Rec Poems

Damn Red Cooper

...Damn Red Cooper is a son of a ,
fast with a gun, trigger finger will itch,
all the folks say that he’s killed twenty men,
now he’s saying that I’ll be one of them.
Damn Red Cooper had his eye on ...
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Categories: rec, conflict, evil, history, marriage,
Form: Cowboy Poetry

Premium Memberfoolish things

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I do foolish things
when I'm blue
when I'm sad
and missing you

I do foolish things
like dancing all night
foolish things
drinking everything in sight

foolish things
shopping til I drop...
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Categories: rec, boyfriend, education, emotions, heart,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberGrowing awareness

...Richard was quiet this morning..He sat listening to the
Part of the world around him, there was thd odd bird
Call the muted ticking of the clock in the hall, he looked
A the dark t v screen, that ...
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Categories: rec, assonance,
Form: Narrative

Premium Membergeneva

...During finals week, I’d spent days on various reports and papers, scribbling in the margins of notes and books, checking facts, revising flashcards and prepping with friends. I’ve an unshakable faith...
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Categories: rec, boyfriend, humor, love, school,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberFoolish Things

...I do foolish things
when I’m blue
when I’m sad
and missing you
I do foolish things

like dancing all night
foolish things
drinking everything in sight
foolish things
shopping til I drop
fo...
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Categories: rec, boyfriend, humor, missing,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberThe Ballad of Villonia Beebe, a Life In Three Parts: Part 3

...Obituary


The following notice recently appeared in the Toad Suck Monthly News Express. The management apologizes for the tardiness of its publication:

Ms. Villonia Beebe has passed awa...
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Categories: rec, humor, obituary,
Form: Ballad

Premium MemberVirtually Priceless

...i found him

        we roam
      through the rec room
    two avatars
  dodging balls
shooting bows and arrows
  even grabbing donuts
    from the counter
      no calories in that
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Categories: rec, child, fun,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberNo Reason

...The rec was where we dug sandy tunnel dens 
in danger of collapse.There I fired my catapult 
on a group of three children some distance away 
as I hid behind a willow tree 
not far from the passa...
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Categories: rec, growing up, sorry,
Form: Free verse

Prayer Sustains

...•	Prayer Sustains
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	She sits in a straight-back chair, unmoving,
	Slumped slightly to the left.
	They have seated her with others
	All sitting in a straight line in the rec room,
	Attending a...
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Categories: rec, age, courage, endurance,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberMy Baby's Room Is Empty

...The movers came to clean out my house,
And said to one another
“Let’s remove ALL the furniture!
The baby carriage and accessories
have served their purpose.
That old stuff is nothing but clutter...
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Categories: rec, betrayal, confusion, depression, grief,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberDonald

...You stank, and  poo was once revealed when pants were pulled in playing field. Hard round briquettes, quite dry, like dung with straw sun-hard and undigested. 

All kinds of unkind taunts and silly...
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Categories: rec, 5th grade, bullying, childhood,
Form: Rhyme

674 Santa Rosa, Berkeley, California

...674 Santa Rosa 

my childhood home
for almost 10 years
was 674 Santa Rosa 
Berkeley California

A five bedroom 
adobe California home
on the side of a hill
at the bottom of the Berkeley hil...
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Categories: rec, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Bio

Premium MemberHe Packed a Pistol

...Joe Doakes packed a pistol for protection
Tucked away in his pants, 'scaped detection --
   Had a girl named Meg
   Who flashed him some leg -- 
Joe's pistol turned into an e-rec-tion...
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Categories: rec, girlfriend, sexy,
Form: Limerick

Premium MemberOh England

...by Bob Moore © 2019
                                   >>>>
Oh England bloody England, a land 0f Poms and rain
Oh I wish that I could be, back in my England once again
To see my friends and...
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Categories: rec, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberGrow Up

...Grow Up.

Oh why oh why
Did we have to grow up?
I was happy as Larry
And a pig in muck

When  I was just a baby
Everyone would stop and smile
And say things like ‘’oh isn’t he cute’’
But no...
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Categories: rec, angst, childhood,
Form: Verse

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