Nagged Poems | Examples

Childhood Days

I reflect on our childhood days,
Not such pure and perfect ways,
Mother nagged us for so long,
Her negative carp was very strong,
When we kids reached our teens,
That's when she got really mean,
Endearing not, was the scene,
Past of our family magazine,
Now we look back and laugh,
Turn the page on mother's chaff!

Pencils and Crayons

I drew stick figures
things were simple

in a pencil world
mistakes were erased
you could start over

but an inchmeal awareness nagged
- the sky isn’t gray, it’s a liquid blue

but crayons were complicated
you couldn’t erase things
mistakes were irrevocable.

and there were 148 colors in the big box
keeping them in rainbow order was work.

growing up is hard

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*Webster: Inchmeal: gradual, or little by little*

His Epitaph, Short and Snappy

They nagged him till he'd had enough.
His one remaining joy was snuff.
Beyond the post that ends his race
he has found a better place.
This is no time to joke or laugh
but to write his epitaph.
Art is long but life is short.
I lack the time to more report.
Short and snappy were his days,
short therefore to him my praise.

Misinformed By One News Channel

Her mind was closed, she quickly bragged.
Opinionated she always nagged.
Misinformed by one channel of un-real-news.
With no social security she now sings the blues.

Reserata Carcerem Lvi

Erewhile took hoisted oath crushed cod,
'pon Cecilia 'n' cramped Cynthia's nod.
T' his lusty lover he'd rehearsed
pored pledges gored b' lanky love's lurch.

Damp dell 'n forg'ry hewn dark deceit,
'n which sassy smirk 's draped - smothered spree.
Furred fabrics ergo "f cloning sewn
torn was b' bounty blitzkrieg b' time thrown;

"Trade thy love with me. I'll borrow",
thrived oft - offshoot "f th' ticker's sorrow.
But untutored mind 'n deceit lagged 
"s her words smarter than visage nagged.

Anon did wielded wits 'witch him,
'n' anon sent he her 'way raging.
        '20:07:25:11:00

Note:
a) of damp dishonesty
b) Written apace with Middle English lexis:
i) Erewhile - long ago
ii) Cod - a man
iii) Cynthia - moon
iv) dell - young woman
v) ergo - then
vi) oft - often
vii) visage - face
viii) Anon¹ - immediately
ix) Anon² - At once
c) The following are used with no syllabic consequences:
i) 'pon - upon
ii) 'n' - and
iii) t' - to
iv) b' - by
v) 'n - in
vi) 's - is
vii) "f - of
viii) b' - by
ix) oft - often
x) th' - the
xi) "s - as
xii) 'witch - bewitch
xiii) 'way - away.

Konmari My Life

Oh gosh
In a maze 
Mess over here
Mess over there

Everywhere
Like zombie apocalypse 
Coming to get me

Gonna plan 
My action of attack
With plastic bags and boxes
As their coffins

Ain't compromise
Nope
Ain't shedding a tear
Coz this will set me free
Opening up the horizon 

Opportunities
Fresh ideas
Productive lifestyle 
Making me 
Oh My Gosh

Blaming my lazy behind
Thinking 
I will need this and that
Reasoning illogically

Been nagged
Till my ears about to fall off
And my eyes shaking up 
Long for days, months and years

Gonna bust 
Their territory
Making my headquarters 
Armed with discipline 
Not making this happen again

Throw stuff
Like Michael Jordan
Banana kick like Cristiano Ronaldo
Swift myself like Usain Bolt

Then finale myself
Holding cape
Clearing the mess
Saying "Ole!"
Bull eye!

© Sue Sanzz 2020

A Rewarded Plea

For two weeks my wife has nagged
at me to mow the grass.
“Two weeks!” I said, “That can’t be right,”
but time does quickly pass.
So to get back in her good books,
I had to make a solemn vow,
that I will mow the grass tomorrow,
because I’m watching telly now.

She mumbled something ‘neath her breath
like I’ve often heard her do,
and I gather that she called me lazy
between the odd choice word or two.
But a bloke is entitled to unwind
by relaxing with the TV.
I just wish she’d get up off her backside
and start preparing me tea.

To drop a hint I pushed on the remote,
flicked the telly on to S-B-S,
because I know the programs on there
to the wife don’t really impress.
But the program that’s currently aired,
is deemed as a medical show
where the patients are on life support …
kept alive and don’t even know.

I said to me dear darling wife
indicating on to the screen,
“I don’t want to live in a vegetable state,
dependent upon a machine.”  
So without one word she stood up.
I thought she was gunna get tea,
but she walked the opposite way,
and unplugged the bloody TV.

The Man At Number Ten

“The man at number ten's mowing his lawn!”
“Get off your fat backside and go do ours!”,
she nagged, so off he went, looking forlorn,
she supervised him,in between her glowers.
“The man at number ten's painting his fence!
You said you'd do ours three years back, you know!
A simple job, that needs no common sense,
now get the paint and roller- off you go!”
Each passing day the wife found more to do,
the man at number ten had lit the fire,
the list of jobs for hubby to go through
increased, as did his frustration and ire.
Still, things at home have been better since when
he went and shot the man at number ten.

