Long Whoppers Poems

On (Payday) Mr. Good-bar got a (100 Grand) 
and took Maryjane Out on a date.
He picks her up in his (Grand Ferrero Roche.)
With the (Oreo) double stuffed chocolate wheel covers.
Maryjane wearing a Fluffy Stuff cotton...

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1.   My ex-girlfriend tried to impress me when
          She told me that she is "Fasting"!  And I knew
     ...

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The poetry of the COVID era (read to the end)

Thai pineapple rice. Wonton and Yaki Soba
Tortufo ice cream. Scallopini veal, halva and also soda
Tamago, octopus and yellowtail. Ribs, pasta fagioli.
Meat lover’s pie, sword fish, big...

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HOW SWEET IT IS

I had just completed a Marathon, and felt as if I had run through every Galaxy in the Milky Way.   I stopped by Wal-Mart to browse and cool down. ...

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Rules: Use at least 10 candy names from those listed below.
(30 candy names used)


Tomorrow we'll explore our Galaxy,
not just by space ship, but with 'space nerds' too!
We smarties, gifted Mike and Ike, with me,
will start...

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There was a long serving counter, high revolving chairs, and café smells.
There was a special taste of hamburgers served at this southern segregated café.  My first encounter with the café and the tasty burgers...

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I was walking on the heath near Rocky Road with Mike and Ike, we’d been pals since our college days and called ourselves The Three Musketeers. We’d just had our pay day and were off...

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BURGER KING
 
In a kingdom where hunger is king,
Burger royalty is humongously a thing.
Crowned in buns of sesame seed,
Each bite satisfies our carnivorous need.
With cheezy indulgence & toppings aplenty,
Here's a palace where taste reigns gently.6

Sat...

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Life most certainly has its ups and downs.
Sometimes life may be as breathtaking as a Galaxy of whimsical Starburst. 
Heroes and adored Lifesavers protect our most beloved towns. 
The pessimistic Goobers in life are the...

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Love is the essence.

Your presence is flavor.

I'll savor you "Now and Later."

Your sweetness is one,

of many candies,

not just good night pillow mint "Andes."
 
I'm a "sucker" for you,

like an "Everlasting Gobstopper," forever true.

Even if there's "Mounds"...

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Ain't no wonder we're baffled about eatin' - ever'thing is taboo.
We're deluged by self-appointed gurus toutin' their points uv view.
Can't they desist and find somethin' more productive to do?
They can eat their tofu and water...

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God Shook his Head Today

In the public eye you spew lies from the table cloth, with fake humanitarianism.

A sort of façade one puts on at a mardi gras parade; whimsical and alluring.

Yet, your goodwill proves...

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In life when I’m running a marathon race
on the rough and rocky road traversing the heath
across the rolling mounds, low and high,
I remember my childhood days
that flew away far in the virtual space
on the wings...

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I changed my shower curtain yesterday.
I was too short so I had to strain on my tiptoes to get each ring in place.
My mind was not in my bathroom with me.
It was transported to last...

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Everyone harbors a tattered fleet of bygones in dock
Old scores and sores of direct hits we've sustained
In past long gone battles and tussles, well past o'clock
But held as bygone mementos, your slate unclean and stained.

Forgiveness...

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Gwen does not feel the least guilty about an affair with Glen.
He is married, but they have not been in love for years.
His wife, Florence, is a cold fish, demanding and unlovable.
Their three children are...

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O' HENRY'S my name and me and my dog CHUNKY, the SLO POKE dog, wanted to go on a shopping spree on 5th AVENUE since it was PAYDAY. It was a nice ride and the...

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My old hometown has a restaurant where,
the older men gather with stories to share.
Many are fabled and some “almost” true.
At times I’ve been known to stretch one or two.

Some craft their words like a lawyer...

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Trump, the man

The mass media in Europe is as bad
as any mass media all over the world 
also lazy and copy one another
and have in common a dislike of Trump
Sometimes, they take their cue 
from the once-famous...

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Impressionable young hearts do tell the grandest lies
When learned from grandfathers with sparkling eyes
Grandfathers living renewed through the breath of a grandchild

Oh grandfathers’ whoppers told in all kindness and glory
The bigger the whopper makes the...

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Give me a couple hamburgers and a Coke.
   Would you like any fries with that?
I've lost touch with my college roommate.
   You can always find him on Facebook.
It's so hard to...

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The  rocky road of childhood lingers on
And still I hear the echoes of those  nerds.
A  galaxy  away and yet so near,
I was the  dove  and they the preying birds.

Hey,...

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We no longer immolate babes on Moloch’s hideous altar. 
May Heaven be thanked.
We no longer burn heretics at the stake. 
May Heaven be praised
We no longer stone men and women for committing adultery. 
Thank ...

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Long poems, short poems
    Wide poems, narrow 
  High poems, low poems
    Romance, Cupid's arrow

  Old poems, new poems
    Red poems, blue poems
 ...

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I thought lets go fishing
fancying a fish pie
or maybe fish and chips
that would do the trick

I set off, rod and bucket
full of worms in my hands
found a good spot to fish
by the rocks on the...

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