Funny Narrative Poems

When Laurie was just eighteen years of age
she fell in love with a brazen young man,
rode his own bike, knew just what to say,
ever quick...

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I still savor the thought of the zest that I caught
When you joined us that night after school.
Tara figured out why, since she’s so sage...

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I was drifting north, looking out for work,
found myself in Iowa, in Des Moines,
a polka band was holding a concert,
they needed roadies, so I thought...

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down south somewhere
in mid-winter, there were
two birds -- one with 
a broken wing and one with
nothing wrong
well with the exception of  his friend
with the...

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(With apologies to Ernest Lawrence Thayer, author of "Casey at the Bat".)

The Mudville nine and Casey have their chance for sweet revenge;
They play today in...

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So we took Bonnie the Border Collie to the vet yesterday for a wellness check and to update his shots. While there we discussed Bonnies...

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The entire city is in darkness
Yet the brightness shines through you
People left to get away, in their cars they drove
I stayed - flood water is...

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Carmena was born in Bolivia
but left that place at seventeen,
after three years of waiting for the chance
to live out an American dream.

When her folks finally...

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~Once Upon A Time Snow White~
(Narrative /  Free Verse)
 


Once upon a time
In a far away land
There was a very beautiful  Princess, called...

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(a lighter-hearted parody of the masterpiece poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe)

Once upon a noonday sunny, while I smiled at something funny
In the park...

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I wish I had a male man who was around my age, not married, not in a relationship, very understanding and willing to accept my...

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A conversation between me and my son a few years ago about the man who jumped out of the balloon from the stratosphere

I was trying...

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Tiny orange tea lights with miniature pumpkins sprinkle love lights around the tables,
Which have been set probably since 5:30 a.m. with the church’s best china,
Because...

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Sixteen hundred full moons ago, RumbleVoice, a giant with a mission, and his mighty spy hawk, Samuel P. were up in the Butter Cup Mountains...

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I decided to have an Andy Griffith moment with Tyler and Violet last night and brought them outside to check out the once every century...

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None keeps its inventory
But it creeps into a story
A story of a modern society
Which is plural in nature;
Partly of a rural nurture
Partly of an urban...

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MY GREATEST ADVENTURE

The greatest adventure of my lifetime took place in a quaint little town on the East Coast  ---  a town whose...

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Baby Sister’s Secret

Little baby sister begged her mother for sandals.
She was only 3.
She called them “shoes with holes in them.”
Her little toes felt free.

One morning...

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Who do you think you are?
I said it so many times to my old friend
too many times
until I said it loudly one last time
and that...

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Driving down the highway,
90 miles an hour,
trying to get back to you,
so I could give you flowers.

The truck she was purring like a kitten,
sweet sounding...

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