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The term "x-girlfriend" has been searched for 438 times on the American Poems site since January 3rd, 2005.
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1. Short Order - written by Charles Bukowski
Read 3939 times on American Poems.
I took my girlfriend to your last poetry reading,
she said.
yes, yes? I asked.
she's young and pretty, she said.
and? I asked.
she hated your
guts.
then she stretched out on the couch
and pulled off her
boots.
I don't have very good legs,
she... (Read full poem)
2. Labor Day - written by Louise Gluck
Read 1350 times on American Poems.
Requiring something lovely on his arm
Took me to Stamford, Connecticut, a quasi-farm,
His family's; later picking up the mammoth
Girlfriend of Charlie, meanwhile trying to pawn me off
On some third guy also up for the weekend.
But Saturday we... (Read full poem)
3. Metamorphosis - written by Charles Bukowski
Read 3524 times on American Poems.
a girlfriend came in
built me a bed
scrubbed and waxed the kitchen floor
scrubbed the walls
vacuumed
cleaned the toilet
the bathtub
scrubbed the bathroom floor
and cut my toenails and
my hair.
then
all on the same day
the plumber came and fixed the... (Read full poem)
4. The Night I Was Going To Die - written by Charles Bukowski
Read 3866 times on American Poems.
the night I was going to die
I was sweating on the bed
and I could hear the crickets
and there was a cat fight outside
and I could feel my soul dropping down through the
mattress
and just before it hit the floor I jumped up
I was almost too weak... (Read full poem)
5. This Life - written by Grace Paley
From Begin Again, Collected Poems.
Published in 2001.
Read 2131 times on American Poems.
My friend tells me
a man in my house jumped off the roof
the roof is the eighth floor of this building
the roof door was locked how did he manage?
his girlfriend had said goodbye I'm leaving
he was 22
his mother and father were hurrying
at that... (Read full poem)
6. Kinky - written by Denise Duhamel
Read 4456 times on American Poems.
They decide to exchange heads.
Barbie squeezes the small opening under her chin
over Ken's bulging neck socket. His wide jaw line jostles
atop his girlfriend's body, loosely,
like one of those novelty dogs
destined to gaze from the back... (Read full poem)
7. Bad Day At The Beauty Salon - written by Maggie Estep
Published in 1998.
Read 1592 times on American Poems.
I was a 20 year old unemployed receptionist with
dyed orange dreadlocks sprouting out of my skull. I needed a job, but first,
I needed a haircut.
So I head for this beauty salon on Avenue B.
I'm gonna get a hairdo.
I'm gonna look just like those... (Read full poem)
8. The Lion For Real - written by Allen Ginsberg
From Reality Sandwiches.
Published in 1958.
Read 10400 times on American Poems.
"Soyez muette pour moi, Idole contemplative..."
I came home and found a lion in my living room
Rushed out on the fire escape screaming Lion! Lion!
Two stenographers pulled their brunnette hair and banged the window shut
I hurried home to Patterson... (Read full poem)
9. Part 9 of Trout Fishing in America - written by Richard Brautigan
Published in 1950.
Read 1624 times on American Poems.
SANDBOX MINUS JOHN
DILLINGER EQUALS WHAT?
Often I return to the cover of Trout Fishing in America. I
took the baby and went down there this morning. They were
watering the cover with big revolving sprinklers. I saw some
bread lying on... (Read full poem)
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