Short Sneaker Poems

From the Sages of old
came an ancient ruse.
They named it a Yote.
But it's not a fluke.
Cause they're in the know.
Won't, refute the scrolls.
Yotes, wear sneaker boots.
And Yodel in Tune....

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Walk down the halls with flair
Walk down the street with your head held high
Walk into the room and make it stop
Walk tall in four inch heels
Walk tall in flats
Walk tall in sneaker
Walk tall in anything
Walk tall and keep your head up
Walk tall with
Confidence...

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Needed some sneakers
So went to a store
But nobody shops
In a store anymore.

Salesfolk approached me;
No customers shopped.
Prices were discounted,
Then again chopped.

Left with a purchase – 
A new sneaker pair,
But wonder how long
That same store will be there....

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BREVITY – the soul of wit

One was red, one was blue
the pair - a sneaker and a shoe
so he laughed as he retold
the story given him by mother
that his brother wore the other.


John G. Lawless
7/7/2015

submitted to – Brevity – The Short Of It – poetry contest
sponsor – Casarah Nance...

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STRONG

what, I’m the one who calls,
who comforts,
but now
i find myself on the receiving end
“call if you need to cry…
i’m here for you”

like whispers in the hallowed hall
of a hospital.

the sneaker merely dropped
and it doesn’t look like rubber and laces.

planning food runs and patient stopovers 
but this isn’t real
it can’t be

my mother is strong…

10/3/2020...

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They've been sitting, primed and ready -
Just a'rarin,' as they say -
But they weren't called to action
'Til I summoned them today.

For the ones they are replacing 
Have provided great support,
Though as age has done its number
Lately they have come up short.

So I made the switch, just hoping
My resolve would not get weaker 
As I slowly tied the laces
On each brand-new walking sneaker!...

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Destroy the war shop,
nationalist- imperialism gist!

Cultivate the flower garden 
Peace and love surely comes

Be a lion not to show the cruel power
but to be a true knowledge of love, peace learner

Scriptures! 
Come out from the all sneaker whispering

No power can bring redemption 
But the self inside- the virgin knowledge! 


-December 20, 2019 CTG, BD



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Inspired by Kurt Philip Behm...

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The bones are loud and heavy
they don't like exercise anymore.
The treadmill chugs along
while vertigo topples unready toes.
Nothing can push these bones along,
time has filled them with concrete,
the rubble of marathons once run.
A young woman sprinting effortlessly
beside me smirks my way
as I stumble through a flat-footed mile.
Maybe she cannot see her future yet
while mine is clearly
painted on a wall I will soon hit....

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Have a hole in my sock
Sneaker is torn
A bump like Hernia
Next to my groin.

Corsage must pick
My son’s prom tonight
Stop by MacDonald’s
Grab me a bite.

Must watch out for myself
Front tooth is loose
If I chew too hard
It’ll be of no use.

Good thing still have hair
Although grows quite thin
If it starts to fall
Damn curly sin.

Done the days chores
Rest and sit down
Getting old for this circus
Should be a retired clown....

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Little boys in caps
Dirt on their seat,
Puppies in their laps
Toy cars at their feet

Dirt on their seat 
Baseball at their side,
Toy cars at their feet 
Sneaker laces untied 

Baseball at their side 
Cars in red and blue,
Sneaker laces untied 
Puppy wants attention, too

Cars in red and blue 
Go round until dark, 
Puppy wants attention, too
Hear him happily bark

Go round until dark 
Puppies in their laps, 
Hear him happily bark 
Little boys in caps. 

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