Bombing the Ho Chi Minh Trail, 31 May, 1970B-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 memory2024.5.26
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 MayI 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 MayMay 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 SeriousStand 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
We May have Lost HimWith 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 daySexually 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 CardIt 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
Kansas in MayA 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
State of the Union, May 20, 2025
Categories:
may, america, money, truth,
Form: Couplet
You may keep the other spoonTwo 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
May the forest be with youMay 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
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
May 8, 1945Monuments 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 14A 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
Specific Types of May Poems
Definition | What is May in Poetry?