Short Tough Nut Poems

a tough nut to crack
feelings that you keep intact
passion oozes past...

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graft, tough nut to crack

       needs no less than strong molars

                 of social morals...

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I met a puzzle and conundrum.
His name is "Why Am I Becoming Dumb",
A diabolically a tough nut to crack,
both he and I are poised for attack. 
I'm pretty sure I'll crack him, but
he thinks that it's I who is the nut....

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Does money buy happiness?  Tough nut to crack.
When people are asked this, they’re taken aback.
But there's one thing I know
as I analyze dough:
unhappiness rises when moolah we lack....

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For those of us who have lost your hair
And feel embarrassed as a mudguard up there
The truth of the matter is simple to see
Just shave it off and grow a goatee

And you will look tough and hard as nails
Where when measuring up you wouldn’t fail
So cheer up you can look cool 
By shaving it off and growing a goatee as the rule.

© Paul Warren Poetry

From a video I saw recently...

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We used to hold hands in public all the time,
not so much now.

You sometimes try holding my hand
out in the open.
I feel dorky with your hand in mine – sorry.
I hate the thought that those that pass-by
see us as two cute oldies.

Cute was never the self-image I saw in my future.
I thought I would be forever a tough-nut,
keeping my cocksure swagger well oiled,

not this,
not downcast and grumbling like this....

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