Short Keep It Up Poems

What a comeback!
winning by a mile,
now you can smile.

You keep it up, lady,
N.H. was your stage,
stay right on message!...

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Ooh,
There it is
You got it
That’s it
Keep it up
Oh, yeah
You really
Know what
You need to 
Do and you
Do it oh so
Well
Aah,
That itch
Will never
Come back again
Thank you...

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Hey
Youre not going to answer
I know that, its just like we were
When we were happyish together
When we thought everything and whether
We could keep it up, but i know
We couldnt, now i know
I think I did then too
I still find myself texting you
Though...

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What used to be my face
    is now just a facade
  Once I was nice
    now I'm the Marquis de Sade

  Please cry no false tears for me
    or say that you've somehow still faith
  Keep it up, and I'll metamorphize
    from the Marquis to Henry the Eighth...

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(triple haiku)

Pull! Pull! Keep it up!
I hope you dispose of it
Crunch! Crunch! Toss it out!

Grab - you can do it!
Pull - I wish you could be bold!
Throw it out of siiight!!

Pull! Pull! Those vile weeds
I need you to let go now!
You're on a good start......

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Lecrae has rapped it:
We're all "breathing to death"
With decaying hearts,
Daily losing our breath

Quick!

Fifteen verses,
Two songs of worship
Fifteen verses,
Two songs of worship

Change it up!

Thirty verses,
And a song of worship

Keep it up!

We need resuscitation:
Christ's
Peace and
Resurrection...

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i envy you all
i really do
so smart, all so good
poetry soup.com
you taught to know more than i should

im no poet
a jingle boy
but still i keep it up
i want to be like all of you
to sit at the table and sup

among the great ones 
like poe and frost
to smile and laugh and cheer
to let the world know
hey guess what?

i exist! IM HERE! IM HERE!...

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What malevolent thing
with intrinsic sting
attacked me
a few short days ago
whose coming and going
a mystery?
Doctor says it's a bite
but it stings alright
I was laid low

Tablets, gel and a pack of ice
"keep it up" was the advice
I hobbled about the place
my leg on show
an inconvenient episode
and painful?
Very...
The perpetrator never showed!...

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A fuzzy butt, Big buck teeth, enormous ears, and floppy clown feet.
You eat my garden. Your such a pest. 
You ate my peas, squash, and more.
I seen these little thieves from my own front door. 
You hoop around the tree and the bush. 
Your lucky your cute. You silly looking critter.
Don't look at me with those beety little eyes. 
If you keep it up, I'll give you a surprise....

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That is certainly an embarrassing shame
when seven errors are committed in a game.
While this team is vying for a pennant,
the stands are rife with discontent.
A cascade of boos should be coming your way.
That’s what you get for such lousy play.
Is that how you professionals earn your pay?
With play like that, don’t expect to finish first.
Keep it up, and you will be among the worst.
...

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If I hold one mirror to another,
how many times will it double my image
before I get sick
and decide to end everything?
My guess is enough times to carry me
well into my late 30's;
if I keep it up that long,
you better believe I'll be ringing doorbells
and asking for a reward.
No man should be made to live a life
that he himself would trade away in a heartbeat
for a new set of mirrors
and a hammer....

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To know the clock of time ticks 
To know the seconds robbed 
To know life swiftly vanishing
To know all carried away
To know time will not return 
To know juncture in your mind
To know life's span draws nearer
To know your heart becomes clearer


(Accidentally added this poem twice, with a different last line & title. Guess ill just keep it up for now? Maybe you can tell me which end is better? Lol!)...

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Kiss in lip

At dawn, let to rip the kiss in lip.
Why asking to rip a kiss in your lip.
Keep it up until slip.
Don’t hesitate; come forward to take kiss.
 You will get till reach to bed.
Let it be start for my love.
 Take until my tea not ready in stove.
When vapor from tea will spread its scent.
Till you have to wait.
Until flavor would exits, let to rip the kiss in lip.
Used to lisp you have to keep.
Saroj khan [sakha]...

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“What the f**k do you want” is what she said to me.
This individual used the most vituperative effrontery.
How professional is conveying that over the telephone?
I heard that in a cantankerously vociferous tone.
I hope she does not answer that way all the time.
Saying that to anyone is not very sublime.
This use of such language on the job is asinine.
Keep it up, and you will land in the unemployment line.
...

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Black on Black(2003)


The word I heard sitting on 103rd was Black on Black crime crept up 
and busted ten caps!! "What's the Facts?"
They were Black...It's a crime committed every day
Especially in L.A....Brothers killing brothers
What's really going on? Stop the violence increase the peace
Empty rhetoric and cliques...Just something cool to say
If we keep it up total annihilation is on the way
Now you decide what part you play...

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I don't mean to hurt people
It just happens by the way
Life keeps playing tricks on me
And leading me astray

If something unexpected
Happened to us now
I could not forgive myself
Because I made a vow

Shattered dreams and broken hearts
This can not be fixed
Though we should start over
My feelings, they are mixed

Can we keep it up so long
Save a love that never began
Can we tell the right from wrong
And try it once again?...

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I will always fight,
on the right side of good.
Against those who bring hate,
like everyone should.

I welcome your trolls,
I will show them their place.
And if we should meet,
I'll present to their face.

Silence is golden,
no hate will be found.
But keep it up my arrogant little friend,
and I'll release the hounds.

If you are bothered by trolls,
just bring them to me.
We'll make light of their ways,
and let truth set them free....

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This poem is a collaboration.
No it’s not, you didn’t listen.
Stop it you two, give me the pencil.

Keep it up
I’m tellin’ the Muse
Spell-chek bee dammed

A scintillating Sonnet
Nah, make it a Villain-elle
I hate you guys!

Let’s make it twenty stanza long
Yeah, and end it with a happy song
OH, Gawd, please give me the pencil.

The Muse has fled
I think it’s dead
the pencil broke

We can’t agree
on who to be
Me, Myself, or I


John G. Lawless
©9/5/2018...

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I’ve had enough…
Of your whimpering cries…
Your slanderous comments…
And outrageous lies.

So keep it up…
You self-righteous bitch…
I’ve been called far worse…
Even a volatile witch!

You think it’s funny…
This stupid little game…
Go on, have a laugh…
I still hurt just the same.

If the game must be played…
Let Karma take place…
One day you’ll have regrets…
Three times back in your face.

So have a great time…
Knock yourself out…
But don’t forget…
Karma’s out and about!...

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