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
foolish 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...
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Categories:
rec, boyfriend, education, emotions, heart,
Form: Rhyme
Growing 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
geneva
...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
Foolish 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
The 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
Virtually 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
No 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
•
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
My 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
Donald
...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
He 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
Oh 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
Grow 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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