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New Jersey Poems - Poems about New Jersey

Premium Member Avon by the Sea
I didn't pull my weight The boss was really sore He said "you're second rate and I won't take it anymore." He continued raving On how I was misbehaving Said my job was not worth saving And so I longed for Avon Avon by the sea I must go back to Avon Avon by the sea When my lifeboat needs a haven When my...

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Categories: new jersey, america, friend, ocean, places,
Form: Lyric
Paterson, New Jersey December 1, 1957
Paterson, New Jersey December 1, 1957 Amidst the *****sapien species one anonymous baby birthed: I recount one little known piece of news which one young married couple did enthuse, profusely doting on their first progeny. Amelie Beth Harris as imagined being born courtesy her only brother (thirteen plus months her junior) with one final hefty contraction her crown thrust out the birth canal and she...

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Categories: new jersey, adventure, age, anniversary, appreciation,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Moments Ago, A Visit From An Earthquake
On the fifth of April 2024, about 10:23 a.m., we all felt a shake It wasn’t the midnight train; it wasn’t a jack hammer It wasn’t children hopping; it wasn’t the roaring of a tiger It wasn’t a 747 emergency landing; it was an earthquake It was God smiling at us to see how we would have reacted People had...

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Categories: new jersey, america, anxiety, environment, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member New Jersey Transit
stars & stripes banner over police transit desk - railroad sparrow hides...

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Categories: new jersey, bird,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member New Jersey Gal
I met a young lady in Hoboken Actually, her good leg was broken She used her cane, Mileage to gain Went by bus with a Hoboken token. written December 28, 2021...

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Categories: new jersey, humor,
Form: Limerick



Hail Gloria, New Jersey 1986
She comes, Hail Gloria, growing in her approach, wind and sea rising together, embracing. She washes over me in her ardent desire, touching, tasting, loving. The sand, her fingers, raking, biting, dots of blood well where she touches me. My hair entwined with Her, she heaves her force against my body and I kneel, submissive, gloriously in love...

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Categories: new jersey, desire, sexy,
Form: Free verse
Woodbury New Jersey Whetstone One
Woodbury, new jersey home to me self since birth my very late mother (bless her long departed soul)    slaved and toiled per accursed penury and dearth tried her darnedest to create happiness while on earth would be livid with rage at lack of neighbors’...

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Categories: new jersey, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Heroic Couplet
Woodbury New Jersey Whetstone 2
brings world word ii gunnery duty as extremely frightful flashback which utterly displeases this elderly mortal and such behavior moi aback!   Born in this same house on Leona avenue, this oldster doth dwell which neighborhood once felt like heaven, but now seems...

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Categories: new jersey, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Patterson, New Jersey Circa December 1st, 1957
amidst cavorting delightfully, enjoying thorough frolicking gingerly, foreign hick hating slo hip-hopping insouciantly sustaining row biological status quo kvetching lamely moreso mother became pro naturally physically rumbling, heard all the way in Oslo supposedly twerking, undulating vivaciously wantonly x2c wisely yielded – nada no zona pellucida anchored byte size seaman, potent embryonic...

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Categories: new jersey, age, angel, beautiful, birthday,
Form: Ode
Said the New Jersey Bomber a Terrorist
Said the terrorist, Terrorized and radicalized by what the mind dictates. Spreads it’s evil into the eyes, stares into arrogance justifies presumptuous actions and forces you to comply. Did I not think? Once done, irreversible these actions? But no, this rude bravado assumes it carries the weight of God. Who am I to dictate such ignorance? They do on to me and so I do unto them? Revenge? For...

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Categories: new jersey, anger, dark, evil, horror,
Form: Free verse
New Jersey State Police
New Jersey State, New Jersey State Police, we came with guns and excitement in our skins and uniforms, the guy had a beef with time and the unions and the bosses and his life in general, New Jersey State, New Jersey State police, we came with our training and our talk-down skills but he didn’t want...

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Categories: new jersey, community, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Mermaid and the New Jersey Devil
with cloven hooves and bat-like wings he waits for her as sunset paints the sky a much-feared societal outcast communes each night with his only love here on the Atlantic Ocean where waves sweep worries away she glides gently to the rock jetty hears a song that reaches only her ears how such a beautiful creature finds joy with a being so dreaded has been...

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Categories: new jersey, history, loneliness, mystery,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Seaside Park, New Jersey
Along the shore in New Jersey, just about in the middle of Ocean County, stands a proud and pleasant community. The boardwalk at Seaside Park was a place to see. With the surf, the beach, and the warm sunshine, visitors could enjoy a day so fine. This used to be a nice spot for a vacation. However, their boardwalk has suffered devastation. Most...

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Categories: new jersey, fire, loss,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Highlights of New Jersey
"Highlights of New Jersey" New Jersey is quaintly known as the Garden State for fun with sandy beaches kissed by ocean waves beneath golden Sun amusement parks and midway piers stream wooden boardwalk arcades offer magic machines with flashing lights that talk. boat rides on blue Atlantic coast and fishing by the bay surfing upon white capped...

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Categories: new jersey, places, education, garden, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member New Jersey
New Jersey was just a pass through state From Boston to Myrtle Beach Just a turnpike in our rear view mirror Before the final destination we could reach We never gave her a second thought Only stopped to get some gas Every time they said we couldn’t pump it ourselves This would make us start to laugh Then one year we were bit...

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Categories: new jersey, places, , western,
Form: Rhyme

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