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Under The Counter Poems - Poems about Under The Counter


Premium Member ROBBERS ON THE LOOSE - 3OTH SEPTEMBER 2024
... ONE SHOULD NOT MAKE PLANS FOR TOMORROW, LIFE IS UNPREDICTABLE, THE UNEXPECTED CAN HAPPEN IN A SPLIT SECOND. “QUOTE BY POET” I woke up to a brilliant sunny spring day, The flowers......

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Categories: under the counter, scary,
Form: Free verse
Sugar And Salt
...Sugar of life you are Sweet and dainty in jar Over and under the counter You are a wonder in winter Sturdy grains of Summer breeze Granules of sweetness, not freeze White, not green like ......

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Categories: under the counter, creation,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Set Me On High
...Put me on the cold, hard flat stove top Fill me with water, and turn the boil button on Throw in potatoes, carrots, or eggs. Set the timer to low. Turn my handle inside, so children are safe. My......

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Categories: under the counter, fantasy,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Good News
...With so much bad news all around us..in our country…in our neighborhood… We sometimes have a tendency to overlook the good. Yesterday a woman came into the store and bought two books… There was ......

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Categories: under the counter, inspirational,
Form: Verse
Premium Member If You Pull a Long Face - Part Xxiv
... IF YOU PULL A LONG FACE : Part XXIV IF you pull that long martyred face While brake-disks hiss howl metal-doors click-clutch-cluck on railway No Tokyo masks nor hand darts to protect the hom......

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Categories: under the counter, bridal shower, crush, fun,
Form: Dramatic Monologue



Gun Shy
... You don’t have to say one spherical metallic word I know with GSW empathy credulity just how you feel ... I bequeath kindred sympathy Taking one lead body blow for the I homeboy visi......

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Categories: under the counter, death, society, truth, violence,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Vanity and Vexation
...Ahhhhhh.... they make me so mad! A fool, a buffoon, an unruly lad, A prankster, a trickster, a tattler, A gigolo, a lounger and an idler; An imposter, a pretender and a loafer, A party crasher......

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Categories: under the counter, vanity,
Form: Rhyme
A Problem With Rudy
...Rudy in his wheelchair gets around pretty good. He has a good job and transportation via a special van. He shops at local stores and everyone is nice except at the drug store where the clerk seems to......

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Categories: under the counter, anger, anti bullying, bullying,
Form: Prose
The Mysterious Women's Restroom
...I accidentally stepped into the women's restroom Turned around to quickly leave Noticed there was no one there Then turned back around for a manly peak What the ladies do in here Has always b......

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Categories: under the counter, funny, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Conundrum
...Ahhhh...they make me so mad: A fool, a buffoon, an unruly lad, A prankster, a trickster, a tattler, A gigolo, a lounger and an idler; An impostor, a pretender and a loafer, A party crasher, a ......

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Categories: under the counter, crazy,
Form: Rhyme
Cookie Monster
...the cookie monster gets her strength from the plate by your bed. Sucking down crumbs, growing at every bite, knowing she shouldn't be fed. Christmas eve is her favorite day, when the goods are b......

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Categories: under the counter, funny
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member It Will Be a Sad Halloween
...IT WILL BE A SAD HALLOWEEN Pumpkins! They are sitting at the counter In one of those all-night diners See them through the large front window Eating donuts sipping cider A fine young fox......

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Categories: under the counter, funny
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Bert's Country Store
...A long-standing landmark that I often visited as a tyke, Was Bert's Country Store just a ways up Dalton Pike. Dalton could be missed if your eyes you'd briefly close. The population at that crossr......

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Categories: under the counter, nostalgiaold, old,
Form: Rhyme
A Cup of My Own
...I handed over my reading log to the librarian. Then she reached into a cardboard box under the counter and pulled out the coffee cup and in that moment I knew it was my own. The cup was heavy ......

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Categories: under the counter, children, introspection, love, mystery,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things