CANDY POEMS
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Heavens Could Not Wait For You...
If only I had the power
The power to hold your breath
I wouldn't have let it away
I wouldn't have let you close your eyes eternally
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Nonkululeko Ngcobo
If only I had the power
The power to hold your breath
I wouldn't have let it away
I wouldn't have let you close your eyes eternally
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Nonkululeko Ngcobo
Kid-o-kid
Kid-o-kid
While driving ,holding the stearing
My eyes looking at you sideways
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Meetali Sharma
Kid-o-kid
While driving ,holding the stearing
My eyes looking at you sideways
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Meetali Sharma
Mother's Job
ke a kite,
Or wrestle on the floor and play
Those rough and tumble games, but say!
Just let him get an ache or pain,
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Edgar Albert Guest
ke a kite,
Or wrestle on the floor and play
Those rough and tumble games, but say!
Just let him get an ache or pain,
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Edgar Albert Guest
Quickening
life is just dandy
you get girls dancing to music within
everybody likes candy
mit worten of girls go good setting
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Kirt Rik
life is just dandy
you get girls dancing to music within
everybody likes candy
mit worten of girls go good setting
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Kirt Rik
Cotton Candy
d out to be the last time,
and I ate cotton candy, that sugary air,
that sweet blue light spun out of nothingness.
It was just a moment, really, nothing more,
.....
Edward Hirsch
d out to be the last time,
and I ate cotton candy, that sugary air,
that sweet blue light spun out of nothingness.
It was just a moment, really, nothing more,
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Edward Hirsch
Candy Man
Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew
Cover it in chocolate and a miracle or two
The candy man, the candy man can
The candy man can 'cause he mixes it with love
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Roald Dahl
Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew
Cover it in chocolate and a miracle or two
The candy man, the candy man can
The candy man can 'cause he mixes it with love
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Roald Dahl
The Blues
When the shoe strings break
On both your shoes
And you're in a hurry-
That's the blues.
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Langston Hughes
When the shoe strings break
On both your shoes
And you're in a hurry-
That's the blues.
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Langston Hughes
Cotton Candy On A Rainy Day
Don't look now
I'm fading away
Into the gray of my mornings
Or the blues of every night
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Nikki Giovanni
Don't look now
I'm fading away
Into the gray of my mornings
Or the blues of every night
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Nikki Giovanni
Two-an'-six
Merry voices chatterin',
Nimble feet dem patterin',
Big an' little, faces gay,
Happy day dis market day.
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Claude Mckay
Merry voices chatterin',
Nimble feet dem patterin',
Big an' little, faces gay,
Happy day dis market day.
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Claude Mckay
The Deliverance
Master only left old Mistus
One bright and handsome boy;
But she fairly doted on him,
He was her pride and joy.
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Master only left old Mistus
One bright and handsome boy;
But she fairly doted on him,
He was her pride and joy.
.....
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
An After-dinner Poem
(TERPSICHORE)
Read at the Annual Dinner of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, at
Cambridge, August 24, 1843.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
(TERPSICHORE)
Read at the Annual Dinner of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, at
Cambridge, August 24, 1843.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Window Shopper
I stood before a candy shop
Which with a Christmas radiance shone;
I saw my parents pass and stop
To grin at me and then go on.
.....
Robert Service
I stood before a candy shop
Which with a Christmas radiance shone;
I saw my parents pass and stop
To grin at me and then go on.
.....
Robert Service
Aunty
and do the things his mother says he can't.
An aunt to come a visitin' or one to go and see
Is just about the finest kind of lady there could be.
Of course she's not your mother, an' she hasn't got her ways,
.....
Edgar Albert Guest
and do the things his mother says he can't.
An aunt to come a visitin' or one to go and see
Is just about the finest kind of lady there could be.
Of course she's not your mother, an' she hasn't got her ways,
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Edgar Albert Guest
Little Girlie Good Enough
Little Girlie Good Enough
Lives right there across the street;
Neater than a powder-puff,
Yes she is, and just as sweet:
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Madison Julius Cawein
Little Girlie Good Enough
Lives right there across the street;
Neater than a powder-puff,
Yes she is, and just as sweet:
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Madison Julius Cawein
Enthusiasm
"Don't overdo it," Dad yelled, watching me
Play shortstop, collect stamps and shells,
Roll on the grass laughing until I peed my pants.
"Screw him," I said, and grabbed every cowry
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Charles Harper Webb
"Don't overdo it," Dad yelled, watching me
Play shortstop, collect stamps and shells,
Roll on the grass laughing until I peed my pants.
"Screw him," I said, and grabbed every cowry
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Charles Harper Webb
Childhood Is The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies
Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age
The child is grown, and puts away childish things.
Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies.
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age
The child is grown, and puts away childish things.
Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies.
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
Aside
Mail-day, and over the world in a thousand drag-nets
The bundles of letters are dumped on the docks and beaches,
And all that is dear to the personal conscious reaches
Around us again like filings around iron magnets,
.....
