there was a milkman back in the day
there was a milkman when I was a child
he brought fresh milk to our doorstep every morning
left it there in a little metal box that had the dairy name on it
there was also a bread man in the fifties
If we were lucky we might get the white cupcakes
They were uniform, frosted with sweet pink icing
we
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Categories:
milkman, nostalgia,
Form: Prose Poetry
Spoiled Milk
Funny/Bawdy Limerick
Spoiled Milk
The milk man and Sue like to shag.
"The milkman sure digs me," she'd brag.
Well the milk man delivered!
And Sue sure got the shivers!
But the milk on the porch went bad.
So, that night, when Sue's husband came back,
She knew he'd surely notice the lack.
"No milk with my tea?
Oh how can this be?",
Teased the milkman,
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Categories:
milkman, fun, funny, humor, nonsense,
Form: Limerick
Floral Cow Meets the Milkman
Floral cow woke up one morning with flower seeds on her head.
They grew and sprouted, some turned pink, others red.
She enjoyed them ever so much, they gave her identity.
I think I like them more than you, she said to bumblebee.
Bumblebee laughed and said “oh, honey, no way!
Nobody likes a flower better than me at the
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Categories:
milkman, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Milkman
He came sharp at 6 a.m, he was our old milkman
My mother woke up to bring it in
She would sometimes meet him
Today was one such day
She greeted him, but he said nothing
and went on his way.
She found that odd, but put it down to
Him having not heard.
The doorbell rang around seven
It was the Milkman’s
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Categories:
milkman, death, people,
Form: Free verse
The Milkman and His Mistress
The farmer's wife and milkman played seesaw
Their sighs weren't heard as two donkeys brayed He-Haw
Inspired by Silent One's contest ( not for contest )
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Categories:
milkman, humor,
Form: Epigram