Best Sock Poems

one sock
three toes showing
darn it


John G. Lawless
©10/18/2019...

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It occurred by carelessness and mere happenstance.
If I could move, I would stand and perform a victory dance.
Dropped behind the washing machine, sliding down the back.
I am a solitary sock and my color is black.

I lost my partner a few months ago,
paired with another, in...

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In the factory where he worked
When he noticed, he had to scoff
Several men were walking around
With one sock on and one sock off

He had seen them with earplug strings
Hanging out of their mouth, a phase
As he walked into the restroom
He thought, "Never in all my...

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In the land of laundry, I search high and low,
for missing socks - wondering where do they go?
Each morning, I search for a matching pair,
but they seem to have disappeared into thin air. 

They were together in my washing machine,
I set the right temperature for...

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Sock it to me Baby

He strut like a proud peacock in his crocs 
Green they were, worn with lime shocking pink socks
He asked for a date
I said "no way mate"
"Only because I have no matching frocks."

He said he just didn't care what frock I wore
'Cause...

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At our house we had what was called an ‘odd sock drawer,
A place which the whole family could keep odd socks to store.

Quite often the matching sock was to be seen no more.
When the drawer became quite full Mum declared war.

She bought a sizable pack...

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O breezy Spring leaves,
Show-offs of stupendous beauty.
Your breathtaking heights
and swooning low brights,
Puffy delights
As you bud and sway.
You delightfully chill me
Goosebumps on arms
and brace.
Fingertips are nearly blue,
brazenly so on this Spring-a-ling day.
An open space,
front door unhinged,
ready to be sanded and stained.
I’ll swing a jacket
about my shoulders
and...

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 There once was a sock
 That was left at the laundromat
 His owner forgot to take it back
 and for a while in the dryer he sat

 Then someone else came and he tumbled again
 Then he was put in a bag and taken...

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I am a blue sock.
I'm the bluest sock there ever was.
There never was a bluer sock, because
I lost my loving partner by the lint-screen fuzz.

We worked together as a pair.
We lived a life of quiet pride. 
We'd protect those two feet - me and 
My...

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One of the biggest mystery's 
Known to man that makes no sense to me
Is why when washing a pair of socks
You can only ever find one
The solution don't buy just two socks but three
One for the sock fairy and a pair for us
End of the...

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Sock monkey,
Cozy on my shelf;
Who knows you better,
Than the memories of myself?

Tears drenched my pillow,
I held you as I cried;
Through father's drunken fury,
Together we would hide

Little sock monkey,
I'd pray that I were dead;
Helpless was dear mother,
As we laid there in my bed

Alcohol's indignity,
A father's mortal...

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Hung my Christmas sock
Darned neatly for the mantel
So Santa could leave
Nuts, fruit maybe peppermint 
Winter often harshly cold

Never wanted much
Just a big red tricycle
To ride my sister
Around on the long front porch
Red tricycle was missing

Dad quickly vanished
Had owner to open store 
On Christmas morning
Santa left...

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I saw it there in the road: A sock!
How, thought I, had it come there to be?
Did it endeavor to escape a foot?
Discarded and black as the blackest soot.
Yet now it's found to be in front of me?

This will not do; This never knowing.
Investigation! I...

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Laundry's a tedious task
that is just what I think
Curious, and I must ask 'cause this has me on the brink
Why is one sock always stubborn?
Why does it leave it's partner behind?
When matching 'em up I am so forlorn
are they just trying to be unkind?
Maybe they...

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Sock It To Me
The Great Dane was groaning and feeling quite ill
Trying to throw up against his own will
So of to the vet we took the poor dog
X-Rays soon showed that he had quite a clog
The vet said we’d better see just what it was
Cause...

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