Same team
...You and I were separate beings, at the time when you met me.
Then I found to my delight, a friendship formed that very night.
It’s hard to know, just what could be; if we were working as a team...
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Categories:
no time flat, beautiful, crush, feelings, giving,
Form: Rhyme
Slipping Away
...Even though it feels somehow
like you’re already slipping away
I have to remember to tell myself
how blessed I am for each day
I love the ways you try so hard
to see the smile I keep
maki...
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Categories:
no time flat, age, best friend, death,
Form: Rhyme
The Boy
...He grabs the wheel; his eyes are wild
A reckless danger in this child
That comes from never having suffered loss
He points us down the rocky road
My foot, the gas, or he’d explode
And do his b...
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Categories:
no time flat, adventure, car, grandson,
Form: Other
The Iron Man
...I have a scramble on this individual.
He made a dress out of unoriginal.
His capacity to fly was conceived.
It is labeled as the sky has heaved.
In his glove, he hid a weapon.
Rock...
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Categories:
no time flat, analogy, appreciation, celebrity, hero,
Form: Rhyme
Stranger From Indy
...You were trained to be independent.
To avoid strangers if you can.
but you had a flat tire so flagged down a man.
He pulls up in a rusted-out truck.
His hands are strong and filthy with dried mud...
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Categories:
no time flat, growth,
Form: Free verse
Roadside
...I walked a while and found a diner,
I was starving and ordered some grub,
the waitress said no food was finer,
I could see cooking grease stored in a tub
I tasted the food she brought to me,
a...
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Categories:
no time flat, life,
Form: Rhyme
Tit For Tat
...Life has lots of give and take;
That’s just where it’s at.
If you ask for favors
Then expect in no time flat,
You’ll find the ball back in your court –
A simple tit for tat.
Those we’re clos...
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Categories:
no time flat, life,
Form: Rhyme
My Poetry Obsession
...Poetry has become an obsession
An accidental rhyme makes me wonder
How many syllables would that be?
It's something I'm forced to ponder
Pat, Pat, Pat!! What? What are you doing?
Why are you ...
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Categories:
no time flat, confusion, creation, humorous, poetry,
Form: Quatrain
Someone Listen
...“Zoloft.” was someone’s loud, quick answer.
“Yasmin.” I heard, spoke by another. Huh?
“Xanax.” Was then offered.
While these people shouted, I stared, perplexed...
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Categories:
no time flat, angst, character, conflict, confusion,
Form: ABC
Recipes of Ill Repute
...I ran across a recipe book
Called ‘Cuisine For Clientele’,
On the cover was an unchaste cook
Making prosti-soup and broth-el.
On the back it stated that ‘Eating
Is the most human obsession.
B...
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Categories:
no time flat, food, funny, sin, ,
Form: Quatrain
All You Can Eat At Hi Buy Part Two
...I looked in awe across the room
it seemed quite empty ~ only her
she must have weighed 300# cured
and ate at will, quite well I'm sure.
What should I do ~ toss at her feet
I was embarrased to a poin...
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Categories:
no time flat, food, people, places, happy,
Form: Monorhyme
My Name
...My Name
Everyday it’s just the same,
Someone yelling out my name,
In a conversation, a letter, a call,
With the intent of driving me up a wall.
Jeff said this, Jeff said that,
My name is s...
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Categories:
no time flat, life,
Form: Rhyme
Pretend Play
...Pretend Play
As the day approaches an early dawn
I watch you playing out in the lawn
With your bulldozer you made a road
For the dump truck with the heavy load
You’re so cute playing out on...
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Categories:
no time flat, lifetime, , cute,
Form: Rhyme
Dreaming Away
...Many times throughout my day
I take time out to get away,
I don't get away physically
My way out most times is mentally,
I like to go way deep in thought
Searching for that perfect spot,
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Categories:
no time flat, adventure, imagination, time, dream,
Form: I do not know?