A Length of Pipe

There was once a thin plumber named Stipe

Whose large wife always nagged with a gripe

She was constantly bummed

For each time that he plumbed

He came up inches short with his pipe



Well, he asked and he asked her to hush

Still, the scolding continued to gush

So he fit his wee shlong

With a pipe, extra-long

And the nagging was gone with a flush!




~ 1st Place ~  in the "Limericks" Poetry Contest, Joseph May, Judge & Sponsor.

(Syllables counted at HowManySyllables.com)

She's Just Nagging Again

mother of two boys
nagged at dad clowning by pool
one dive too many ~
forgive my raised jaded brow
'nag' now aids paraplegic



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Submitted for contest ONE OR TWO TANKA sponsored by RICK PARISE - December 17, 2017

Bring Me Sunshine

It’s not corked up in a bottle
You don’t drive it down the road
But wear it on your finger
A beautiful band of gold

It keeps you wide awake at night
And can smell a little bit
But your babys smile
Is worth a million quid

She nagged you clean your teeth
And made you go to school
But wiped  away your tears
When you cut your knee

You have to buy them birthday cards
And visit them on Christmas day
But families bring you lots of smiles
Every single day



comp entry 17/10/2017

Jeanette Chippington

Jeanette struck gold at the Worlds and Euros, 
The non-Paralympic Worlds and Euros, that is, 
In the sport of canoeing and she has portfolios, 
In the Paralympic world as a swimmer, the biz. 

She’s won a total of twelve swimming medals, 
At five Paralympics going way back to Seoul, 
But took up canoeing recently - one of her pals, 
Nagged her into it. And has kids, a partner soul. 

At the ICF Worlds in Milan in the class of K1,
Jeanette won the gold medal, and then in 2016, 
At the ICF Worlds in Dulsburg, Germany’s lung, 
Jeanette won silver in the K1 200m KL1 mean.

She took the gold at Rio, making it thirteen 
Paralympic medals in total, and she said: 
“I thought I’m never going to like it, [not keen], 
but once I did it I absolutely loved it [dead].”

The Dream - Lcfc

Cometh the Season and Cometh the hour,
From our Walkers Crisps past to our new Thai King Power, 
Our fearless blue foxes have lived through the dream, 
Rising up to the top like the richest of cream.
 
It could never happen, it defied all the odds, 
After all this is Leicester, not footballing gods?
But week after week our boys held to their nerve, 
And they ground out the wins to get what they deserved.
 
Lucky whilst workmanlike labelled by most, 
Powered by Buddhism or King Richard’s ghost, 
Though the points all stacked up as the run carried on, 
The experts were baffled at the phenomenon.
 
It confounded the pundits and astounded the fans, 
Won with hard-work, commitment and no ‘fancy Dans’.
Ranieri kept joking with the press and nay-sayers, 
But called no one an Ostrich, and didn’t choke any players.
 
And as the season concluded and Bocelli sang, 
As the fireworks exploded closing things with a bang, 
As the foxes blue army vented pleasure and pain, 
In our minds nagged a question, could they do it again…

Peace At Last - Collaboration With Rob Bettridge

There are women who feel a strong need
To nag men until their ears bleed
In a war of attrition
With relentless petition
Is a cruel way to make men concede

Men wish for a life of peace 
But get nagged by a tongue that won't cease
Men will just say
It's the female DNA
That must out in its need for release 

We can’t help it; we just HAVE to nag
Guess some folks would call us 'an old hag'
But men get on our nerves
When you paw at our curves
Men should give up and wave the white flag

We can suffer from bad PMT,
Become ogres that men want to flee
We scream and we shout
Say we’ll throw you out
But for some reason you wont let us be

Better by far, we should try this next time
It's effective and will prove sublime
By wearing earplugs
In each of our lugs 
We'll be laughing whilst nagging - in mime

Laughing together will lighten our day
It's a tonic to chase our problems away
For a really big smile
Can last a long while
And we'll both get along better that way

24th January 2016-01-24 
Collaboration by Jan Allison and Rob Bettridge

Peace At Last - a Collaboration With Jan Allison

There are women who feel a strong need
To nag men until their ears bleed
In a war of attrition
With relentless petition
Is a cruel way to make men concede
 
Men wish for a life of peace
But get nagged by a tongue that won't cease
Men will just say
It's the female DNA
That must out in it's need for release

We can’t help it; we just HAVE to nag
Guess some folks would call us 'an old hag'
Men get on our nerves
When you paw at our curves
You should give up and wave the white flag

We can suffer from bad PMT,
Become ogres that men want to flee
We Scream and we Shout
Say We’ll throw you out
But for some reason you wont let us be
 
Better by far, we should try this next time 
It's effective and will prove sublime
By wearing Earplugs
In each of our Lugs
We'll be laughing, whilst nagging - in Mime

Laughing together will lighten our day
It's a tonic to chase all our problems away
For a really Big Smile
Can last a long while
And we'll both get on better that way

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