Karl Shapiro
Mail-day, and over the world in a thousand drag-nets
The bundles of letters are dumped on the docks and beaches,
And all that is dear to the personal conscious reaches
Around us again like filings around iron magnets,
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Karl Shapiro
Wash Lowry's Reminiscence
And you're the poet of this concern?
I've seed your name in print
A dozen times, but I'll be dern
I'd 'a' never 'a' took the hint
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James Whitcomb Riley
And you're the poet of this concern?
I've seed your name in print
A dozen times, but I'll be dern
I'd 'a' never 'a' took the hint
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James Whitcomb Riley
Fresh Air
I
At the Poem Society a black-haired man stands up to say
-You make me sick with all your talk about restraint and mature talent!
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Kenneth Koch
I
At the Poem Society a black-haired man stands up to say
-You make me sick with all your talk about restraint and mature talent!
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Kenneth Koch
Music
I
MUSIC, on the air's edge, rides alone,
Plumed like empastured Caesars of the sky
With a god's helmet; now, in the gold dye
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Kenneth Slessor
I
MUSIC, on the air's edge, rides alone,
Plumed like empastured Caesars of the sky
With a god's helmet; now, in the gold dye
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Kenneth Slessor
Xerox Candy Bar
Ah,
you're just a copy
of all the candy bars
I've ever eaten.
.....
Richard Brautigan
Ah,
you're just a copy
of all the candy bars
I've ever eaten.
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Richard Brautigan
The Sling Of My Candy Load Has Ggone Loose
The sling of my candy load has gone loose,
(and it galls my back):
My body has bent double under its weight;
how shall I carry the load ?
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Lalleshwari
The sling of my candy load has gone loose,
(and it galls my back):
My body has bent double under its weight;
how shall I carry the load ?
.....
Lalleshwari
The Sling Knots Of The Load Of Candy
The sling knots of the load of candy.
Loosened;
My bony frame bent
Into a bow;
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Lalleshwari
The sling knots of the load of candy.
Loosened;
My bony frame bent
Into a bow;
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Lalleshwari
Hey, Little Boy
Hey, little boy, little boy, come to me!
Hey, little boy, little boy, Andy!
Hey, little boy, little boy, can it be
Your mouth is crumbed with candy?'
.....
Madison Julius Cawein
Hey, little boy, little boy, come to me!
Hey, little boy, little boy, Andy!
Hey, little boy, little boy, can it be
Your mouth is crumbed with candy?'
.....
Madison Julius Cawein
The Spoiler
With a twinkle in his eye
He'd come gayly walkin' by
An' he'd whistle to the children
An' he'd beckon 'em to come,
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Edgar Albert Guest
With a twinkle in his eye
He'd come gayly walkin' by
An' he'd whistle to the children
An' he'd beckon 'em to come,
.....
Edgar Albert Guest
The King Of Candyland
Have you heard of the king of Candy land?
Well, listen while I sing,
He has pages on every hand,
For he is a mighty king,
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Have you heard of the king of Candy land?
Well, listen while I sing,
He has pages on every hand,
For he is a mighty king,
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Grandpa
e kites an' carts an' lots of things
You pull along the ground with strings,
And he knows all the names of birds,
And how they call 'thout using words,
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Edgar Albert Guest
e kites an' carts an' lots of things
You pull along the ground with strings,
And he knows all the names of birds,
And how they call 'thout using words,
.....
Edgar Albert Guest
Window Shopper
I stood before a candy shop
Which with a Christmas radiance shone;
I saw my parents pass and stop
To grin at me and then go on.
.....
Robert William Service
I stood before a candy shop
Which with a Christmas radiance shone;
I saw my parents pass and stop
To grin at me and then go on.
.....
Robert William Service
Krishna Goes To The Woods
O Krishna, darling of Gokula, awake
I have brought you milk, curd and sugar-candy come and partake of these delicacies: your pals are at the door, calling you to play; the sun has risen and it's time to go to the woods.
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Sant Surdas
O Krishna, darling of Gokula, awake
I have brought you milk, curd and sugar-candy come and partake of these delicacies: your pals are at the door, calling you to play; the sun has risen and it's time to go to the woods.
.....
Sant Surdas
This Section Is A Christmas Tree
This section is a Christmas tree:
Loaded with pretty toys for you.
Behold the blocks, the Noah's arks,
The popguns painted red and blue.
.....
Vachel Lindsay
This section is a Christmas tree:
Loaded with pretty toys for you.
Behold the blocks, the Noah's arks,
The popguns painted red and blue.
.....
Vachel Lindsay
The Cambridge Ladies Who Live In Furnished Souls
the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls
are unbeautiful and have comfortable minds
(also,with the church's protestant blessings
daughters,unscented shapeless spirited)
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E. E. Cummings
the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls
are unbeautiful and have comfortable minds
(also,with the church's protestant blessings
daughters,unscented shapeless spirited)
.....
