Shouldnt Have Gotten
We shouldn’t have gotten a shed
For I’m sure you can guess where it’s led -
Saving things we don’t need;
With it gone, guaranteed,
We’d throw things in the garbage instead.
Now the mice have a place they can hide
When it’s freezing or raining outside.
They leave droppings behind
Which, of course, I will find
And I can’t seem to take it
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Categories:
shouldnt, home,
Form: Limerick
What a Leprechaun Shouldnt Do With Gold
A Leprechaun found himself some gold
though, it was very very old.
He then went on a shopping spree
for houses and bought, seventy three!
But, he can’t pay his utilities, I’m told.
3-10-2021
Enter the 'LIMERICKS in honor of St. Patrick's Day' Poetry Contest
L MILTON HANKINS
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Categories:
shouldnt, fun, funny, holiday, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Shouldnt Write
There are poems
I shouldn’t write
Of things best
Left unsaid
So I turn
Words around
To make them safe
For me to say
Words have meanings
More than one
Can say very much
That quite
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Categories:
shouldnt, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Why Mustn-T I Cry -It Shouldnt Hurt To Be a Child Contest
why mustn't I cry to let out the pain
why does he turn on me, when he is full of shame
why does he drink then let tempers fly
why mustn't I think, why mustn't I cry
my brothers sit about so very afraid
too frightened to shout out, so very scared
next day at school the teachers will say
which
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Categories:
shouldnt, child, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
It Shouldnt Be This Way
why is it so hard for me to tell the one I love why I love em?
why must my voice of love get caught in my throat like vile?
why must my heart beat like the drums of war once I'm asked to speak?
I show how much and why I love but sometimes
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Categories:
shouldnt, love, me, heart, voice,
Form: Free verse
I Know I Shouldnt
I know I shouldnt love you after all you've done to me
and I know I shouldnt want you cause its plain unhealthy
I know I shouldnt care if you live or if you die
but when I think about what we had
I always seem to cry
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Categories:
shouldnt, depression, lost love
Form: Verse