Petty Poems

Roads We Chose

Roads We Chose


If you travel down the wrong Lane
where humanity is swept away
with hate and viral diatribes
well then you know
Tom Petty
has inseminated his seed
they knock on all doors
if a narrow mind will answer
ring ring
oh ,my hatred sings

do not be a little mind
unless genocide is your thing

For the Story: If I Were Petty - Chapter One

I'd steal it back—
my poem that she posted as her own.

I'd name her plainly, demand 
a public apology— 
an admission of hypocrisy 
from the one who keeps her hands clean, 
grins like a simpleton, cackles
like she's getting away with it,
this even meaner magic. 

Navel-gazing Narcissus
must not have realized 
I was never planning to stay 
quiet.

I'm not even a poet, just a petty rhymer

I'm not even a poet, just a petty rhymer.
When starting a new verse, first thing I do is grab a timer.
And if writing the new verse takes more than five minutes flat,
I say, "Okay, that's about enough of that!"
And then I go back to reading my "How to enjoy your retirement" primer.
Grab some cheese, some

Petty Freddy

Written By:  D. Collins 9/17/24


Petty Freddy's a man no child would want to be.
Void of selflessness and human morality.
Stuck on stupid because it is all about him.
May be why wifey doesn't travel to Wisconsin.


This is as clear as day, without stating names.
And, for his infidelity he gave Biden the blame.
Can you see a Petty

Tomorrow's Petty Pace

Have you given yourself a vow
Not to come for the video chat
Or does it happen undertow 
Like implicit “don’t do that”?
And of course you are aware
Of my waiting – if you call
It will show that still you care
And through stumbling and fall
I will dash into your house
But perhaps I’ll be too much
Mither you with whats

Petty Lying Eyes

With your words so sweet and promises ring true
I fell hard in love with you
But each night I am lonely, rumors your playing around
Searching the night thank God you I never found.

A sick mother, emergency trip out of town
All those rumors of you go round and round
Keeps me walking the floor each night over you
my

WILDFLOWERS-TOM PETTY

For today’s blessing…to find some words uplifting
I will take a break and let Tom Petty do the heavy lifting:

You belong among the wildflowers
You belong in a boat out at sea
You belong with your love on your arm
You belong somewhere you feel free.

Tom Petty

Tom Petty, artistically free,
Voice of Lucky Kleinschmidt, King of the Hill
Creator of Rickenbacker 660/12TP guitar
With his signature gray top hat
American Girl, I won’t back down

Tom Petty Radio

On Sirius Radio, we have the chance 
To listen to singers who’ve died,
For some have their stations, which serve to enhance
All the music they once did provide.

So after they’ve passed, we’ve been given the choice
To keep listening, not to just songs,
But to whole conversations in that well-known voice 
Which to our favorite singer belongs.

We are

Petty Fights

Akshay,
Won’t take my attitude,
Won’t text to me,
Won’t give me advice,
Not anymore

Akshay,
Hasn’t talked to me all day,
Hasn’t texted all day,
Hasn’t given me funny feelings,
Not today

Akshay,
Doesn’t know what to say,
Doesn’t want to advise,
Doesn’t want to talk,
Not now

Akshay,
Has his own life,
Has a real life,
Has an unshackled life,
Not like me

Akshay,
Tells me not to think like that,
Tells me to quit

Petty

A festive feast of aired grievances 
faces maroon  and out of control;
Screams breed battered appearances,
this moment our tempers just stole;

Releasing all that tension with a kiss 
now we are locked in a wild explosion;
A fine line between livid and bliss 
in the end teeth, nails, and devotion;

Go on baby and let it all out

The Petty Coat Checkmate

"The Petty Coat Checkmate"

out out damn spot

(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)

Petty Thief and Smart Excuse

The story could not become stale:
Farouk had pilfered from a mail;
Also, in some shop picked a pail
And, yet, another a huge bale...

When things began to read "Jail"
Farouk had already turned tail
And for waiting ears had his tale:
That he had come to some friends hail,
One of them male and the other female.
Then, a Ben chose to

White Rabbit: Fast Food Robberies and Other Crimes

In her ivory tower, she was raised,
A sheltered child, a life of ease,
But Alice's tale, Lorina's heart had seized,
Her mind now set on a different phase.

Married at twenty to a man much too old,
Her life as a trophy wife grew stale,
And so she plotted, her heart gone cold,
Her husband's demise she'd avail. 

With her inheritance,

Kuiken Little - My Own Baby Chicken

I
Siblings stolen
Why list the nations ills ...
Bring Chicken Little home

II
Kuiken has cage during light
Twilight cheeps, louder -- plaintive --
Back in box, quietest baby

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