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No Nonsense Poems - Poems about No Nonsense

sink bucket
...A sink bucket Today I forgot to buy milk, drank black coffee  it is easy to remember the past shines like jewels It was the winter of 1952, and my brother carried a big sink bucket, I was the sma......

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Categories: no nonsense, america, anger, autumn,
Form: ABC
Create Something Beautiful
...Written By: D. Collins 1/25/25 Create something beautiful while you're on this earth. It will still be here when you're long, under the dirt. Create a masterpiece molded from your own hands. ......

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Categories: no nonsense, dad, daughter,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member JACKS AND THE BOOM BOOM ROOM
...JACKS AND THE BOOM BOOM ROOM HISTORY AND SPOKEN WORD Before the Boom Boom Room in San Francisco’s Fillmore District came to be, it was Jack’s. A poppin’ groove organ funk soul jazz club on Sutte......

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Categories: no nonsense, history,
Form: Spoken Word
Premium Member Plum Delicious
...Jack Horner was an impish little boy, who lived on Cherry Orchard farm; That produced varieties of fruit. For a mellowing sun, kept groves warm. The Horners had always been a serious set-......

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Categories: no nonsense, christmas, fantasy, fruit, nature,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Food finders hub dot co dot U K
...Food thats good i beleive you'll find? raw milk Not the usual, therm-ed out kind. Link up with farmers, you can volunteer!! Supply some spirit, spread more cheer The bowler hatted farmer knows' ......

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Categories: no nonsense, celebrity, character, confidence, courage,
Form: Rhyme



CECYL, SON OF OUR SOIL : CONSUMMATE REVOLUTIONARY
...{Poet’s Note : I wrote this poem for the passing of my very dear friend & comrade, Cecyl Esau, Umkhonto we Sizwe Commander in 2021, as a contribution to his memorial service. Cecyl was given a full P......

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Categories: no nonsense, africa, allegory, character, death
Form: Dramatic Verse
I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT
...I don’t want to talk about it How you broke my virgin heart How you trampled on me Gave up on me in the middle Of a dirty mess, a hopeless tunnel! I don’t want to talk about it How you embarras......

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Categories: no nonsense, betrayal, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member No Nonsense
... I read The Raven in its entirety, I must admit it's kind of creepy. If some big ol' bird with devil eyes Came tap tap tapping to my sitting room, I'd be leave leave leaving for the refuge O......

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Categories: no nonsense, mother,
Form: Free verse
Sojourn through Tarotspace
...SOJOURN THROUGH TAROTSPACE Let me tell you a story, Of a deck of cards, in all its glory. Well, some will say, what’s the big deal? To them my humble reply, come, conquer, and heal. The stor......

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Categories: no nonsense, art, symbolism, teacher,
Form: Rhyme
Grim reaper forever guaranteed eternal plentiful harvest
...Grim reaper forever guaranteed eternal plentiful harvest the following written for no particular rhyme nor reason quite aware the exit (stage door left) allows, enables, to provide every seaso......

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Categories: no nonsense, 12th grade, absence, angel,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Christmas in the Sixties
...Christmas day seemed to always land on a Sunday, when I was a miss. Weird, but church is what I always remember every single Christmas We would wake up too early, and get sent rapidly back to bed. ......

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Categories: no nonsense, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Cami the Inventor Witch
...Cami is an inventor, a genius, a marvel said the witch We let her do things her way, never used a belt or a switch She grew up knowing she was the best of the best School was nothing to her, she o......

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Categories: no nonsense, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Terrific Choice
...Teacher leaves me no instructions. I am a last second substitute I will be here an hour, and I have no idea what I am doing. One of the six-year-olds begins twerking. An obscene dance, if you kno......

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Categories: no nonsense, teacher,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Athens
...We’re (Lisa and I) back in Athens Georgia (hometown USA), where it’s the halcyon days of summer. The south used to be the home of summer heat - not anymore. Now everyone has their little ‘heat domes’......

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Categories: no nonsense, humor, mom, school, student,
Form: Free verse
On Sunny Days I Work Less
...On sunny days i work less; My little Lord God shall bless. On sunny days some light dress My body heat helps to press, Electronic iron men’s guess, For it wouldn’t look a mess… Sweating Noon ......

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Categories: no nonsense, business, creation, education, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme

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