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Premium Member Where's the Respect for Your Elders?
...A long time ago when our first grandson was young - I think around the age five or six - there was a phone call we made to him to say hello and talk with him for kicks. We'd tried to make it sh......Read the rest...
Categories: factly, grandson, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Facilities that claim they recycle spew nothing but rubbish
...Facilities that claim they recycle spew nothing but rubbish as does yours truly, whose ecological ethos goes out the window into the cold freezing iceland prompting the following balderdash. ......Read the rest...
Categories: factly, abuse, adventure, anger, betrayal,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member maybe not friends at all
...You are the pickiest eater she said And I thought we were friends There you are playing in your food he said I looked at my plate; it was not playing Do all friends criticize or just my friends......Read the rest...
Categories: factly, for teens, friend, woman,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Expiration Date
...I want some chicken noodle soup. I find two cans in the pantry and check the expiration dates so I’ll be sure to open the can that will expire the earliest. First can—August 2026. Second can—Februar......Read the rest...
Categories: factly, appreciation, food, life, prayer,
Form: Haibun
When urinating into the toilet bowl
...When urinating into the toilet bowl... yours truly (me) could not help but notice while living social at various residences within Montgomery County, Pennsylvania the following described phen......Read the rest...
Categories: factly, 12th grade, crazy, house,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Beetlejuice Past Your Eyes
... "The Beetlejuice Past Your Eyes" “Well, where would you suggest I commence? Should we begin with the concept of pasteurize?” This said to the earnest listener, who views the prot......Read the rest...
Categories: factly, dark, light, muse,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member I Have Three Ghosts
...I have three ghosts in my house. This is said matter-of-factly by the one person in the work place I would have NEVER expected to say it. She not only describes them, she names them. I am super d......Read the rest...
Categories: factly, humanity,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member The Tram
...Tram has, recently, become my favorite travel mode, At the young and old, whom I come across, I smile gently; Each, in their world, like flies and bees, and beasts has their own code, Women, gossi......Read the rest...
Categories: factly, life, travel,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Absolutely
...Absolutely, and astutely; Positively, most assuredly. Yes exactly, matter of factly; Not despite’ly, simply rightly. Days blue, or sunny and brightly, Stars in the black and beautiful night......Read the rest...
Categories: factly, creation, earth, god, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Do I See You Anymore
...Lately, I failed to notice My wife had worn A new piece of jewelry I'd bought her. She informed me, when I asked, Quite matter-of-factly, that I hadn't noticed Because we no longer look at each ......Read the rest...
Categories: factly, emotions, for her, memory,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Geraldine and Me
...She asked me to dance. Matter-of-factly, led me Held my eager hands - She ruled, and I followed. Cling to smell of cinnamon, while She saw dark chocolate, craving to be had. Neat and tidy as sh......Read the rest...
Categories: factly, best friend, growth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mom Is a Daredevil Too
...The teacher was irritated, using her angry voice. He yelled at me and hurt a kindergartener. She wanted me to do this that and the other. Things I never do as the counselor. I am not punitive, an......Read the rest...
Categories: factly, family,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Holly Has Autism
...Holly did not communicate with people in a social way. They interested her in almost no capacity, but cows fascinated her. She decorated her room with cows, and she studied all their breeds. This ......Read the rest...
Categories: factly, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member A Reason To Look Angry
...The child’s face is as red as his mask, which is red. The principal says, “He needs a place to cool down”. He looks like he needs a refrigerator. I wish he had a popsicle; he needs one for sure. ......Read the rest...
Categories: factly, school, teacher,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Color of Cultures
...The Color of Cultures  A poem By Jerry May Above and below the skins surface no one is the same....exactly,  But appearance divides us just the same...matter of factly. A sudden blindness wo......Read the rest...
Categories: factly, racism,
Form: Couplet

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