No Toilets In The Sky - 2025 - slightly gross
...Santa’s doing Tinkles as he travels on his way
Sprinkling golden showers ’cross the moonlit sky today
He has no private place to pee which fills him with dismay
For there’s no public toilets... in...
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Categories:
tantrums, christmas, song,
Form: Lyric
Time
...Time
is never on our side,
so hurried, so rushed,
whispered tantrums in the silent hush;
to grow, to age with time
when suddenly we realize
too late
time has passed us by....
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Categories:
tantrums, age, time,
Form: Free verse
Meet the Man
...A covert narcissist dressed in a hand-me-down victim cloak,
Master of the tear-tantrum tactic —
He sniffles, sobs, and simpers until your defenses drop,
Then slides a betrayal in your back so smoo...
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Categories:
tantrums, anger, brother, crazy, feelings,
Form: Free verse
CHOICES
...We make our own choices
In life and no one's perfect
But when you decide to have kids
It's your responsibility not
The grandparents, the children now
Have excessive energy, don't listen
Throws ...
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Categories:
tantrums, feelings, grandparents,
Form: Free verse
Toddler Hulk
...I’m thinking of a person
Who is strong and resilient.
Big in personality but size is small.
When mad, they turn a green pigment.
All is lost when anger worsens.
Tantrums raging, escalating....
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Categories:
tantrums, brother, child, childhood, children,
Form: Rhyme
Crows and me
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Sitting in the balcony, I sit blank and stare
Two crows in the tree, some flying in the air
They hop and play without care or worry
I watch them with fancy, don’t know why I feel sorry
They h...
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Categories:
tantrums, 10th grade, angst, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Ego Vs Soul Thing
...Ego Vs. Soul Thing
Let's Take A
Crack At It.
(No Peaking.)
Ego, Well There You Go,
Right Away, That's Not
Just One Word...
Even If I
Narrow It Down
To A Trillion.
*
Psychology P...
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Categories:
tantrums, life,
Form: Free verse
Near the Roots
...f i r m
handshake
of S u m m e r
leaves and branches
frivolous……..carefree
the caress of the breeze
impressive t a l l sturdy oaks
tee hees in the heat, swing twisting
flowers ci ...
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Categories:
tantrums, age, parents, youth,
Form: Etheree
Emotional Shrapnel
...Continuous cathartic resonance of black bashful veil,
imposing the darkest recess and its tangled tantrums amassed,
phases exist without problematic manifest intrusion illusory but for a while,
th...
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Categories:
tantrums, anxiety, august, change, courage,
Form: Free verse
CATS AND DOGS
...Animals make my day
They're so smart and witty
They're also very cunning
They know how to plot
To get what they want
They pout and throw
Tantrums when they
Can't have their way
They love cudd...
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Categories:
tantrums, animal, humor,
Form: Free verse
Collateral Damage
...
I come with cracks you can't see at first—
Hairline fractures from love turned curse.
Each “I love you” I gave was a losing bet,
Now I cash out in shame and cigarette.
I’m broke—not just wall...
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Categories:
tantrums, anxiety, emotions, hurt, love
Form: Rhyme
Rats and Roses
...I don’t have my learners permit.
I have had to be the adult my whole life.
I have had to tend to their outbursts and tantrums.
I have survived all their rat runs
I’ve always told myself it’s an...
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Categories:
tantrums, 12th grade, absence, abuse,
Form: Free verse
The One I Want To Become
...If you asked me at age six,
I might've told you
I want to become a doctor, a scientist
or even a hero that saves the planet.
But now I feel so ancient,
like I’ve lived a hundred years
in quie...
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Categories:
tantrums, angst, sad, writing,
Form: Free verse
The Downs Syndrome Child
...Someone near and dear to me
Has a child with Downs Syndrome,
Who, more often than not
Is beyond difficult to control.
The little boy is six years old
But acts as if he’s two,
He can’t speak...
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Categories:
tantrums, emotions, mental health,
Form: Rhyme
Etched in Stone
...Contest: This or That, Vol 30 – 2-4-25 Sponsor: Edward Ibeh - Title Chosen: Etched in Stone
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Etched in Stone
Two hearts glare at each other
Clut...
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Categories:
tantrums, anger, conflict, words,
Form: Free verse
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