Passaic Poems


Premium MemberTraffic Jam Schadenfreude

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Every morning, I work from home
I turn on the radio, if I'm unhappy and alone
You hear so much misery when the car jams are told
Make you feel happier, if you're mean and cold

The outbound Ge...
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Categories: passaic, car, humor, humorous, sympathy,
Form: Lyric

Premium MemberThe Crown of a 'Poet'

...My metaphors, like petit fours
   My similes work abysmally
My meter sometimes peters out
   Allusions, mere delusions

My irony shows its wrinkles
   Enjambment's full of kinkles
Iambic, Troc...
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Categories: passaic, humor, poetry,
Form: Couplet


Premium MemberRather Prosaic

...There once was a poet from Passaic*
All his poems were rather prosaic --
   He'd heard it worked nice
   To throw in some spice --
~ 'Twas expired, now his penning's archaic


    
   


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Categories: passaic, poems, poets,
Form: Limerick

Premium MemberThe Shirelles

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This is one of the most famous “girl groups” anyone knows.
They began in Passaic, New Jersey as the “Poquellos”
The four members were Shirley Owens and Beverly Lee,
along with Addie “Mickie”...
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Categories: passaic, dedication, music, nostalgia, tribute,
Form: Rhyme

Love Story Pt 1 ( Only 100 More To Go )

...Down by Passaic, you said you've never seen me.
I'm not from here, I'm a Patersonian.
Black hair, five feet seven inches tall, prettiest smile a boy would ever see.
I know you have pressure to be ...
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Categories: passaic, confusion, girlfriend-boyfriendme, love, me,
Form: Lyric


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