Rickets Poems

Premium MemberPart of Me: A Fallen Child

...Part of my soul severed by their ruthless oppression, demoralization and exploitation of a frightened and abandoned child.

Part of me drowning in detrimental sorrow as a 10 yr. old coerced by the ...
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Categories: rickets, abuse, anti bullying, child
Form: Free verse

Moon Light Delight

...Sunlight long gone for Night's Moonlight
And its sure throbbing delight:
"God, help me tomorrow at school
To exams pass and feel 'No Fool' "
This night watchers to buy tickets, 
As shrill chirps...
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Categories: rickets, celebration, devotion, humanity, sports,
Form: Rhyme


Anchors Aweigh

...Anchors Aweigh...

destination unknown
for this Earthling
stardate: February 26th, 2022

At sea since time immemorial
I relish being alone
upon oceanic expanse
yours truly doth bemoan
me ga...
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Categories: rickets, 6th grade, adventure, america,
Form: Rhyme

Excuses

...I appreciate you asking me for a date
but, errr...  the invitation arrived too late.

You see; I stumbled and took a tumble
that broke my nose and bloodied my toes.
My face is swollen and my clo...
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Categories: rickets, humor,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberHot Passing Weather

...The visitation of that unpleasant side of life is here
comes with a series of pain is this compulsory treasure hunt
issues grow fat and fetch more corn meal from our distresses
the skin is seared ...
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Categories: rickets, anxiety, life, society, spoken
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberHot Passing Weather

...The visitation of that unpleasant side of life is here
comes with a series of pain is this compulsory treasure hunt
issues grow fat and fetch more corn meal from our distresses
the skin is seared ...
...
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Categories: rickets, adventure, character, life, strength,
Form: Free verse

Time Machine

...This time machine controls your destiny you already know the answer, you can see clearly how amazing your future is. You did it , congratulations....but at the same time since we travelling through t...
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Categories: rickets, 10th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberHunger Pangs

...The sign actually said ‘Universal Disposal’ but the haggard squalid creature 

Had no time for such ephemeral discourse he could just about spell his name

Kanja meaning water born and his parent...
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Categories: rickets, poverty,
Form: Free verse

Poor Rickets

...My one legged mate called Rickets
Pierced his foot on a thorn in the thickets
As he hopped around in pain
He did it again and again
It was so funny I could of sold tickets

In the bathroom, he ...
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Categories: rickets, age,
Form: Limerick

Anchors Aweigh Destination Unknown

...Anchors Aweigh...Destination Unknown

Weather beaten cap'n,
     and watertight bewitched craft
time tested since maiden voyage
     (circumnavigating the globe
back in the day
of my youth),
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Categories: rickets, absence, adventure, allegory, beautiful,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWould You Believe

...I appreciate you asking me for a date
Would you believe you asked too late?

No? Well I have another excuse
A list of them that's quite profuse

I tripped and fell, breaking my nose 
Now there...
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Categories: rickets, nonsense,
Form: Couplet

Premium MemberRival of Rickets

...rival of rickets ~
Spring sunshiny easter egg hunt
and D-licious milk

4/2/2018...
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Categories: rickets, holiday, spring,
Form: Haiku

Silver Arrows, and Rickets

...nonsense purity
polymer
a squeezing of something
out
a tri fold with scores
of plastic, so necessarily unfulfilled 
with pictorials
a social security card,
a card from the merchant marines
w...
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Categories: rickets, 1st grade, analogy, appreciation,
Form: Concrete

Premium MemberSpring Is Coming Soon

...Sing with the birds in May
Pretty songs in dancing play
Raindrops on pedals of flowers
Inspire dreams in spring showers
Nests where robin eggs lay
Give ...
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Categories: rickets, beauty, spring,
Form: Acrostic

No Jobs For a Man

...I was the seventh child in a family of four,
the second born, do I need to say more?
Well perhaps I should fill in a few gaps,
or you could remain confused perhaps...

Yes I was the second boy b...
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Categories: rickets, class, family, grief, jobs,
Form: Rhyme

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