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A poem a day to keep brain rot away

Join me as I attempt to create a poem a day... whether awesome, bawdy, corny, dreadful, entertaining, fabulous, gross or hilariously hokey, I will try to string together everything from couplets to limericks - just for the fun of fiddling with words!

May 3rd, 2012

Today is quite a special day. I have actually reached the one year mark. I posted my first poem on May 3^rd, 2011. I have had a great time doing this. It has basically become a habit and I don’t really want to stop. So, I am going to continue this thread because I have enjoyed it so much. It’s true that most of the poems were terrible. Some were good (or at least I thought so!) but mostly they were a reflection of something I either saw that day, thought of, felt or heard. In any case, I hope you have enjoyed the ride as much as I have. Here’s to letting the word out – come what may!

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Flu

A day when nothing stayed down
A day of fear wondering what's going around
Once or twice we go through this rot
Hoping to heaven 24 is all we've got
Cocooning inside we've nowhere to go
As whatever we eat we're likely to throw

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Bend

We're starting all again
A new found lively friend
Never thinking of when
We had a straw to bend

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Tick, tick... Tick

The quality of this rhyme
Reflects my lack of time
It all boils down to this
Five minutes of downtime bliss

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Go, go, go

One step, two step, three step, four
We all go round then round some more
Let's not stop we'll break the speed
Then disappear for lack of need
Now and then we all must glide
Or seize our fear and turn and hide

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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

I Know

As we grow
The more me know
But as we age
We become sage

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Couplet

Friends forever, friends for life
Except, of course, when there's strife

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Sunday, June 24, 2012

Play it, Sam

"It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory"

No truer words were spoken
Or as in this case were sung
Glorious old ideals
Around which hearts were wrung
So close your eyes and sigh
Your tears will wash the dust
And Casablanca will come calling
As all newer versions rust

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Saturday, June 23, 2012

Velvet

Let me sink into your skin
Feel your voice a velvet sin
Gather up in flowered words
Understanding is what's heard
Knowing you to be a ghost
A stolen fantasy at most
Is what makes this a sane escape
A well-used, well-loved tape

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Friday, June 22, 2012

Fluff

No time
To make a rhyme
Just one day
It's not a crime

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Grown up

Silly me to think we're free
No such thing if you want harmony
Swing together from dusk to dawn
Then cry when no one likes your song
When will they see what we wish?
Only when they're eating from our dish

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