Popular Poems About Marriage

We come and go
Independent contractors of a life
Watching the news together
A slow motion work in progress
Together many years
Dog walks, family stuff, sharing
A popsicle after dinner
Coconut for her, lemon for me
Moments in a marriage
Affection, gentle touch, sharing
Respect, dignity, love

He said he hates poetry month
I take that as forewarning
I need to get my act together
and write poems in the morning.

I promised we'd have a date tonight --
it was even my idea!
But here I sit, trying to force
some poetic diarrhea.

It's not just chores that take a hit
when April rolls around --
workouts suffer, sleep does too,
relationships run aground.

Now I've stretched this rant past fifty words;
I'm done hurting for my art.
It's time to find a little romance
with the guy who holds my heart. ...

met my wife online at 17
we used to send dirty letters to each other
because we didn’t have cellular phones
and logging online was, well dial up
she sent me a throw away camera the one day
told me to develop the photos
I remember the faces of the workers
the one said a remark then handed them over
the pics were of her in her underwear
a first of wild moments
when we met in person was at the airport
I was walking up the ramp when I saw her
it was the weirdest feeling
like a best friend I’ve know all my life
wasn’t...

that book I never finished
that jar of rubber bands
those craft supplies I said I’d give away

the left-handed golf clubs
the watermelon cookbook
the ugly blanket my old friend crocheted

I never got around to learning Spanish
I have a closet full of worn-out shoes
the waffle iron’s safe, and so are you, babe –
I’ll never get around to leaving you

I never got around to playing tennis
I have a planner from 2002
The croquet set’s still here, and so am I, babe –
I’ll never get around to leaving you.

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