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Toss Off Poems - Poems about Toss Off

The Christians Were Right, Part I
...They told us that we self-repressed, were too serious about sex, that it was causing neurosis, with birth control we could relax. Encouraged us to ‘explore things,’ said we should abandon restra......

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Categories: toss off, evil, humanity, political, religion,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Regret
...We were cousins and had grown up Close friends, living not far apart. When I was nine and he was eight, (His sister and my brothers were younger) We were going to get married Some day and have t......

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Categories: toss off, age, bereavement, family, sorrow,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Insomniac
...I lie in bed, almost asleep, But my mind has other ideas And begins to mull over Everything in my life! Suddenly, I am wide awake. I turn on my side and fluff my pillow To get more comfortable.......

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Categories: toss off, humor, sleep,
Form: Free verse
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherry Tomatoes
...A backyard planter bursting with Tomatoes on the vine Provided treats for several mouths And one of them was mine. My son’s the one who grew ‘em. His daughter and her aunt Plucked only those ......

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Categories: toss off, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Great British Pancake Day Toss Off - Warning Contains Innuendo
...Today it’s Pancake Day and there’s to be a pancake race Entrants are on the starting line with a smile upon their face Old Ted ‘s ready with his frying pan, he is a fat old josser bu......

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Categories: toss off, food, humorous, race,
Form: Couplet



My Love My All
...World's Longest Love Poem (second edition) Title: My love my all Edited by Izunna Okafor Editor's Note: Out of their ardency, eighteen poets and poetry lovers identified with the need......

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Categories: toss off, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member One Letter Makes a Difference
...Give me an a. Add an N and a G. Put on a B Take off the G Tack on a D. Toss off the B. Now you can add whatever letter you want to the engine. Sand, stand, gland, rand Wonder why re......

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Categories: toss off, write,
Form: Free verse
The Evil I Enjoy
...Writing to you about the evil I enjoy. More like knowing the hate I have for fever. On this sick bed I curse fever. For employing my body against me. I sneezed a hundred last night. Accompanied ......

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Categories: toss off, emotions, pain, psychological, recovery
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Bawdy - the Great British Pancake Day Toss Off Lol
...Today is Pancake Day and there’s to be a pancake race folk are on the starting line with a smile upon their face Ted is ready with his frying pan, he is a fat old josser but when it comes to pan......

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Categories: toss off, food, humorous,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Going With the Flow
...Yes, “going with the flow” has found new meaning on Hawaii’s coast The lava there from many fissures covers earth like jam on toast Though driven just by gravity as soon as it has found release It......

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Categories: toss off, blessing, life,
Form: Rhyme
Weekend
..."I have sparklies in my eyes", says my daughter I must agree for conversation fodder You do have twinkles I can see It's oh so nice when you are three The grass is a perfect green for  tea I thi......

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Categories: toss off, child, children, daughter, family,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member A Cowboy Poet
...Hank had rode the range a-punchin' cattle fer nigh on fifty years, Ridin' through Texas northers and brandin' cantankerous steers. He'd herded ornery longhorns along the Chisolm Trail to Abilene. ......

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Categories: toss off,
Form: Rhyme
We All Get Bored--Especially If We
.... ...Actually polish with a furniture polish... Not use it as an air freshener. ...Notice the surrounding wildlife... Pick any room of your house. ...Finally do laundry... And separate the colors.......

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Categories: toss off,
Form: Light Verse
Passages
...oh im taking all the passages the cobble stone pathways take back in time oh take me to the days where the ships all sank each other as the horizon swallowed whole the ocean and the world was flat ......

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Categories: toss off, song-world, old, me, ocean,
Form: Lyric
No Excuses
...Something I said or did not say? Something I did or did not do? Don't get the painful game you play I want to remain friends with you So sorry...didn't mean to offend Thought we were giggling ......

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Categories: toss off, friendship, life,
Form: Quatrain

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