Perk Up Poems

The Opening Bars

...You know how certain songs can grab you
Once some notes are played?
Your ears perk up, you start to smile -
Attention must be paid!

When that occurs, your mind demands
You get to hear the rest...
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Categories: perk up, music,
Form: Rhyme

Artic Hunter

...Slow sleek steps,

Pounces on its paws,

Snow-clad fur,

Brushes off impatiently,

 
Ears perk up,

When squeals and squeaks are heard,

Steady and slowly,

Merges with the blanket ben...
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Categories: perk up, poems,
Form: Free verse


I Am Still Standing Here

...Why don’t you tell the people the truth about the problems of their youth? Why don’t you tell the people the truth of how the system has changed, and their life will never be the same. You have creat...
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Categories: perk up, absence, abuse, america, anniversary,
Form: Narrative

Premium Memberchildren perk up at the end of a school day

...Children who can barely keep their eyes open after lunch
Whose feet shuffle and drag, as they cluster into a bunch
Yawners who struggle to not lie down and flat out snore
When class is annoying, d...
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Categories: perk up, student,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberChickery Chick Cha-la Cha-la

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“Chickery Chick Cha-la Cha-la”
Was a happy little ditty
From days gone by, my how time flies
Those words were warm and witty

“Lamsey doats and dosey doats”
Brings back those days o...
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Categories: perk up, hilarious,
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Cha-La Cha-La

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“Chickery Chick Cha-la Cha-la”
Was a happy little ditty
From days gone by, my how time flies
Those words were warm and witty

“Lamsey dotes and dosey doats”
Brings back those days o...
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Categories: perk up, surreal,
Form: Rhyme

Serotonin Machine

...In cozy nooks where sunbeams gleam,
Dwell Meredith and Theodore, a cherished team.
Their whiskers twirl with graceful grace,
Purr sounds echo, a soothing embrace.

Paws dance softly, a rhythmic ...
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Categories: perk up, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Roots

...I water my plants
With my watering cup
And the soil becomes wet
As the roots drink it up.

The leaves, once a‘wilt
On their stems stand up straight
And I’m glad that their drink
Didn’t reach ...
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Categories: perk up, analogy,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberDecayed

...As I stand before this old, dilapidated house,
A structure fast decaying and about to crumble, 
With its walls painted grey and white,
And the plaster bearing cracks and marks,
Memories l...
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Categories: perk up, destiny, house, missing,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberMuffled Whispers

...“Can you feel the soul of an abandoned house,
 can you hear the whispering? " 
                                    Quote by _Constance La France  

Standing before this old, dilapidat...
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Categories: perk up, age, feelings, house, longing,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberJoy Comes In the Morning

...Joy comes in the morning
The birds await to sing their hymns
After being lonesome in darkness
The whippoorwill has brought 
Them comfort and hope singing
In the stillness of the night
Wildlife ...
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Categories: perk up, fate,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberToll Bridge

...There's a price to be paid for everything.
Nothing in life is free;
So be sure of a thing and the price to be paid,
Is it worth it? If not let it be.

We pay a price for whatever we do.
Where w...
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Categories: perk up, anti bullying, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberEffectuality

...myriad of moons
diurnal round - her blithe eyes
perk up planet earth

1/16/2022...
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Categories: perk up, imagery,
Form: Haiku

The Blue Blossoms

...The alarm warns: it’s time to wake, 
Time, twelve years of leisure to shake,
Take a look, King of springs has come, 
The time has come now to blossom, 
And this message spreads all around,
The p...
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Categories: perk up, blue, flower, nature,
Form: Free verse

I Like Your Brain

...Can I tell you I like your brain
Make sense or sound insane 

I say I like your brain
Cause talking to you is no drain

You perk up my ears
From every word that I hear

You have so much to s...
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Categories: perk up, friendship, imagination, silly,
Form: Rhyme

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