Not a Dry Eye in the House
...
We could do wheelies in the halls again
No, no. They'd confine us to our rooms for weeks
Yeah... Uh, we could pretend we're comatose
Nah. They'll switch up our medicines
Y...
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Categories:
wheelies, crazy, fun, games,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Ode To Keelers Corner
...Est 1938
Purchasing candy cigarettes from you
Mischief in your tiny parking lot
Doing wheelies around you on my General Lee BMX bike
Renting ancient overpriced films
Buying superman ice cream
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Categories:
wheelies, angst, grief, youth,
Form: Ode
Epic Wheelies
...I went past them tonight. There was like ten
Or maybe twelve. Few girls, but mostly boys
It's dark outside, but mild enough for men
To go out without coats on. It annoys
Some people just to see t...
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Categories:
wheelies, adventure, children, freedom, friendship,
Form: Sonnet
Ha-Ha
...ha-ha, my brother,
joined
the club,
with a tilted back,
and wheelies
popped,
from a
mo-bile chair.*
ha-ha’s
looking for-
the morning news,
his glasses,
a snooze…
a giant donut
to ...
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Categories:
wheelies, birthday, brother, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Ike's Trike
...There once was a young lad named Ike
He road big wheelies on his bike
He fell to the ground
And made quite a sound
Now he rides around on a trike
3/4/2021
LIMERICKS in honor of St. Patrick's ...
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Categories:
wheelies, humor,
Form: Limerick
Amelia Earhart
...Amelia Earhart
David J Walker
Betcha didn’t know
A previously undiscovered crater
on the moon
Was named for Amelia Earhart.
And if I go real soon
I’ll take part
In the tourist excursion...
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Categories:
wheelies, allusion, immigration, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
Best Friend
...2 November 2019 7:32 AM
Swallowing snot and hawking luggies
Weekend sleepovers and late night movies
Riding bikes and popping wheelies
Telling jokes and acting silly
Throwing knives and t...
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Categories:
wheelies, friend, life,
Form: Rhyme
Nothing Else To Add
...2/4/19
"Nothing Else To Add"
Thinking clearly
I wrote this sincerely
From the one you regard dearly
Nearly
Everybody having theories
Times getting eerie
Yearly
It didn't always turn out ...
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Categories:
wheelies, dedication, fun, poetry, poverty,
Form: Rhyme
Flat Pack Wobbler
...Flat pack Wobbler
Procured from mega shop, a straight-lined box amid a cardboard wall
Where jig saw chattels rise above the queues of flatbed wheelies
And underarm catalogues patterned with an ...
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Categories:
wheelies, humor,
Form: Blank verse
Stalled
...stalled
she pushed the throttle, her engine roared
yet she stood still
her mind raced like a couple of teenagers- late at night, pushing pedal to the medal
on a lone stretch of be...
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Categories:
wheelies, anxiety, confusion, dark, depression,
Form: Free verse
Going On Emotion
...Going on emotion, a boxer
reels to fight his final round.
Punch-drunk and bloody, his heart
as big as Texas, he struggles
on to land that lucky strike
A mother counting pennies, trying
to st...
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Categories:
wheelies, inspirational,
Form: Verse
Going On Emotion
...Going on emotion, a boxer
reels and fights his final round.
Punch-drunk and bloody, his heart
as big as Texas, he struggles
on to land that lucky strike
A mother counting pennies
tries to st...
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Categories:
wheelies, inspirational,
Form: Verse
Juice With Pulp
...are you a robot? does your mouth flap
open and closed, but
you are somewhere completely different
guts
i feel a stir when Im present
vodka flavored kindred
harsh like my wake up
injured ego s...
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Categories:
wheelies, crazy, freedom, introspection, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
City Spring Night
...Tonight a fresh spring breeze flows into my window.
Listening to all the sounds in this city.
There are so many.
Cars with engines roaring, racing up and down this city street.
Ambulance sirens...
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Categories:
wheelies, community, environment, nature, night,
Form: Free verse
My Mister
...My mister is so small still,
Cries for me when he falls off his bike.
Training wheels still in place,
He races down the sidewalk.
Mario Andretti on two wheels.
And I race toward his tears, his ...
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Categories:
wheelies, analogy, fear, growing up,
Form: Free verse
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