and replaced...

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She pressed a button on the console, the Mighty engines roared, the computer monsters flickered
as Moonblaster 5 space  soared

She said,  Cat Squad Eleven of  Moonblaster 5 , its  "All Systems Go"...

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There were no gold medals to pin
and no starters gun to begin
but for sure we were out to win
               the Baptism...

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Poem inspired by a 2013 Australian apocalyptic thriller movie known as, "These Final Hours". Depending on certain criteria, YouTube is running this movie in its entirety free for most, if not, some of its viewers.

In...

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Trigger warning ??????????

This was a pretty hard piece to compile, and definitely a personal piece to post but my hope is it may reach someone who needs it. 

Withdrawals 

The pain is indescribable, but with...

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Mothers stay up late when
Their kids can’t sleep..
A mother’s affection
Will always run deep.
 
A mother silently watches
Her child asleep in their bed.
She looks back on her life before she
Was a mother and her soul was...

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5.
is it true love 
or i do take it granted 
that i’m in love 

or i do love to think 
that i’m loving 

and there is 
neither any welcome address 
nor any opening song 
in...

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Women Bartender Parties 

Their eyes watched 
the bartender,
like a tennis ball, 
volleying to each side, 
bouncing, soft like 
from side to side 
of the bar, filling drinks
and old men's hearts
with wet dreams,
prompting the men 
on...

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A BACKWARD GLANCE
Alongside a Chiltern chalkstream
I lay me down to dream,
of country paths,stiles and steep slopes,
those days,long ago,filled with hope;
I dreamed of days of summer sun
when my life had just begun,
climbing trees,cricket on the green,
the...

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6. 
i am to be blown off on the first bombardment 
then it is to be flown 
in the crowd of  fire-flies 
on the bushes of the scented-lemons 

and it is to see the...

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RITES OF PASSAGE
Each Christmas we all gathered there,
‘Aunt Clare, has more room ,after all’ with
her trestled tables and chair.
Grown-ups swigging their brown bottled ale,
young-uns, lemonade with paper straw,
VE style parties, once more.
Lunch over, the voice...

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National Belt Time For The Bros


tell me this didn't happen
it did
lil bro and big bro are fast at it, again
two tapes, a plastic, a tennis ball, a golf ball
all batted by the bros onto the...

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To never be happy again, I announced it; at the time perfectly justified
now regret is the tennis ball on my side of the court
I fear it may have been a declaration of Surrender
a personal skeleton...

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Who were they?

They walked to and from school when they were younger.
They had to complete their homework alone before they were allowed to go out and play.
They were given chores they were responsible to keep...

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If I was a tennis ball,
I would be flying high in the sky
If I made a great fall,
I’d be your one and only guy…

Wish I could be standing tall beside you
Anguish upon me made me...

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When I sign "I Love You" with my name what does that mean?                      ...

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Our dog is relaxing for the first time in almost eighteen hours.
The interloper is finally gone.
She is so relieved; I have never heard her sigh this deeply and we have had her for seven years.
Yes,...

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They are like night and day
Always there,
Even when not seen, I know they’ll be here
Treat me like a brother, oh how much they care
How many are they?
Who do stick around when we try and fail?
To...

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I love playing table tennis, Glen and I arranged a match,
We decided to get some balls, so he ordered a batch.

I open a box and in it, one ball was a funny smoky blue, 
All...

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Yesterday I was walking in the early morning fog
When I stopped at the edge of a field to watch a man and his Frisbee dog.

The man would throw his Frisbee east, west, north or south
the...

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Slow motion agonised gravel crunch

Picks and flicks sharp stones under tyres

Glinted handle clicked forward introduces

Arresting view of her beauty polished 

Soft and ready, yet bristled. This is her day 

Ivory plumes escape cancels rear wheel...

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Mera and Reva go out for walks
Enjoying morning sun on their furry, soft backs
Sniffing and smelling sidewalks and bushes
Taking time to keep track of visited creatures’ details

Morning breeze and chirping birds, 
Smells of tulips and...

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Our four-legged furry daughter Reva bid us a farewell 
She went on her new journey wagging her tail
God came to take her during her sleep
Took her to his magnificent land to run around and leap

She...

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Today’s walk started a little earlier than usual 
With the welcoming of gorgeous cottony clouds’ dancing splendor 
Their shining was charmed by sun’s golden-reddish glitter
Dazzled me showing their astonishing shapes and colors

Saw a big flock...

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Polyester lined cables overhead;
Conditions are hazard red;
                            ...

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