E. E. Cummings
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Fresh bread and soft cakes,
Iced with whipped cream and sugar crusts.
Iced tea and hot chocolate,
Warming and chilling from the inside.
.....
David Yeboah
Fresh bread and soft cakes,
Iced with whipped cream and sugar crusts.
Iced tea and hot chocolate,
Warming and chilling from the inside.
.....
David Yeboah
Couldn't Live Without You
You're just a little fellow with a lot of funny ways,
Just three-foot-six of mischief set with eyes that fairly blaze;
You're always up to something with those busy hands o' yours,
And you leave a trail o' ruin on the walls an' on the doors,
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Edgar Albert Guest
You're just a little fellow with a lot of funny ways,
Just three-foot-six of mischief set with eyes that fairly blaze;
You're always up to something with those busy hands o' yours,
And you leave a trail o' ruin on the walls an' on the doors,
.....
Edgar Albert Guest
My Groupie
I read last Saturday in the
redwoods outside of Santa Cruz
and I was about 3/4's finished
when I heard a long high scream
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Charles Bukowski
I read last Saturday in the
redwoods outside of Santa Cruz
and I was about 3/4's finished
when I heard a long high scream
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Charles Bukowski
Sweet! Sweet!
"Sweet! Sweet!
Come, come and eat,
Dear little girls
With yellow curls;
.....
Louisa May Alcott
"Sweet! Sweet!
Come, come and eat,
Dear little girls
With yellow curls;
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Louisa May Alcott
Old Spense
You've seen his place, I reckon, friend?
'Twas rather kind ov tryin'.
The way he made the dollars fly,
Such gimcrack things a-buyin'-
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Isabella Valancy Crawford
You've seen his place, I reckon, friend?
'Twas rather kind ov tryin'.
The way he made the dollars fly,
Such gimcrack things a-buyin'-
.....
Isabella Valancy Crawford
The Cap And Bells; Or, The Jealousies: A Faery Tale - Unfinished.
I.
In midmost Ind, beside Hydaspes cool,
There stood, or hover'd, tremulous in the air,
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John Keats
I.
In midmost Ind, beside Hydaspes cool,
There stood, or hover'd, tremulous in the air,
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John Keats
The Land Of Candy
There was once a little boy -
So my father told me - who
Never cared for any toy,
But just sweet things, as boys do,
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Madison Julius Cawein
There was once a little boy -
So my father told me - who
Never cared for any toy,
But just sweet things, as boys do,
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Madison Julius Cawein
Boy And His Stomach
What's the matter with you- ain't I always been your friend?
Ain't I been a pardner to you? All my pennies don't I spend
In gettin' nice things for you? Don't I give you lots of cake?
Say, stummick, what's the matter, that you had to go an' ache?
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Edgar Albert Guest
What's the matter with you- ain't I always been your friend?
Ain't I been a pardner to you? All my pennies don't I spend
In gettin' nice things for you? Don't I give you lots of cake?
Say, stummick, what's the matter, that you had to go an' ache?
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Edgar Albert Guest
The Lighted Window
He said:
"In the winter dusk
When the pavements were gleaming with rain,
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Sara Teasdale
He said:
"In the winter dusk
When the pavements were gleaming with rain,
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Sara Teasdale
When Pa Gets Back
the railroad track,
Or a big boat ride, which he often does,
Oh, I 'm orful glad when he's back becoz
Jes' as soon as he's kissed my ma an' me
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Edgar Albert Guest
the railroad track,
Or a big boat ride, which he often does,
Oh, I 'm orful glad when he's back becoz
Jes' as soon as he's kissed my ma an' me
.....
Edgar Albert Guest
The Lure That Failed
I know a wonderful land, I said,
Where the skies are always blue,
Where on chocolate drops are the children fed,
And coconut cookies, too;
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Edgar Albert Guest
I know a wonderful land, I said,
Where the skies are always blue,
Where on chocolate drops are the children fed,
And coconut cookies, too;
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Edgar Albert Guest
Johnson's Boy
The world is turned ag'in' me,
And people says, 'They guess
That nothin' else is in me
But pure maliciousness!'
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James Whitcomb Riley
The world is turned ag'in' me,
And people says, 'They guess
That nothin' else is in me
But pure maliciousness!'
.....
James Whitcomb Riley
Johnson's Boy
The world is turned ag'in' me,
And people says, 'They guess
That nothin' else is in me
But pure maliciousness!'
.....
James Whitcomb Riley
The world is turned ag'in' me,
And people says, 'They guess
That nothin' else is in me
But pure maliciousness!'
.....
James Whitcomb Riley
Johnson's Boy
The world is turned ag'in' me,
And people says, 'They guess
That nothin' else is in me
But pure maliciousness!'
.....
James Whitcomb Riley
The world is turned ag'in' me,
And people says, 'They guess
That nothin' else is in me
But pure maliciousness!'
.....
James Whitcomb Riley