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May Poems | Examples of May Poetry

Bombing the Ho Chi Minh Trail, 31 May, 1970
B-52: a city on its own. You mess with us, we’ve got technology. I loved it when we flew into the zone: as Ernie said, “We’ll kill ’em till they’re free.” My job? To watch the black cascade of death and myriad explosions in the woods: Louisiana lilt – “You hold your breath,” that’s Ernie’s voice – “delivering the goods!” The pretty...

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Categories: may, war,
Form: Rhyme
A fence and an unforgettable memory
2024.5.26 Sunday, My house was broke in. The next day, you messaged me "Good morning". Two hours later, I explained about the robbery. "Invaded?? i went past and saw The police van this morning. I was a bit worried that Something might have happened." From that day, every evening, You came to my place and stay till quite late. You made sure I was protected, Until...

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Categories: may, anniversary, desire, faith, friendship
Form: Free verse



Dandelions Of May
I saw the bending stems of lively green— Where stalked a little sun of yellow bright. Should love be like a flow’r, a sweet nineteen, And May, a month so dry and passing rites. Of fondest dearing names I say and tell, Adoring in ways never thought I’d say. Alas a wind of chill and heat did fell, A sign for...

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Categories: angst, anxiety, loneliness, may,
Form: Sonnet
still caught in May
May is the season of Rain droplets of soft note tapping rhythm into my coat tip— tap. tip— tap. she walks with me and starlight for a silent talk midnight May is the season of Rain I watch her dance as sun sinks beneath the fence— tip— tip— ...

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Categories: may, break up, cry, lost,
Form: Rhyme
Don't Take Life Too Serious
Stand up, Won’t lay down 'til I stack up. Fed up with the brokenness A liq just gonna tease me Focus, Pull up in a Lotus. Fly on essential, Throw up like bulimic With you she a padlock, With me she a secret. Convenient, Don’t take life too serious. Articulate, Went and took one She missed on her period. For my dogs, I’m ruthless, Like John Wick, I...

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Categories: may, cool, dark, hip hop,
Form: Verse



Premium Member We May have Lost Him
With an ingenuine saccharine la-di-da The hoity toity woman said “hi” to ma A want to be royal, an aristocrat stated poser, false Sheila name of Pat My brother was smitten right away He gave her his best times of day Pat could have been a clock tower shooter He did not see this at all, my brother Tooter She is so refined...

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Categories: may, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Sexually explicit meme more real day
Sexually explicit meme more real day originally written May 31st, 202_ humorously, posthumously, and tempestuously expressing woes from the top of my talking head to gnarly nails of (this little piggy fame) toes in sore need and want of a podiatrist I suppose, which keratin structures at the end of plates of meaty ten digits topping off little feet dextrous enough...

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Categories: may, 11th grade, adventure, america,
Form: Free verse
The Traveler Card
It could have been a jester wrapped in shrink wrap or a prince who danced who spoke to me. To go or stay I didn’t know. I didn’t know as I drove to see a friend— we’d just worked together at a store but she left. I followed the signs to a new place. I couldn’t get her out of my mind. Trees and parks and rows of houses rolled past...

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Categories: may, extended metaphor, leaving, lost
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Kansas in May
A pillow and a blanket I have brought up here It’s marvelous today, warm balmy air Rejuvenating me, as nothing else can Kansas in May, better than the promised land...

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Categories: may, day,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member State of the Union, May 20, 2025
Crime is up around here though it’s down over there Inflation at...

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Categories: may, america, money, truth,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member You may keep the other spoon
Two spoons You can keep one I do not intend to share I have not had a hot fudge sundae in forever My tongue salivates like a starving dog when she is ready Perfect with whipped cream and cherry Tasty...

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Categories: may, food,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member May the forest be with you
May you remember the sail ship white wake behind, seabirds about When the bedrock begins to slip When life's purpose is in doubt May you remember every friend When enemies surround When only on few can you depend And harshness is the only sound. **(Chorus)** May the mountains come in waves That lift you up from under. like desert rain that saves. Like a cavalry's thunder. When...

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Categories: may, betrayal, confusion, courage, forgiveness,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Sound or No Sound as the case may be
Ladies, take my advice, ignore men who brag they have hot pants. Yet Keep a safe distance, it could be nothing more than flatulence. ...

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Categories: may, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member May 8, 1945
Monuments went up commemorating the end of World War II It wasn't so long ago in Europe, their scars still show ~ A long and vicious war with horrific consequences So much to rebuild but it was the dawn of a new day Surely mankind had learned its lessons...

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Categories: may, men, war, wisdom, world
Form: Free verse
Before I Woke - May 14
A girl,(her long baby blue dress,)was sat a pace behind me(golden earrings gleaming); She smiled(her waterfalling hair fell streaming) to me as I turned to her(eyes!)and at (her freckles sparkled)a glancing cue to chat (in her rosy lips)went teasing,—we scheming— (a grinning wink,)—one kiss, then two or(dreaming), who was the mouse? moreso, who was the cat? At dinner,(candles lit her flickered face,) a...

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Categories: may, beauty, crush, dream, girl,
Form: Italian Sonnet

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