Childhood Monkey Poems

We played on the monkey bars
Risking our fate on a dare
Swinging, jumping bar to bar
Flying through the air

As each of us would land unscathed
More would...

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My life is like a marry go round
in the beginning it was full of 
joy and laughter. In the middle
i find love also  i...

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We'd leave just after breakfast
play hard all day
there were no cell phones or play dates
we simply gathered up the mates
took off down the monkey trail
ran...

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she brought the animal up to look at it more closely
that is when we heard a blood curdling shriek 
“it peed on me” she repeated...

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Memories of Monkey Bridge

on summer days 
when heat rippled over
the lawn and jewel-like gardens
momma would emerge 
from the front door, our only door, 
with a...

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Sock monkey,
Cozy on my shelf;
Who knows you better,
Than the memories of myself?

Tears drenched my pillow,
I held you as I cried;
Through father's drunken fury,
Together we would...

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My mom’d just had a baby
And so to give her space,
My nana and my grandpa
Took me to a special place.

We passed a toy store on...

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The noose is a nightmare for any seafaring man
Especially those who thrive the best they can

Danger lurks on the waves like a mugger in the...

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