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Tinny Poems - Poems about Tinny

Four in '99
...I was four when I partied like it was 1999. Didn’t know what Y2K meant— thought it was a new kind of Ribena. Mom said the world might end, so we had fish fingers and Angel Delight like it was ou......

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Categories: tinny, music,
Form: Free verse
A Pocketful of Sound
... A pocket-sized companion, light and small, The transistor radio, answering freedom's call. A plastic casing, sometimes bright and bold, A world of sound, a story to unfold. A little dial......

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Categories: tinny, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme



Walkie Talkie
... A chunky plastic brick held firm in hand, The walkie talkie bridging o'er the land Or just the backyard fence, a whispered plea, Connecting voices wild and running free. The crackling st......

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Categories: tinny, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
true blue pride
...under this southern sky we all should adore for this land has never burned with any war. our life has always been one that is free free from dictatorship...free from tyranny. under the southe......

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Categories: tinny, celebration, patriotic, pride,
Form: Rhyme
One on one with my father
...#One_on_one_with_my_father Expectations and reactions fusses my here and now mental and emotional state, like two giants bloating my tinny inner self, the fighting is real, pity I was never taught h......

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Categories: tinny, absence, birth, character, father
Form: Free verse



Dump Trump The demagogue Hitler reincarnate!
...Dump Trump - The demagogue Hitler reincarnate! Countdown to Armageddon precariously, lugubriously, hellaciously, and deleteriously hinges potential apocalypse now outcome, mere smattering w......

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Categories: tinny, america, anger, autumn, evil,
Form: Free verse
Dot dot dot, and in other news devil's advocate claims Teflon Trump
...Dot dot dot, and in other news devil's advocate claims Teflon Trump courtesy the comfort of his mancave, I (a mutated batman wannabe) doth prattle and stump and display wide whirled webbed ......

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Categories: tinny, abuse, america, anxiety, august,
Form: Rhyme
I'm being led
...#Im_being_led Invisible chains on my body, shackling my abilities.They said "we are molding you, crafting you, to our own like".They "said I wasn't refined enough". They straining and enforcsing ......

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Categories: tinny, africa, baptism, blessing, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Maritime Metallic Mind
... The cobalt mind of ancient mariner of the seven seas, the surfing sailor tosses on the waves of youthful life, rolls on the curled crests with the splintered moon, drawn into dark agony trough......

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Categories: tinny, analogy, surreal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Our Big Lunch
...God Save the King! So echoed round the village halls, the pubs, the streets the day our Charlie Prince was crowned. Homes decked with bunting, cake, and treats. We celebrated with a rave, o......

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Categories: tinny, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Metalmen
...They come by, about once a month, blasting out their tinny cacophony of Mariachi music, and their guttural roars of “any old iron? any scrap metal?”. These are the scavengers of quiet ur......

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Categories: tinny, allegory,
Form: Free verse
Saturday Street Preacher
...I venture out For the first time in a while And am met by a sight: A Saturday Street Preacher, His altar an upturned crate, Voice amplified by a tinny megaphone. He reads not from the Good ......

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Categories: tinny, analogy, city, religion,
Form: Free verse
Devil's Advocate Claims Teflon Trump
...Devil's advocate claims Teflon Trump... The demagogue reincarnate feels gifted to reign supreme captivates, glorifies, lauds, renounces, yawps extreme views bellows dogmatic fulminations in......

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Categories: tinny, 12th grade, abortion, age,
Form: Rhyme
The Book That Was Too Beautiful To Be
...The last time that I saw you we were sat Beside the fountain in the Market Place You always had an easy kind of grace A cheeky twinkle in your eye, the chat You always had a mission on, and that......

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Categories: tinny, love, miss you, muse,
Form: Sonnet
June
...A portrait in a parlor A fancy dame or two A dog named Ruffles singing In front of you-know-who A rinny-tin piano Plunks out a tinny tune And this ole western cowboy Is heading home for June......

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Categories: tinny, fun, humor,
Form: Rhyme

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