Short Grownup Poems

barbies and kens
shared secrets
grownup scenarios



posted on June 12, 2018...

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Grown Miss Muffet put “tuffet” on display
family quickly denounced her as a stray
       Muffet found bike rider
       who called himself Spider
 and, after curds, he and she sped a-whey

May 12, 2023
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What life I had,
Lies dieing in my arms,
My childhood has past,
I’m grownup now,
I have to get it together,
But my dieing life remains,
The flicker of life,
Is my flicker of hope,
The little childishness I have left,
Is dieing, 
But still there....

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Fighting like a child even though a grownup.
Right or wrong choosing  together.
Identically different, but mentally the same.  
Encouraging even for a single thing.
Neglecting the bad ones each other. 
Dwelling as a soul together 
          !FRIENDS!...

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Wedded to a grownup dream,
betrothed to whom I sleep
My lover laced in shades of gray,
her shadow most discreet

Vows of heartache lost in time,
one chance to pledge again
to tend her garden—heart unbound,  
and till her love unstemmed

(Dreamsleep: April, 2022)...

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No lover no job no money in pocket
I am a lost necklace without a locket.

No smile no laughter no tears of joy
Can’t stand on my feet though grownup boy.

No hope no dream no more expectation
No care no soul no infatuation.

No light no goal no competition
No true friend and no consolation....

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You See your parents talk less and less everyday
You See your parents fight more and more everyday
This is a sign 
but not just any sign like an emoji or a stop sign 
but its the sign that tells the Future
and its your turn to be the grownup of the house...
So step in
And don't let your Future End there and Now!...

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Youth becoming fast the grownup.
 Courage with all the emotions.
 Holding fast to lay down cowardice.
 Creeps into all at times beaten.
 Guns battering chaos from dreams.
 One’s dream sleep shades of red.
 Repressed from never thinking.
 Never to end til spent.
 Smokey tides of grey.
 Plans left behind never return til then.
 The ultimate duty of family.
 Calls to one’s mind past caught up....

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Climb mountains! 
Slay Dragons! 
That's what I did 
When I was a kid 
Now it's too much 
All this grownup stuff 
Amalgamations 
Corporations 
Business-like murder 
          under the guise of merger 
Micro-second chattel battles 
          waged on computer panels 
Flash before my eyes 
In a plate glass high-rise 

Now 

all my mountains are made of paper, and 
all my dragons wear ties...

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I marvel at the tears of stars
that loudly blush as they pass Mars

Toward earth they fall in streams of dust
on cosmic winds that swirl and gust

No doubt it seems a madman’s tale
a rotund lie of cosmic scale

I ask you though, with much chagrin
please wake that child that naps within

Though hard to see with grownup eyes
The puerile heart unveils their guise

Near tranquil ponds where sorrow feeds
they land and spark among the reeds...

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The shadows cast from childhood’s grace,
From oaks once climbed with wondered zeal, 
Still gently shade the heart’s chaste place.

A park where myths and dreams were real,
So long as thoughts remained puerile -
Imagination’s grass strewn stage.

Unchecked these shadows wane with age,
As grownup winds strip bare the trees,
Yet memories can still – assuage;
A canopy of youth’s reprise.  

Rhyme – ababbccdcd
French form - 8 syllables per line...

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Daily morning birds chirp to wake me up
Sometimes they form a singing group.
Through the sylvan windows with teacup,
I enjoy the early morning tranquility to warm up.
Some mysterious noise from the setup
I made for the baby squirrel, which was grownup.
Oh!I forgot it and started posting poems on poetry soup
It was hungry and so it nabbed my bread and ketchup
I watch the smiling flowers and dancing trees in closeup
Such a venerable day to startup...

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As grown ups we value
Things that don’t set us free
We ponder over bite and fright
As if it were are only right
We need to grow up 
And yet be free
Like children in a playground
Simmering with zeal
How do we get this free
What is missing in our DNA
To be childlike and glee
Holding onto dreams will set us free
From everyday lulls like a dead wheel
So dream away
Set yourself free
That’s the only way to be a childlike flight
Migrating to the bright...

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Roses are red,
violets are blue,
this flower bed,
is just for you.

Among the stone,
and in the mud,
a flower shone,
a beautiful bud.

It grew so tall,
proud and strong,
it learned all,
right and wrong.

Giving it water,
and warm sun,
your only daughter,
learned about fun.

Mommy come see,
look what I did,
now I can be,
a grownup kid.

This flower bed,
is just for you,
with roses, red,
and violets, blue.




Happy Mother's Day, Mom!...

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Little golden boy with eyes of blue,
And a smile that melts the heart,
Like a bright sunray on a rainy day,
You make our gloom depart.
                                
Little golden boy with make believe
In a world of bitter fact,
You chase away our grownup gray,
And bring our childhood back.
                                
Little golden boy with magic charm,
What wonders you perform!
Your laughter brings a breath of spring
And makes our cold days warm....

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CHILDHOOD SEX
	(for D.P.)
Oh, where is she now, love of my life, the woman I adore?
(I was five that summer, and she eighteen–—
in my childish heart of hearts, I had promised to marry,
knowing nothing of heartbreak and the grownup world of desire!)
— she walked up the steps ahead of me—
wearing a pair of those 1940s-style-cut white short-shorts 
like Lana Turner wore in “Postman”: 
and my heart did a tailspin–a turnover–—
from which I have never fully recovered!...

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ill have to hide my money, from your greedy hands.
wow stealing from a kid and your a grownup man.
youll be at home ill be at school
me worrying about you sealing all our food.

ill need a lock to my bedroom door
so you dot sneak in and steal some more.
i know what ill find when i come home
an empty house,me ll alone

our hope, youll steal, my money, youll take
then youll be be gone, dude your such a fake
i hide in my room now thinking about how
my life will be with you around....

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